Tuesday, October 2, 2007
Palm To Finally Deliver A New OS?
Posted by Ed Hansberry in "THE COMPETITION" @ 12:00 PM
http://www.palminfocenter.com/news/8301/colligan-talks-about-next-generation-palm-os-progress/
"Colligan told investors in his opening remarks that the Centro systems team and all Foleo engineers are now totally focused on delivering the next generation platform. He also put a concrete timeframe on its debut, stating they expect it to be "available" by the end of next calendar year. After years of lingering rumors, Colligan first confirmed the project at an analyst even in April. The OS is widely expected to be the long awaited replacement to the Palm OS. This Linux based OS has been largely developed at Palm and is not to be confused with ACCESS Inc's mobile Linux project, ALP."
By "available" if that means to device manufacturers, including Palm, it will likely be Q1 2009 before devices are ready, and that assumes carriers approve it on their network. We'll see. We've heard this many times before since February 2004 when they announced Cobalt, the successor to the current platform. Almost 4 years later, not a single device has shipped with the new OS.
"Colligan told investors in his opening remarks that the Centro systems team and all Foleo engineers are now totally focused on delivering the next generation platform. He also put a concrete timeframe on its debut, stating they expect it to be "available" by the end of next calendar year. After years of lingering rumors, Colligan first confirmed the project at an analyst even in April. The OS is widely expected to be the long awaited replacement to the Palm OS. This Linux based OS has been largely developed at Palm and is not to be confused with ACCESS Inc's mobile Linux project, ALP."
By "available" if that means to device manufacturers, including Palm, it will likely be Q1 2009 before devices are ready, and that assumes carriers approve it on their network. We'll see. We've heard this many times before since February 2004 when they announced Cobalt, the successor to the current platform. Almost 4 years later, not a single device has shipped with the new OS.
