The board of directors at Palm has made it official that Jon Rubinstein is the new CEO of the company to replace Ed Colligan. Ed Colligan stepped down after sixteen years of service to the company.

Palm is grateful about the contribution of Rubinstien in bringing back a streak of hope to the company in the shape of Pre. 

Rubinstein was the former head of iPod hardware thus a confidante of Jobs and Apple. Rubinstein used his iPod days memories to create the Pre, which now is considered as the real competitor of the iPhone 3G S. 

Now, with Rubinstein as the new chief at Palm and the return of Steve Jobs due in late June, it would be interesting to see how super master and the new master fares in the ensuing competition. 

We will see Rubinstein furiously promoting WebOS and Jobs flexing the iPhone OS muscles. It goes without saying that the battle would be worth watching.