At http://www.theregister.co.uk/000108-000002.html:
"Apple Palm-based PDA release real soon now
The results of Apple's co-development partnership with Palm Computing
look set to
emerge in the very near future, now that early samples of an Apple-branded
PalmOS-based device have already started coming off Taiwanese production
lines.
Apple CEO Steve Jobs himself confirmed the two companies' close ties this
week, during
his keynote at Macworld Expo, held in San Francisco. Introducing Palm CEO
Carl
Yankowski, Jobs told the audience Apple had been "doing a lot of work
with these guys
lately".
Such co-operation has long been suspected, ever since Jobs admitted late
1998 that he
had attempted by buy Palm from its parent, 3Com (as, apparently, did Bill
Gates). However,
Apple has never given official confirmation of the partnership, or given
any hint as to its
direction.
Meanwhile, Taiwanese sources close to a leading OEM -- though none will
say who this
leader is -- claim contacts within the company have seen early
Apple-branded Palm-style
devices in limited production. Details of the device other than its
existence are scant to say
the least, but it does suggest Apple is getting much closer to announcing
a PDA of its own.
Its last attempt was the ill-fated Newton MessagePad, the first true PDA,
but alas released
long before the technology was ready for the mainstream. Jobs himself
canned the Newton
project back in 1998.
At this stage, the comments from Taiwan are a tad too vague to be
certain, but they do
suggest that Apple's Palm plans are moving forward, confirmed by Jobs'
remarks."
John Y. Liu
Berkeley, CA
510-883-9813
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