And that was Palm's biggest mistake. Not to have released their new OS two and a half years ago.
That gap probably has now killed them, with Google doing all of that OS work for free. :-) Roger On Nov 17, 2007, at 6:30 AM, Craig Froehle wrote: > 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. > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
