Palm Abandons Windows Mobile

Thursday September 17, 2009

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Another one bites the dust. A few months ago, Motorola's consumer handset division said they were ditching Windows Mobile for an all-Android approach. In an earnings call today (transcribed by Business Insider), Palm CEO Jon Rubinstein said the makers of the Windows Mobile-powered Treo Pro and WebOS-powered Palm Pre are abandoning WinMo for an all-WebOS lineup.

Palm built their first Windows Mobile Treo, the 700w, in 2006 in an attempt to appeal to Microsoft-oriented business customers. But their most recent entries in the line didn't get much traction in the US market. The Treo 800w wasn't a strong performer or seller, and the Treo Pro got good reviews, but didn't really take off either.

Windows Mobile may be losing some partners, but HTC, HP, Toshiba, LG and Samsung are still committed to producing phones with Microsoft's OS. Windows Mobile 6.5 will launch on October 6 with a range of new devices, Microsoft has said. Still, it's never good when one of your manufacturer partners drops out.

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Posted By: Sascha Segan

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