"On the other hand, Palm's webOS has all the DNA to be
the ideal embedded OS for a mass market mid-sized touchscreen
tablet device that would serve the functions of browser, PDA, media
player and e-book reader. Its Mojo development platform is reputed
to be very easy to create software for. And unlike Google, Palm has
the most experience of developing and shipping successful handheld
devices and software than any other company in existence, Apple
included.
"Before there ever was an iPod Touch, there were many
generations of PalmPilots (although arguably Apple's ill-fated
Newton, which Steve Jobs killed when he returned from his exile at
NeXT preceded it by several years) and more than 10 years before a
single Kindle shipped, the first ebooks appeared in AportisDoc
(PRC) format on Palm handhelds. Indeed, Palm is a brand that many
people used to have fan loyalty to, myself included."