I'm their ghost writer ;-) On Nov 6, 2007 11:06 AM, Lio <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > how prophetic > http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadget/~3/180209456/ > > > On 11/3/07, Craig Froehle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Nov 3, 2007 1:20 AM, Lio <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Yeah - seems the news stories about this have been buzzing a lot > > > lately. When you say "get in on this" do you mean adopt the Google OS? > > > Wouldn't that kill nearly all their work over the past 2 years with > > > Foleo and the next gen Palm OS? And what would it do for Palm's > > > ability to differentiate themselves? > > > > No, I don't think it would. Palm can still make decent, innovative > > hardware if it weren't so saddled with propping up an OS and making it > > work with carriers (a huge time-sink for engineering resources). > > Plus, there's no telling how specified the UI will be on this -- it > > may just be a bunch of underlying stuff (radio stacks, kernel, etc.). > > If so, Palm could then do the UI just like they've been planning on > > doing with Linux. Hell, this may actually save Palm a crapload more > > work just to get a usable phone OS and let them concentrate on the > > user experience. Total speculation, but it's exciting to think about. > > > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > > -- > ============================== > War Eagle > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > >
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