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To: ynot who wrote (5552)10/14/1999 11:02:00 AM
From: elmatador  Read Replies (1) of 12823
 
Palm, Symbian team up

NANCY GOHRING

Microsoft will now have a more formidable competitor when it enters
the wireless phone operating system world. Palm Computing today
said it will cross-license its technology with Symbian, the operating
system software company owned by Ericsson, Matsushita,
Motorola, Nokia and Psion.

The companies are expected to begin developing platforms for
smart phones that combine Palm?s well-known user interface with
Symbian?s operating system. Nokia has already stepped forward as
the first customer for such a platform.

?This future cooperation offers Palm the ability to provide
comprehensive solutions to our licensees in the wireless area," said
Alan Kessler, president of Palm Computing, in a released
statement. The companies have formally announced only that they
are in discussions toward a more definitive agreement.

The announcement is significant because the companies have been
competitors. In addition, the deal means that the two companies can
combine their strengths to compete against Microsoft, which has
said that it will scale down its Windows CE product for use in
wireless handsets.

Such a relationship may represent the type of initiative that Palm
has been unable to pursue under the umbrella of its parent
company, 3Com. 3Com recently announced that it will spin off Palm
into a separate company.

Qualcomm has licensed the Palm user interface for its PDQ phone,
which has experienced very limited success.

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