Just to elaborate on my previous comment: I've seen Palm/Palmsource demos of the new Linux-based Palm OS as far back as May, 2005 -- that's two-and-a-half YEARS ago -- and everything Palm/Palmsource talked about doing (with one exception) is here on Android (if you also watch the made-for-developers movies, you learn a lot more): - multi-tasking...check! - widely scalable UI for many screen resolutions...check! - utilizes Linux 2.6's kernel and h/w drivers...check! - is very pretty to look at...check! - has a great/simple UI...check! - has wide developer support....check!
The only thing we haven't seen mentioned was a Palm OS compatibility layer for handling legacy Palm OS apps. With Access' Garnet Virtual Machine (which runs on Linux...the OS for those Nokia Internet Tablets), that problem is solved. In other words, we would have all the benefits of the old Palm OS *and* its promised-but-yet-to-be-delivered replacement, but Palm itself would be completely absent from the product. And that's why Palm needs to get on board the Android train; they're only hope of adding value is hardware and maybe some apps and/or UI tweaks (easily done due to Android's openness). Thoughts? On Nov 17, 2007 6:58 AM, JLV <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > very nice, WOW > > On Nov 17, 2007, at 4:30 AM, Craig Froehle wrote: > > > Everything the next Palm OS should have been...or be. Palm's in > > trouble if it doesn't get on board. > > > > On Nov 16, 2007 10:50 PM, Paul Blumstein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1FJHYqE0RDg > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > -- http://www.GearBits.com -- Tech. Culture. Ideas. Opinions.
