| Palm Inc. launched last month its second
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| | He added that Palm Inc. "cannot plan a
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| Treo smart phone running the Windows
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| | mobile device roadmap based on an
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| Mobile 5.0 operating system, dubbed Treo
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| | operating system that is obsolete and
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| 700wx, and industry observers say this
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| | whose replacement does not exist."
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| new product could cause traditional
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| | The new Palm 700wx smart phone is the
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| enterprise Palm OS users to jump ship to
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| | second Treo device that runs on the
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| Microsoft's more familiar platform.
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| | Windows Mobile platform; the first, Treo
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| Although there isn't a huge proportion of
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| | 700w, was launched in September 2005.
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| Palm OS users running enterprise
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| | Treo 700wx is now available through Bell
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| applications on their devices, those who
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| | Canada's high-speed mobile network
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| do can now have the Windows Mobile
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| | (1xEv-DO). It features several
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| platform as a viable alternative, said
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| | "out-of-the-box" enhancements from its
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| Carmi Levy, senior research analyst at
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| | predecessor, including increased RAM
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| Info-Tech Research in London, Ont.
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| | capacity from 32MB to 64MB.
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| Now that Palm is offering enterprises a
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| | The Treo 700wx can also be used as an
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| choice between two mobile operating
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| | EV-DO external USB modem for laptops to
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| platforms, IT managers have the
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| | access high-speed cellular network for
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| opportunity to standardize on a single
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| | connectivity.
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| platform, added Eddie Chan, research
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| | The device also has an integrated
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| analyst for mobile and personal computing
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| | Communications Manager feature which
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| technology at IDC Canada in Toronto.
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| | allows users to better manage their
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| "IT managers would want to simplify as
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| | connectivity. This product was sold
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| much as possible. The Windows Mobile
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| | separately with the previous Treo 700w,
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| platform is fairly intuitive, as well as
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| | said Levy.
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| Palm, but [decisions can be based on] the
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| | "The opportunity for growth is clear,
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| look and feel of the Windows environment
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| | with 130 million worldwide (Microsoft)
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| and the applications," said Chan.
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| | Exchange users," said Michael Moskowitz,
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| Windows' huge installed base can also
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| | vice-president, Americas International,
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| drive adoption of Windows Mobile-based
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| | Palm, Inc. This opportunity will be
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| Treo devices. While Palm has done "quite
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| | enabled by the direct push e-mail
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| well" with the Treo product line -
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| | capability that comes integrated with the
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| historically, it's been second to
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| | Treo 700wx, which allows the device to
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| Research in Motion in market share - the
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| | directly connect with Exchange 2003 for
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| Windows Mobile platform gives it greater
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| | real-time e-mail updates, he added.
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| market opportunity, the analyst
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| | A significant aspect of the Treo's direct
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| explained.
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| | push technology is the ability to
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| "[Palm] has done quite well with just the
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| | directly access the Exchange Server
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| Palm platform, but obviously when you
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| | without the need for a middleware
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| look in terms of corporations and their
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| | component to access e-mail, explained
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| installed base of Windows environment -
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| | Phil Sorgen, president of Microsoft
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| whether client or server - it definitely
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| | Canada.
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| makes for a greater reach for them," said
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| | "Many of our competitors require
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| Chan.
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| | middleware, other software or hardware,
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| The fact that the latest Palm OS v.5.4
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| | either in their Office environment or in
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| has not been upgraded for a number of
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| | their network mobile operator's
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| years has not been helping things for the
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| | environment, to provide that capability,"
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| operating system, at least in the
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| | Sorgen said. That is a competitive
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| enterprise market, said Info-Tech's Levy.
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| | advantage, he added, because it reduces
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| "The Palm OS has basically reached a dead
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| | cost and complexity by directly linking
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| end and the Treos that run on a Palm OS
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| | the device and the Exchange environment.
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| will not be upgraded for the foreseeable
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| | At the launching of the new Windows-based
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| future."
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| | Treo, Sorgen expressed optimism that the
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| PalmSource, maker of the Palm OS, was
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| | Windows Mobile 5 platform will continue
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| acquired last year by Japanese mobile
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| | to grow. During Microsoft's 2006 fiscal
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| platform developer ACCESS Co. Ltd. While
| |
| | year, Sorgen said the software giant
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| PalmSource, and now ACCESS, have been
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| | shipped six million Windows
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| working for years to come up with a
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| | Mobile-connected devices worldwide.
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| follow-up to the Palm OS 5, "they are
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| | IDC's Chan said that while Windows Mobile
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| still nowhere close to actually
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| | adoption worldwide has picked up, the
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| delivering a workable product," he said.
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| | North American market has "taken a little
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| "Increasingly, users who have been using
| |
| | longer to ramp up." He attributed this to
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| Palm OS-based devices to run enterprise
| |
| | limited availability of products running
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| applications are now looking very
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| | Windows Mobile OS.
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| strongly at Microsoft Windows Mobile
| |
| | "Canadian carriers have been a little
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| 5.0-powered devices and thinking that
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| | slower in bringing these devices to
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| it's time to make the jump," said Levy.
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| | market," said Chan.
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