Palm OS platform extends reach in the Java mobile market

By Brad Newnham

PalmSource has announced it will now deliver IBM WebSphere Everyplace Micro Environment to palmOne's Treo 650 Smartphone and Tungsten T5 Handheld. This move will extend the Palm OS platforms reach in the Java mobile market.

"Now, the more than 3 million members of the Java development community will be able to develop and deploy business applications for mobile workforces for the recently introduced Tungsten T5 and Treo 650," said Anthony Armenta, director of Software Product Marketing, palmOne. "Together with IBM and PalmSource, palmOne will offer customers another means to leverage their platform investment with an open-standards-based and cost-effective development environment for mobile computing."