None of those companies are known for UX. Palm and RIM were so behind in the field to begin with — they needed to catch up before they even thought about reinve

None of those companies are known for UX. Palm and RIM were so behind in the field to begin with — they needed to catch up before they even thought about reinventing web apps. As another example, if Google were to say tomorrow that they would release a high performance database, I’d believe it. If they were to say they are going to release an original social media platform, I would laugh.