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This is what I find most aggravating about Palm, and Mike Mace in particular. Self glorification, and the constant hurtling of criticisms at Microsoft's product for all its shortcomings..and yet they still don't have a competitive platform by which to judge. Where is Palm's advanced 32bit architecture? Where is multimedia support. Where is this multitasking...multithreading wonder from PalmSource? Microsoft has done it all wrong, while Palm has done it all right....except they haven't even done it yet. No product, just tough talk. A little too much tough talk from a company who's stock is worth less than a can of soda.

Show me a modern OS that is more innovative, offers the same (or better) capabilities, and still maintains the trademark advantages (battery life, size, weight, form factor, elegance) of PalmOS. Then we'll talk.

Palm has declared that it will continue to deliver the software and hardware handheld users have come to prefer over the alternatives.

Yeah, good plan. But first you might try to get back some of that marketshare you've lost to the "alternatives". Palm's customers seem to be increasingly choosing Sony's products.

Palm's market share has climbed five percentage points since the start of the year, said Mace, and currently sits near the 90 percent mark.

And this is counting ALL Palm's sold to date? I didn't realize that Pilot 1000's sitting in landfills were included in the installed base. How many of those 15,000 apps will a Palm run, buried under ten feet of garbage? If a datebook alarm goes off, and no one is around to hear it...does it make a sound? :roll:

"We have to offer greater flexibility in all these areas, including more hardware and software choices, ranging from a basic handheld device to camera-enabled smartphone models."

No, you don't have a camera-enabled smartphone (yet). Your licensees do. Stop counting innovations from your partners as your own.

I swear, someone should put a muzzle on Mace. I can see a replacement for my babbling Carl avatar is in order.