[MissouriConservative]

I’ve seen posts on some Mac forums where they say that Palm’s ID that shows up as an iPod violates their contract with the USB Consortium. Since Apple pays to have this unique ID, Palm could very well have their USB license pulled.

What are y’all hearing?

[Richard Kimball]

I haven't heard that. I know the Pre was a Hail Mary. Palm's dropped from a high of $670 a share in 2001 to around $14 now. They haven't had a hit in years. If they lost their USB license, that would be seriously bad.

I thought it was just the normal infighting between companies, but if Palm violated their contracts, that's beyond a Hail Mary to a "If we don't make this work, we're out of business, so let's take a shot and see what happens."