Comdex -- one device panel

Representatives of Microsoft, Symbian and Palm Source participated in a panel debate about the "single device paradigm", chaired by IDC analyst Roger Kay. There wasn't much disagreement, though Symbian's David Wood did his best to put the boot into Microsoft's Ed Suwanjindar over the sudden Sendo defection. (Sendo, a small British company, dropped out after failing to launch a long-delayed phone based on Microsoft Smartphone 2002.) Suwanjindar said it was "a baffling decision. It's particularly puzzling because they've had the software for a few years...."