Remember how Palm was supposed to be releasing its super-cool new operating system based on Linux this year? And then remember how Palm went and pushed the release date back to 2008?Apparently now they're pushing it way way back -- to the end of 2008. That's right, Palm's next generation operating system will be more than a year late, according to Palm CEO Ed Colligan.
Palm and Access (the company that acquired PalmSource) are working on Linux-based operating systems that will run on Palm hardware and support PalmOS applications. But considering how quickly Palm is losing market share to Windows Mobile (you can even buy a Palm Treo with the Windows Mobile operating system), maybe they should think about scrapping the compatibility layer altogether and just pushing out a modern OS for Palm devices as soon as possible.
Update: Thanks to our readers for pointing out that Palm is working on a new OS independently of Access.
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10-03-2007 @ 10:21AM
Sam said...
Palm's new Linux OS is completely different from the one ACCESS is developing.
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10-03-2007 @ 10:22AM
Andy Chapman said...
Just reporting an inaccuracy: Whilst Access is developing a new mobile linux based OS called ALP, Palm is not going to be using Access for their solution, and is now developing their own Linux OS which has nothing to do with Access. In the article that was linked to: "Meanwhile Palm, the hardware manufacturer, licensed the Palm OS back from Access, and announced that it too would be using a Linux base for a (different) new version of Palm OS, with a compatibility layer. This is the version now scheduled for release at the end of 2008." Cheers.
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