it looks like europe will encounter the ‘trillion-device-problem’ a little sooner than thought. symbian has announced a new reason for me to move to europe:
“If I was Palm I would be beside myself with panic,” said IDC analyst Jill House. “In Europe, where there’s a good wireless infrastructure, the competition is pretty much over.”
But the deathblow for today’s PDA manufacturers may be the price: zero.
in related news m$ promises to ship its “pocket pc” software by june:
“There will be no slipping. We’re going to over-deliver on this one,” Brian Shafer, marketing manager for the mobile device division, told Reuters on the sidelines of the CeBIT technology fair in Hanover.”