Ed Colligan has been with the Palm team from before day one; he actually showed me my very first Palm, before it was called a Palm Pilot. So he knows pretty much all there is to know about Palm's history in becoming PalmOne and as president of the company, he could, if he wanted, reveal much about its plans.

He's being secretive of course but I got the impression that he's not just being cagey when he says he can't commit to upgrading the OS next year.

I honestly think he's going to spend another year getting ready for "Cobalt" which allows multi-threading on PalmOS devices.

A mistake? Commercially, probably not. People like myself, who want these esoteric features, are still a minority of the market. The rest just want email, and better usability, says Colligan.

Is he right?