In a surprise announcement at the developer conference, PalmSource revealed that Palm OS Cobalt will no longer offer synchronization with the Mac OS. This marks a departure as previous versions of the Palm OS had long shipped with Mac compatible hotsync software. update: PalmSource has issued a statement clarifying their position on the issue.
During his Keynote speech on the new features of Cobalt, PalmSource Chief Products Officer Larry Slotnick revealed that Palm OS Cobalt will not ship with a Mac OS synchronization client. In effect, PalmSource is dropping native Mac support and will no longer develop a Mac Palm Desktop client.