“It is now looking increasingly unlikely that Microsoft’s
Windows CE is going to dominate in the small OS market. It is being
beaten time and again by competition from Palm OS, Symbian and
Linux. The latest move in this market is the announcement yesterday
that Sony and Palm (i.e. 3Com) have agreed to share technology.
Sony will use the Palm OS in new hand-held devices that
combine functions that are typical of the Palm V or Psion Organiser
with audio-visual functionality that can be found in various Sony
devices. Additionally Palm will be adopting the Sony Memory
Stick as a means of storing and transferring data. The Memory Stick
is a small flash memory card available in up to 16MB capacity,
which can be used to store digital data including still images,
video and music.”