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Palm Hires Creator of iPod Software

By the Betanews Staff | Published March 9, 2007, 12:26 PM

Treo smartphone maker Palm has hired a former Apple engineer who developed the foundation for the iPod operating system after he left the Cupertino company in 1996 and founded Pixo. Paul Mercer will help Palm develop future products, the company confirmed to the WSJ.

Palm has been facing increased competition in the smartphone space, with rivals Motorola, Nokia and Samsung all stepping up their efforts. But the company also has a new rival in Apple, which in June will debut its much-anticipated touch-screen iPhone device. In joining Palm, Mercer will be leaving Inventor, a company he founded in 2000 to build mobile phone interfaces.

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matthewclark
Mar 10, 2007 - 1:23 AM

Will PS3 movie download service be a death killer to Apple TV?

I think it will, what is your opinion?

"Now Sony has indicated the introduction of a movie download service for the PlayStation 3, to match the Xbox 360, the console war has moved into new territory - territory Apple has already marked as its own."

Source: http://www.mpeg-converter.net/news/

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Program86
Mar 9, 2007 - 4:17 PM

Why would you go from a company at an all time high (Apple) to a company that has one foot in the grave (Palm)?

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vcorvinus
Mar 10, 2007 - 9:46 PM

Maybe you should take a minute to read the article. He left Apple on 1996.

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Joey Deacon
Mar 9, 2007 - 2:46 PM

WHat exactly do Palm have left? They have wh***d off all their decent assets...

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