If you put off buying an iPhone because you're waiting for a new Palm Treo running an updated version of Palm OS, you could be waiting a while.While Palm had planned to release a completely redesigned operating system based on Linux this year, CEO Ed Colligan says the new OS won't be available until "some time next year."
In other words, if you want a Treo running the latest operating system, you're going to want to pick up a Windows Mobile version for now.
Of course, if you aren't so much interested in the new features as the fact that Palm's new OS will be Linux based, there's hope. If you're the tinkering type, you may be interested in knowing that there's been some progress getting Linux to run on Palm hardware. Sure, there are a bunch of features that don't really work yet. But there's always the promise that one day, after 5 or 6 years of tinkering, you could make a Palm LifeDrive more useful than it was when you bought it by installing a faster web browser, better word processor, etc.
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7-02-2007 @ 4:21PM
Victor Agreda, Jr. said...
Unbelievable. After years of hand-wringing and selloffs and nonsense, we get this??? Seriously, if enthusiasts can get Doom or Linux on just about anything within a year (taking bets now for iPhone)... But then, I have a hard time believing anyone at wherever the hell is developing this software (didn't they sell it to Bobcat Goldthwait?) is "enthusiastic" about what they are doing.
Get the pollen, make the honey. Or get splattered on a windshield.
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7-02-2007 @ 7:50PM
james 42 said...
It's funny to think that while Palm has be dicking around with Linux, Apple managed to create a whole new phone that buries everything Palm ever did. OK, so it's sad, not funny.
I can not imagine how depressing it must be to work for Palm.
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7-03-2007 @ 12:04PM
Dave Chartier said...
I don't understand how Palm's shareholders have managed to *not* strangle the company by the throat for these endless blunders.
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