Palm OS II Devices Will Arrive About 18 Months Too Late
There have been rumors about a new Linux-based revamp of the Palm OS, possibly code named Nova, floating around for some time now. You would think that with all the bad things happening to Palm lately rumors of a new OS would be a positive thing.
Well leave it to Palm to put bad spin on that too. Engadget Mobile is reporting that Palm doesn’t plan to have Palm OS II devices out until early 2009. This right, the one glimmer of light that could possibly better the companies position in the wireless market is over a year away.
If Palm really wanted to right the ship they needed to release this new OS about 6 months ago. With it coming out over a year from now, not only have they missed the boat, but the lake that boat sailed on has completely dried up.
Written by Robb Dunewood on January 15th, 2008 with
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#1. January 15th, 2008, at 2:01 PM.
It does seem odd that they would announce something like that so far in advance- it’s like saying “our current os is crappy and needs replacing, but we won’t get to it for a year.”
I actually like the form factor of the new palm smart phone (too lazy to look up the model name). Its the smallest (narrowest) decent qwerty smartphone out there- I don’t like the keyboard as much as the one on my 8830, but I tried it and it’s decent- it works well for me anyway. And its actually easier when 1-hand (1-thumb) typing. But yeah, the whole os thing- the current Palm os is preferable to Windows mobile, but it’s showing its age. I’d like to see RIM make something with qwerty narrower than the curve- maybe something between the curve and the pearl in width. Something that can fit in your jeans pocket. Its not that acceptable to be young and single and have an 8800 on your belt. Chicks just don’t dig it.