“Forging an ambitious alliance to create a de facto standard for
wireless Internet access, the Palm Computing unit of the 3Com
Corporation announced a partnership today with Symbian, a joint
venture of the wireless phone makers Nokia, Motorola, Ericsson,
Psion and Matsushita.
“The move is a serious blow to the Microsoft
Corporation, whose Windows CE operating system for hand-held
devices has failed to make headway against Palm Computing’s Palm
operating system in the United States or Psion’s Epoc operating
system in Europe.”
“While the new Nokia phone will use an interface similar to that
of Palm’s successful hand-held digital assistants, Symbian’s Epoc
operating system, originally created by Psion for its hand-held
devices, will run the phone’s data communication functions.”
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