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Palm boasts about the number of corporate developers it has already

Traditionally, Microsoft's main claim to being taken seriously in mobile data is the death grip it has on the developers. There are so damn many Windows developers. But (says Palm) "not as many as us!"

David Nagel is due to take his place on the financial podium Monday: but at the third annual Wireless Enterprise Symposium held by Blackberry designer, RIM (Research in Motion) Palm OS is experiencing "enormous support by developers."

According to eWeek Palm "has seen an acceleration in sign-ups to the tune of 2,000 new developers per week" and it adds: "A large portion are in the enterprise." Nagel says Palm has so far signed up more than 330,000 developers to create applications.

Nagel was challenging the popular impression, which is that Palm devices are privately owned. In larger companies, says Carol Ellison's report, Microsoft is more prominent. But in medium and smaller firms, says Nagel, Palm dominates: 80% of his company's products are corporate, not private buys.