Palm responds to the iPhone threat

Palm Palm Inc., manufacturers of the Treo range of smartphones, has responded to the threat posed by Apple’s iPhone by hiring a well known Silicon Valley software designer.

Paul Mercer, 39, is a former Apple engineer and has worked on Version 7 of the Macintosh finder as well as founding a software firm that created a system used by Apple software designers to create the first version of the iPod interface.

Mercer has been working at Palm for 3 weeks on a new range of products but a spokeswoman would not comment on what these products were.

Recently Mr Mercer has also worked with Samsung on the design for the Z5 MP3 player which is a top seller in the Korean market.

Paul Saffo, an adviser to Samsung, commented:

He’s the best of the best in this space, the guy has a knack for designing complex systems in ways that are accessible.

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