On 2/22/06, Lance Drake <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Palm OS Dev folks, > > Forgive me for my late question. Evidently, Palm OS was sold? If > so, to who? Does that mean there'll be no more Palm OS? Will they > still be selling things that RUN Palm OS? > > Thanks for whatever feedback (or vectors to other info) you can provide. > > Best Wishes, > > Lance Drake
Back in 2003, Palm split into two companies: PalmSource and palmOne, with palmOne immediately acquiring Handspring. PalmSource got the OS, while palmOne because a major licensee and produced hardware. In mid-2005, palmOne bought the rights to the Palm name from PalmSource and renamed itself to Palm. In late 2005, a Japanese company, ACCESS, bought PalmSource and made it a wholly-owned subsidiary. For the record, ACCESS is still licensing Palm OS Garnet and Palm continues to be a licensee. While I can't talk about future products, the Treo 650 is doing great and the TX and Z22 handhelds have been well-received by the market. ACCESS did just announce their future OS, ALP (ACCESS Linux Platform) which is based on Linux and runs Palm OS Garnet applications as well as native ARM applications. There have been no announcements about licensees of this OS yet. For more info, read a Palm OS news site. I recommend www.palminfocenter.com. -- For information on using the PalmSource Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/support/forums/
