Right you are..

Roger

On Nov 17, 2007, at 7:35 AM, Craig Froehle wrote:

> Um, no...I hope to god that any new phones running Android wouldn't
> have the massive NVFS issues that Treos tend to have (mostly because
> the OS was never designed for that physical environment).
>
> On Nov 17, 2007 7:46 AM, Roger Prokic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Now, wouldn't it be cool if Google makes Android available to  
> replace
> > the PalmOS on a Treo?
> >
> > 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
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