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[Sean]

The future for the Palm OS in the enterprise is looking bleak.

The venerable device operating system has been losing market share to Microsoft, and now hackers claim to be running Microsoft's Windows Mobile operating system on their Palm Treos, much to the delight of many users who dream of getting more of the expensive smartphone.

Even the Treo's manufacturer, Sunnyvale, Calif.-based Palm Inc., is rumored to ship its next model with Microsoft's increasingly popular smartphone OS.

"I am fairly certain Palm is going to be shipping a Treo with Windows Mobile by the end of the year," said Gartner analyst Todd Kort, who based his remarks on conversations he has had with Palm executives.

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[smeg36]

It's exciting that WM is becoming more mainstream. That means more accessories and recognition widespread. However, I hope Palm doesn't completely go away. They do serve a purpose, which is to motivate MS to make a better product than Palm.

[The Undude]

I think PALM is lucky it bought the TREO line a few years ago. Perosnally, I think the PALM OS is dead from a market point of view. Microsoft will be kept honest by LINUX, Simbian and perhaps even Google, if they roll-out with the Android OS they just bought from some of the same team that created the Danger Hiptop re-ne T-Mobile Sidekick.