Palm’s new executive chairman Jon Rubinstein told Dow Jones Newswires in an interview yesterday that it will take 18 months before new products come out utilizing Palm’s next generation operating system. These comments would seem to contradict guidance from CEO Ed Colligan given earlier this month where he stated he expected products to be available be the end of next calendar year (2008).

Rubinstein’s new remarks would push that back until mid-2009 at the earliest. He is quoted as saying “It’s a probably good target,” [...] “These things take time.”

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