it seem palm have yet another window mobile Treo coming very soon; <http://www.palm-dubai.net/001/2006/05/palm_mission_im.html> <http://www.palminsider.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=324&Itemid=58>
Paul Blumstein wrote: > http://www.unstrung.com/blog.asp?blog_sectionid=291 > > Palm OS Still Alive > MAY 19, 2006 > > 6:00 AM -- After Palm Inc. 's release of the Treo 700w using Microsoft > Corp. (Nasdaq: MSFT - message board)'s Window Mobile operating system, > many people were wondering what would happen to the Palm OS operating > system. The fate of Palm OS was also clouded by PalmSource's decision > last year to discontinue work on Cobalt -- the high-end, > multi-threaded OS that was to take Palm into the future. PalmSource > indicated at that time its intention to use Linux as its high-end OS > platform. > > The Treo smartphone line has sold extremely well, with some 3 million > Treo 600s and 650s in the market. And it's no wonder. The Treo 650 > does a lot of things well, especially from a useability point of view. > So it was no surprise when Palm announced the 700p, an enhanced Palm > OS Treo that will support CDMA2000 EV-DO networks. The gadget will > address one of the 650's biggest weaknesses -- namely, its limited > memory. The 700p will have 128 Mbytes of memory. I'm sure Palm will > sell plenty of these. A UMTS/HSDPA version seems like a logical > development as well. > > However, while Palm OS has its dedicated following, and is well suited > for light-weight applications such as organizer functions and email, > it simply does not have the horsepower of competing systems like > Windows Mobile 5, which is far more sophisticated in its multi-tasking > and networking capabilities. Mitigating this limitation is that most > users do not do much beyond organizer tasks, email, and some browsing > functions on their smartphones. So it makes complete sense for Palm OS > to keep being used for the moment. However, as enterprises slowly > figure out how to deploy more demanding applications for smartphones, > its likely that many of these will be targeted for alternative > smartphone platforms. > > — Peter Rysavy is President of Rysavy Research . Special to Unstrung > > > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> You can search right from your browser? It's easy and it's free. See how. http://us.click.yahoo.com/_7bhrC/NGxNAA/yQLSAA/87folB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/treo/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
