MSFT needs to buy PALM

Considering MSFT's move to put Office on Nokia Symbian phones, it would seem that MSFT finally is recognizing the eventual threat of mobile operating systems, and browser based operating systems (like GOOGs), browser based Office imitations, and, of course, smart devices (that cost more than laptops now).

MSFT's dismal failure in developing a Windows Mobile that works reasonably fast (as the old Palm OS did/does) and has a decent interface like the iphone and work-alikes -- has to be one of MSFT's biggest failures. Guess that would have to follow giving up the search space and the VISTA fiasco.

It may be that the faster smartphone hardware now available and the incremental interface improvements (much as Windows began to catch up with Apple on interface in the early 90s) will finally allow Windows Mobile to be usable. In fact, Window Mobile is great for its ability to interface with a lot of different native and connected hardware and O/S -- it's just soooo slow.

But rather than take that chance -- MSFT should just buy PALM. This would give them multi-tasking plus a hardware platform to merge with their Zune platform.

Actually, perhaps a Nokia or Samsung will move faster and buy PALM.