More on Windows Palm

More analyst quotes as the articles get filed from today's big event. In Reuters , David Linsalataat IDC, cautioned that forming an alliance with Microsoft, Palm might alienate some Palm purists. "It has the potential to (increase) their share, but this might lose some Palm die-hards."

Over at WhatPC? , the journalist put a different spin to today's Palm, Microsoft and Verizon announcement by with a sensational headline, but pretty much cameto the same conclusion as every other article so far.

David Linsalata at IDC said, "This is the best option for Palm. They get a potentially larger market and PalmSource isn't on a sure path."

Tim Bajarin at Creative Strategies added, "If you go into IT accounts where Exchange is a large part of the architecture, Palm OS loses. This [Windows Treo] allows Palm to get into the enterprise."

Gerry Purdy at Mobiletrax commented, "It increases Palm's credibility in the market place," and "Microsoft finally get a major phone player with high volume expectations."

Lastly, the Asscoiated Press writes on the potential impact on PalmSource. Todd Kort at Gartner said, "Palm has been stuck with this ancient operating system. They had no choice but to modernize."

On the subject of buying the Be operating system for it multimedia capabilites, Kort added, "It fell on its face. Buying Be has taken them down the path to destruction."

Ross Rubin, at NPD Group remarked that the "Windows Mobile platform offers better support for such things as video and photos. It also offers superior call management." He said, "These are features that PalmSource promised with Cobalt. One of the criticisms levied at PalmOS is that it isn't great for managing voice applications. Microsoft treats voice as a first class citizen."