Palm Hires Creator of iPod Software
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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.