The Adventures of AlisterComputeron

Palm just can’t catch break.  Earlier this month, Palm released WebOS, which will be the new OS on its devices and the Pre, what was supposed to be a game-changer device and perhaps the salvation for Palm’s survival.

But Apple had to go and spoil Palm’s comeback tour.  During Apple’s earnings call last week, Steve Jobs stand-in and Apple COO Tim Cook reasserted Apple’s supremacy in product designed, by saying, “Apple won’t let its intellectual property get ripped off; Palm, I’m looking at you.”

Apple was recently awarded a patent for “touch screen device, method, and graphical user interface for determining commands by applying heuristics,” features that sound simliar to those found in the Palm Pre.

Oh Apple, just let Palm have this one.  You can still crush them, and the victory will be sweeter when Palm’s a little bigger.  Besides, Palm is no Microsft; it’s not like they’re taking little bits of Mac OS X and putting it their OS.