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Alexander Turcic · 06-02-2004, 02:50 PM

A day after its No. 2 client, Sony, delivered bad news, PalmSource announced that two Chinese companies may license the Palm OS. PalmSource said on Wednesday it is talking with mobile phone maker Ningbo Bird and an arm of TCL about licensing its Palm operating system for handheld devices.

According to research company Gartner, handheld computer sales in China were forecast to hit 475,000 units this year, up from an estimated 442,000 last year. The forecase, an almost-10% increase in sales, doesn't sound dramatic, but it might be the best kind of market PalmSource can come up with for now.

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Alexander Turcic Fully Converged Posts: 18,163 Karma: 14021202 Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Switzerland Device: Too many to count here.	PalmSource looks to China for new licensees A day after its No. 2 client, Sony, delivered bad news, PalmSource announced that two Chinese companies may license the Palm OS. PalmSource said on Wednesday it is talking with mobile phone maker Ningbo Bird and an arm of TCL about licensing its Palm operating system for handheld devices. According to research company Gartner, handheld computer sales in China were forecast to hit 475,000 units this year, up from an estimated 442,000 last year. The forecase, an almost-10% increase in sales, doesn't sound dramatic, but it might be the best kind of market PalmSource can come up with for now.