The Smartphone world is dominated by two two-horse battles. The Europeans have Microsoft vs Symbian, and North America has Microsoft vs PalmSource (Strangely both fights have the third contender threatening to get a foothold in the market in 2005). And now PalmSource are putting themselves on display with their annual USA Developers Conference.

There’s a lot riding on this DevCon for PalmSource. They’ve shown vision in taking on board China Mobilesoft’s Linux operation as a way into the lucrative Far East markets, as well as the mid range feature phones. There’s also the major change in switching the Palm OS to a Linux kernel. And given that PalmSource are in the same situation as Symbian (ie they need mobile phone companies to build phones with their Oeprating System) they need to put on a good show to prove that they’re still a viable player to both the new markets and their existing partners.

Throw in the huge eco-system Palm OS has (arguably the largest of any of the Smartphone platforms) and you’re going to have a packed out conference of speakers, exhibitors and delegates. The DevCon is pivotal to PalmSource, and pivotal to the smartphone market as well.

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