1SRC Editorial: The Year of the Internet

The Year of the Internet

While many people are focused on the impact Apple’s recently announced iPhone will have on Palm and the rest of the mobile industry, I believe that Palm needs to execute on one of their key areas for 2007: the Internet.

Back to the Future?

Palm has been working with Internet companies to bring their brands to the Treo. Orbitz, Fandango, eBay, Yahoo, and Google are just some of the brands that are available on the Treo. To be more accurate, you can access these web portals from the Treo.

Looking back at the old “Palm”, the company before “palmOne”, you may recall the Palm VII and web clipping applications. Web clipping applications, or .pqa files, were how customers of Palm’s other wireless Internet devices (Palm VII, VIIx, and i705) enabled you to get everything from news, to airline flight information, and even where the nearest Star Bucks coffee house was. For those of us who used those handhelds, you will recall how easy is was to get information on the go, browse the web, and yes, get your email.

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