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So, a small smartphone player will do another properiatery verison of Linux, that is based on 5 year old OS, no one wants any more, I think we have all the ingredients for sucess here...
And there is also one other thing. Even if they do come up with great OS and subsequently they also create great hardware built around the OS, so what.
Since they are small, Palm will of course be unable to properly support (drivers and SW) and develop (next versions, with new features every 12-18 months) the new platform. Of course Linux gives them some head start, but at the end they will have to invest a lot of resources (that in my opinion they don't have) into support and developement.
They probably hope that somehow there will be a community formed around the platform that will do the work for them, but the problem is that it's just not enough - Sharp and their Zaurus line is an excelent example of such situation...
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