Comments on: Palm Gets PalmOS Guts, Planning New OS, or Just Fixing What’s Broken? http://www.crunchgear.com/2006/12/07/palm-gets-palmos-guts-planning-new-os-or-just-fixing-whats-broken/ Gadgets, gear and computer hardware. Wed, 03 Dec 2008 06:20:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: brklynsurfer http://www.crunchgear.com/2006/12/07/palm-gets-palmos-guts-planning-new-os-or-just-fixing-whats-broken/#comment-34953 brklynsurfer Fri, 08 Dec 2006 19:43:01 +0000 http://crunchgear.com/2006/12/07/palm-gets-palmos-guts-planning-new-os-or-just-fixing-whats-broken/#comment-34953 Whats the lead time for these OS's. Palm has really been sitting on its laurels since coming up with the Treos. The market is much more crowded than when Palm entered. Now blackberry and Win Mobile are gaining on them, especially when MS says it will introduce and updated OS once a year. It wont take long for MS to get it right. Blackberry and Symbian both continue to improve with usability and powerfulness. Plus if the rumors are true and apple comes out with a smart phone Palm is dead as a door nail. Wake up Palm, its 2006, our smart phones can multi task, so should yours. Whats the lead time for these OS’s. Palm has really been sitting on its laurels since coming up with the Treos. The market is much more crowded than when Palm entered. Now blackberry and Win Mobile are gaining on them, especially when MS says it will introduce and updated OS once a year. It wont take long for MS to get it right. Blackberry and Symbian both continue to improve with usability and powerfulness. Plus if the rumors are true and apple comes out with a smart phone Palm is dead as a door nail. Wake up Palm, its 2006, our smart phones can multi task, so should yours.

]]> By: adi http://www.crunchgear.com/2006/12/07/palm-gets-palmos-guts-planning-new-os-or-just-fixing-whats-broken/#comment-34519 adi Fri, 08 Dec 2006 02:15:04 +0000 http://crunchgear.com/2006/12/07/palm-gets-palmos-guts-planning-new-os-or-just-fixing-whats-broken/#comment-34519 Nice work Palm, you've just admitted that selling PalmSource was a mistake and rebought what you'd shed a few years back. I've read a couple of accounts which say the license allows for future development in a fashion that could include a Garnet emulator to run within a different OS (Linux or WinMo?). I'm glad PalmOS is staying, but it is in desperate need of an update. Yesterday. Nice work Palm, you’ve just admitted that selling PalmSource was a mistake and rebought what you’d shed a few years back.

I’ve read a couple of accounts which say the license allows for future development in a fashion that could include a Garnet emulator to run within a different OS (Linux or WinMo?).

I’m glad PalmOS is staying, but it is in desperate need of an update. Yesterday.

]]> By: drdrew http://www.crunchgear.com/2006/12/07/palm-gets-palmos-guts-planning-new-os-or-just-fixing-whats-broken/#comment-34494 drdrew Fri, 08 Dec 2006 01:22:56 +0000 http://crunchgear.com/2006/12/07/palm-gets-palmos-guts-planning-new-os-or-just-fixing-whats-broken/#comment-34494 lmao, "...trade a Wii w/Zelda for the whole company..." lmao, “…trade a Wii w/Zelda for the whole company…”

]]> By: Ben Dalton http://www.crunchgear.com/2006/12/07/palm-gets-palmos-guts-planning-new-os-or-just-fixing-whats-broken/#comment-34429 Ben Dalton Thu, 07 Dec 2006 23:33:52 +0000 http://crunchgear.com/2006/12/07/palm-gets-palmos-guts-planning-new-os-or-just-fixing-whats-broken/#comment-34429 I find this to be a nice relief. The PalmOS-based Treos are some of the best smartphone on the market. I was getting concerned this platform would just fade away. People complain about the lack of multitasking in reviews, but on the flipside, I have had issues w/ multitasking on windows mobile devices. Run too many applications at once and the CPU/Ram are taxed and the device becomes sluggish or unstable. So, maybe multitasking creates more potential problems than it solves. Either way, with Palm OS still in the race, the MS team will still have something besides itself to compete with. Competition leads to better software. Everyone wins. I find this to be a nice relief. The PalmOS-based Treos are some of the best smartphone on the market. I was getting concerned this platform would just fade away.

People complain about the lack of multitasking in reviews, but on the flipside, I have had issues w/ multitasking on windows mobile devices. Run too many applications at once and the CPU/Ram are taxed and the device becomes sluggish or unstable. So, maybe multitasking creates more potential problems than it solves.

Either way, with Palm OS still in the race, the MS team will still have something besides itself to compete with. Competition leads to better software. Everyone wins.

]]> By: Matt Hickey http://www.crunchgear.com/2006/12/07/palm-gets-palmos-guts-planning-new-os-or-just-fixing-whats-broken/#comment-34401 Matt Hickey Thu, 07 Dec 2006 22:54:21 +0000 http://crunchgear.com/2006/12/07/palm-gets-palmos-guts-planning-new-os-or-just-fixing-whats-broken/#comment-34401 @Paul: heh, uh, no. No. $44. The original plan was to trade a Wii w/Zelda for the whole company, but this is better long-run. Jay-kay, and thanks. @Paul: heh, uh, no. No. $44. The original plan was to trade a Wii w/Zelda for the whole company, but this is better long-run. Jay-kay, and thanks.

]]> By: Paul http://www.crunchgear.com/2006/12/07/palm-gets-palmos-guts-planning-new-os-or-just-fixing-whats-broken/#comment-34383 Paul Thu, 07 Dec 2006 22:34:21 +0000 http://crunchgear.com/2006/12/07/palm-gets-palmos-guts-planning-new-os-or-just-fixing-whats-broken/#comment-34383 I think you mean $44 MILLION dollars. I think you mean $44 MILLION dollars.

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