In a move that could be considered somewhat insensitive to those still grieving over Palm OS'
official departure, Palm has now gone and axed a little bit more of itself, as the firm's once-popular
LifeDrive device has been marked "end of life." Not even two full years after seeing the device
get legit, go
on sale, get
photographed, and hit the
chopping block, the media-centric
Mobile Manager is on its way out. Notably, the unit has also vanished from UK retailers after reportedly "having fallen foul of EU regulations on the use of hazardous materials." Yeah, we've still got a few Treos and whatnot to keep us occupied, and there's always an (admittedly dim) glimmer of hope that
Garnet solves all the Palm-related woes, but it looks like the LifeDrive has finally suffered the same fate that
so many other dedicated PDAs already
have.
