Sunday, November 13, 2005

Remember Psion, the innovative British handheld device manufacturer? They built class leading handheld devices with an operating system (EPOC) well in advance of their nearest competitors, Palm. Then they decided to spin off their operating system development into a separate company, Symbian, and continued to manufacture their devices. However, they could not compete against Palm in their most important market the US.

Remember Palm, the innovative American handheld device manufacturer? They built class leading handheld devices with an operating system (Palm) well in advance of their nearest competitors, Palm. Then they decided to spin off their operating system development into a separate company, almSource, and continued to manufacture their devices. However, they could not compete against Microsoft in their most important market the US.