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Originally Posted by mangochutneyman
woopie, yet another palm os is dead article on ppts... :roll:
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Once upon a time I would have agreed with you, but I think you'll find other web PDA related sites posting similar sentiment now that PalmOS as we know it is dead.
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We'll see... The truth is that the shift to linux will do more to save palm os platform than destroy it.
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Interesting hypothesis, but wrong. Linux-based PalmOS is nearly three years away, and when it does arrive it will face an impenetrable market owned by Symbian and Windows Mobile. That lack of developer interest today is proof of this. You don't see Motorola, Sony-Ericsson, or Nokia lining up to get their copy of PalmLinux...and you never will.
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In addtion PalmSource has its Feature phone product to compete with the likes of Nokia's Series 40
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Wrong again. They WILL have a feature phone product....in three years. Too little, too late, and given their financial status, PalmSource won't survive long enough to give birth to this mutant child.
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PalmOS Feature phone does not mean the death of PalmOS platform, it means geater growth into larger markets.
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True, but you're speaking as though this product is available now. It's vaporware. And the company building the product is on death's doorstep. And you're assuming handset vendors will be lining up to license this OS when it does arrive. That ain't gonna happen. After years of struggling to develop PalmLinux, PalmSource will find an even greater challenge in trying to market it's wares to potential customers. Provided they are still in business at that time.
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In additon, there will still be Cobalt for lisencees in meantime.
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An operating system that nobody wants? Cobalt is so bad even PalmOne won't touch it. In case you've been living under a rock, Cobalt was a complete failure. It's one of the reasons why Nagel was handed his briefcase.
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I think this development would spur PalmOne to release a Cobalt Treo imo...
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The only "new" OS future Treo's are likely to ship with is Windows Mobile. And you can bet on that. With the end of Garnet comes a looming calamity for PalmOne: where do we go from here? The operating system that ship on its devices today is dead, with no future roadmap. And its successor won't appear for another 3 years. Where does that leave PalmOne? They can't keep limping along with Garnet for three more years hoping nobody notices the buzzards circling over Garnet's carcass. That means one of two things must happen..
1. Buy back PalmSource and take back control over the whole stinking mess.
2. Go shopping for a new OS.
I'm betting on the latter, because the former would be too costly and wouldn't really gain them anything considering PalmOS market share is shrinking while Windows Mobile is clearly the winning platform.