David Nagel , 60 , president and CEO of PalmSource , stepped down Sunday but will persist at the Sunnyvale , California caller in an advisory role through mid - July to aid with the conversion , PalmSource say in a instruction . No reason was given for the move .
Patrick McVeigh , 53 , appointed in February as older frailty chairperson , cosmopolitan licensing for PalmSource , was distinguish interim CEO in tandem with the board of director ’ search for a permanent successor , it said .
Before fall in PalmSource in February , McVeigh served as CEO of Aliph Corp. , a developer of next generation audio and speech technologies for mobile gadget , and as president and CEO of Omnisky Corp. before that society was sell to Earthlink Inc. in December 2001 .
McVeigh also has a story with Palm , having been responsible for for worldwide sales of all Palm product as well as international marketing and operations , PalmSource say . Before joining Palm , McVeigh spent over 10 twelvemonth with Apple Computer Inc. in a multifariousness of sales and selling positions .
In October 2003 , as part of PalmOne Inc. ’s acquirement of Handspring Inc. , it spun off its computer software division to create PalmSource , freeing PalmOne to focus on hardware . Nagel , who had served as a member of the add-in of directors of Palm Inc. was named CEO and elected to the board of directors of PalmSource in December 2001 . Palm Inc. ’s name was change to PalmOne in August 2003 as part of the spin - off .
In January , PalmOne ’s first CEO , Todd Bradley , announce his plans to leave the Milpitas , California company . Ed Colligan , who had been PalmOne ’s chair , was key interim CEO and formally devote the full - clip position last calendar week .
Competition has intensify for both PalmOne and PalmSource . As PalmOne look to stem its dwindling part of an overall decline PDA ( personal digital assistant ) marketplace , PalmSource has been looking to make cryptic inroad into the market for sassy sound operating systems .
In February , PalmSource acquired China MobileSoft Ltd. ( CMS ) with an eye toward gaining smart phone and Linux expertise . subsequently that month , the companionship introduced of a range of mobile phone software and third - party program at the 3GSM World Congress in Cannes . New products include mFone for Smart Phone , a platform designed to campaign on Linux , and Feature Phone , which provides an user interface and locomotive engine for telephone dialing .
In March , PalmSource launched two mobile earpiece platform establish on software from CMS : PalmSource Feature Phone for budget mobile sound and PalmSource MFone , Linux - ground software program for upscale French telephone .
