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Originally Posted by stevelam
I dont think we will ever see Colbat and that it is all a hoax to drive up share prices!
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I'm not sure there was an attempt to deceive stock holders, but that seems to be the end result. Their is obviously something wrong with Cobalt that scares manufacturers away from it. I don't know what it is, but I would guess that it's either very unstable, or has serious compatability issues with existing software. However, all companies sooner or later have to drag themselves and their customers into the 21st century or they will end up out of business. It seems to me that PalmOne has opted for option B, and will just milk the old cow until it dies, which is sad.
I'd like to see PalmOne release a Cobalt device - warts and all - just to see how competitive it really is in the marketplace. Maybe there won't be thousands upon thousands of programs supported instantly, but if they never deliver the device, there is never incentive for developers to create programs that will run on it.