Five reasons for Palm's slide | CNET News.com

As someone who has used a Palm Pilot since the first release, and other PDAs before that, this story made me wince. Is my newly acquired LifeDrive suddenly going to find itself without any support? I hope not?

Five reasons for Palm's slide | CNET News.com: "When Palm ruled the handheld-computing market, few thought it would ever have to partner with Microsoft.
But a series of missteps, from manufacturing gaffes to strategic blunders, eventually made Palm's partnering with its longtime rival seem like a possibility--and, for both parties, a palatable one at that. While no one mistake can be blamed for Palm's difficulties over the last five years, many analysts agree that a combination of events both strengthened Microsoft's hand in the mobile market and made Palm more open to partnering with its old adversary."