04-22-2007, 12:00 AM
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Palm, Inc. Redies Its Own Operating System Based On Linux
http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2007/04/10/palm-prepping-its-own-linux-based-os/
"Just a few years late, Palm is finally getting ready to land its users onto a modern Palm-built OS. Ed Colligan, in his Investor Day keynote today, announced that Palm will be launching a homegrown Linux-based OS by the end of the year, with Opera for a browser and the recently acquired Chattermail for messaging. Palm has been secretly at work on this OS for a number of years, and does not plan to license it to other manufacturers. Colligan also says that Palm is going to continue Windows Mobile product releases, and thanks to that handy Garnet license, Palm will be able to show its "commitment to the Palm OS community" by merging Palm OS 5.4 support into its Linux kernel."
Palm OS 5 is over 5 years old now, ancient in the world of mobile devices. PalmSource, the owner of OS 5, was purchased by Access last year and Access announced ALP, a Linux based successor to PalmOS, but now Palm, Inc., the hardware manufacturer, no longer content to license PalmOS 5 and Windows Mobile is going to be developing their own platform again. Do you think there is room for another mobile operating system?
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04-22-2007, 12:58 AM
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Re: Palm, Inc. Redies Its Own Operating System Based On Linux
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Originally Posted by Ed Hansberry
Do you think there is room for another mobile operating system?
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YES! I have to preface my remarks by saying Palm has a less than stellar track record as far as OS releases go, so I'm not convinced they will get this right on their first try.
WM is becoming far to corporate oriented for my liking. It seems with every release we lose features in the name of corporate security. Not to mention MS's determination to keep the OS crippled so it does not steal desktop OS or office sales. As we know, the Palm OS is unable to cope with the demands of many of today's power users. Symbian, while popular in feature phones, really isn't a power users Mobile OS, either.
Palm has a shot to win the hearts of many of us who are rapidly growing discontent with the lack of innovation in the Windows Mobile world. If they manage to release a device that is not crippled with low resolution, minimal memory or an unstable OS, I will be first in line to give them a shot. However, if all we get is a Treo 800 with 64 MB of RAM running the new OS with a Garnet emulator on a 320 x 320 screen and nothing else, they will have once again shot themselves in the foot. This is a chance for Palm to differentiate themselves from the rest of the pack. I want to see a true mobile device that can replace all the crap I carry around today. I want lots of RAM, I want built in GPS, I want a hi-res screen. I want it to be fun to use to play games. I want it to excel as both a music and video player. I want both WiFi and 3G data access. Linux should make all of this possible, but it's up to Palm to implement it, and we can only wait to see if they actually execute.
The sad thing is WM could fulfill all of my wants but MS and their OEM's have consipired to prevent that from happening to date.
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04-22-2007, 02:14 AM
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Just the fact the engadget story has only three comments (two from the same person no less) speaks volumes.
No one cares about Palm or its former OS anymore.
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04-22-2007, 02:35 AM
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Originally Posted by Foo Fighter
No one cares about Palm or its former OS anymore.
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Yeah, it took me a week to build up the energy to post on it. :wink: :lol:
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04-22-2007, 05:50 AM
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So, there will be 2 linux based palm os? one from access and one from palm the hardware manufacturer? Creepy. 
But then again, we may be surprised... i was with ubuntu, wich im now running on my desktop instead of windows...
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This site should go the way of msmobiles.com. Forget WM and start talking android. Androidthoughts.com
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04-22-2007, 07:06 AM
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Originally Posted by mv
So, there will be 2 linux based palm os? one from access and one from palm the hardware manufacturer?
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The one from Access can't and won't have the Palm brand, since that's now wholly owned by Palm Inc. Their OS will be Access Linux Platform. Not that it's expected to matter that much, as I doubt we'll ever see it outside Asia.
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04-22-2007, 10:16 AM
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There's room for Symbian, Apple and WM .... for now
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04-22-2007, 11:57 AM
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There are too many operating systems as it is on the market today. So welcome a competition, at the end number will be reduced to 2 or 3. I predict: Windows (Mobile, or Vista), Apple (it's proprietary and catering to loyal customers mostly and it is adaptive to software developed for windows), and one version of Symbian, The rest, if survive, will serve to nitch customers
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04-22-2007, 12:06 PM
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Intellectual
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Well you can easily write apps for the iPhone. They just need to be web apps. Writing apps in .Net or C++ for WM just means you'll have to live on baked beans - most apps can be hacked in hours if not minutes.
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04-22-2007, 12:12 PM
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Bring it on! Competition of this sort can only lead to improved offerings for all of us. Windows Mobile's increasing domination of the higher end mobile OS market has led to less and less innovation (and I'm not anti-MS - stultification seems to be inevitable in a market dominated by few players). All I hope is that Palm can offer something genuinely interesting and worth the wait. A "me, too" mobile OS won't achieve anything.
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