Yes, there have been many rumors.  The most recent big news regarding PalmOS is 
the sale of PalmSource (the PalmOS developer) to Access, a Japanese company 
which makes browsers for mobile devices.  From 10 Sept 2005,

http://www.engadget.com/entry/1234000227058227/

Prior to that, in Dec 2004, was the purchase of China MobileSoft Limited, a 
Chinese software company that has been working on a version of Linux for 
cellphones and mobile devices.

http://www.engadget.com/entry/1234000610023038/

If that sale transpired, then MobileSoft went to Access it seems?

Prior to that, way back in Oct 2002, was the news that PalmOS 6 was to be based 
upon BeOS,

http://birdhouse.org/blog/archives/2002/10/palmos_6_to_be.php

I'm getting the impression that Palm has thrown in the towel on software 
development, and given in to the dark side?  Sheesh, that's a bummer, I was 
really hoping for a *nixy replacement for the PalmOS of yore.

Does this mean Palm is abandoning PalmOS, for Windows??  That would be the 
ultimate irony, if true.

If any of my dark speculation is true, one would hope there'll be an emulator 
on new devices, so we can continue offering existing apps for the new devices.

Kevin

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