[LEMONS] 1.03.2002
Neil McAllister speculates on a Palm, Apple, and Be merger. It's a nice idea, but it's not happening. Sure, Palm is loaded down with old Apple executives, and yes, Be and Apple are nice and snuggley. But if Jobs wants a PDA, he's going to build one, not buy it. In the Newton, he still has the most advanced handheld operating system on the planet--even if it was discontinued. Nothing, and I mean nothing, touches Newton's handwriting recogniton engine to this day.
If Apple rolls out a PDA, it will be something similar to Kevin Fox's speculative iPad, something closer to a tablet than a handheld. It won't be a Palm bastard either, it'll be a machine all its own.
Of course, I could be wrong...
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