Perception is everything when looking at the relations between companies. Ed Colligan (Palm, inc) is putting more distance between Palm and Symbian - after all, he sees Nokia as 'owning' Symbian, and the American carriers all wanted Microsoft enterprise devices. And Symbian's thoughts? "Microsoft is more of a distraction factor," said David Wood, Symbian executive VP of research - naturally, as Symbian are pushing into the mid-range now (report from Datamonitor).