PalmSource's merger with Linux specialist China MobileSoft clearly positions it to battle the heavyweights for the exploding mobile handset market, according to eWEEK compujournalists Libe Goad and David Morgenstern. Less clear are the implications for sibling company PalmOne, the authors say.

Find out why analysts aren't altogether upbeat on PalmSource's plan to use a Linux-based OS for Palm devices, by reading the full story at eWEEK.

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