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

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Tim Brazer said 1:22PM on 10-24-2008
Wow, I didn't expect or see this coming. Cool.
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Jash Sayani said 4:10PM on 10-24-2008
Wow! This is pretty cool. Anyway to put this on my old Windows Mobile phone...??
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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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