ACCESS Linux Platform 3.0 released: Yes it's another mobile phone OS

by Brad Linder Oct 24th 2008

You know how Palm hasn't released an updated version of PalmOS in a while? Yeah, they still haven't. But ACCESS, the company that used to be known as PalmSource yesterday announced that ACCESS Linux Platform 3.0 is ready to go. ALP is designed to be compatible with old PalmOS applications while offering new capabilities and security enhancements.

ALP could show up on future mobile phones and PDAs. But here's the rub - you might not find it on future Palm branded devices, because Palm is still working on its own operating system.

ACCESS Linux Platform will come in two flavors. ALP supports PalmOS Garnet apps and native Linux apps designed for LiMo devices. There's also a new ALP mini platform that's designed for "feature phones" instead of smartphones. ALP Mini won't support PalmOS apps and isn't LiMo capable, but it should be good enough for most phones that you use primarily to make calls, send text messges, and maybe do a little web surfing.

[via Palm InfoCenter]

Tags: access-linux-platform, alp, alp-3.0, alp-mini

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Tim Brazer said 1:22PM on 10-24-2008

Wow, I didn't expect or see this coming. Cool.

Jash Sayani said 4:10PM on 10-24-2008

Wow! This is pretty cool. Anyway to put this on my old Windows Mobile phone...??

Phour ZwanZig said 7:52AM on 10-25-2008

Im thinking the same about my Dell Axim.. Ive kinda let it collect dust in the last year or so.. But I new look/feel to it may get me using it again..

Eric Wedel said 7:02AM on 10-29-2008

Dunno about adding ALP to an existing phone, probably need custom hardware interface code for each phone.

But looks like Emblaze is in the process of releasing a couple of ALP phones (one now, one in 2009) and there are claims of more to come.

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