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PalmSource delays hurting Palm? No, it's just PalmSource hurting Palm

I got a bit of a chuckle from Erica Ogg's news story about how delays to the new operating systems coming out of PalmSource the software outfit that makes the PalmOS are causing all sorts of grief for Palm. Palm (formerly PalmOne, and before that Palm) is the...

Tags: palmOne Inc., PalmOS

Blog posts 2006-08-01

Sun's Bray slams SavaJe

Back in 2001, when I first spotted SavaJe (see Holy handheld, Batman! They put Java where!?), I was rather stunned by what the small startup had done. Today, nearly five years later, I'm equally stunned that the company appears to still be struggling to get it right. ...

Tags: SavaJe, Java

Blog posts 2006-06-06

Windows Mobile-based Treo imminent?

Mirosoft has distributed an invitation to a press conference involving Bill Gates, Palm, Inc. president Ed Colligan, and Verizon Wireless president and CEO Denny Strigl. The conference is scheduled to take place this Monday (Oct 26.). It's pretty clear where this is heading: a device from Palm (probably...

Tags: Handhelds, Operating systems, Palm Treo, Microsoft Windows Mobile, Palm Inc., Java, PalmOS, Microsoft Windows, mobile marketing, Mirosoft

Blog posts 2005-09-23

PalmSource moved further into oblivion

Ever since I was asked at a Comdex sometime around the turn of the century to make a prediction, I've been predicting the end of the PalmOS (here's a Google search that gets you to most of that coverage). Back then, it was simply the birth of Microsoft's...

Tags: PalmOS, PalmSource Inc.

Blog posts 2005-09-09

Treo surfaces with Windows Mobile: PalmOS R.I.P.

For a long time, because of its failure to hitch its wagon to one of the primary development wagons (Java or .NET), I've been predicting that the PalmOS from PalmSource the Palm operating system company is on its way to becoming totally irrelevant if not dead altogether. Although I...

Tags: Handhelds, Operating systems, Cellular phones, PalmOS, Palm Treo, Microsoft Windows Mobile, mobile marketing, Microsoft Windows

Blog posts 2005-08-05

Ecosystemus interruptus: Multitasking did not undo PalmSource

Without specifically calling any particular journalist out (is he too chicken? why not a link to prove his point?), eWeek columnist Guy Kewney is taking to task any journalist who has claimed that PalmSource's lukewarm support of Java is the PalmOS licensor's leading ailment. Said Kewney in this week's...

Tags: palmOne Inc., PalmSource Inc.

Blog posts 2005-05-25

Mobile Java OS-maker lands 5th largest handset maker

According to The Register, LG, which is not only the world's fifth largest handset manufacturer, but also the number one provider of 3G phones, is the first major phone manufacturer to buck tradition by going with SavaJe's pure Java-based handset operating system. Exactly three years ago today, after seeing...

Tags: PalmOS, SavaJe

Blog posts 2004-12-13

A step in the right direction for PalmSource?

PalmSource has announced that, by virtue of its pending-acquisition of China MobileSoft, it will offer a Linux-based version of the PalmOS.  Philosophically speaking, it's absolutely the right move for PalmSource to port its entire environment to an operating system with a big developer following.  I've been recommending that PalmSource make such a move...

Tags: PalmOS, PalmSource Inc.

Blog posts 2004-12-08

PalmOne's Colligan on the hot seat in Asia

In a relentless line of questioning, CNETAsia's Aloysius Choong hangs on to PalmOne president Ed Colligan like a pit bull to get a better idea of the course that the hardware manufacturer has charted for itself amidst an onslaught from the Microsoft-based PocketPC world and a setback with China's largest...

Tags: palmOne Inc., PalmSource Inc.

Blog posts 2004-11-17

Additional Resources

Shop at the Windows Marketplace for Mobile from your desktop browser

Apple was NOT the first, not by far[i]Every mobile operating system now has their own on device application store, thanks to the initiative of Apple with the iPhone and the App Store.[/i]Handango InHand was there a year and a half before Apple even allowed applications on their phone.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Handango[i]Handango InHand, available...

Tags: Memory, Flash memory, Advertising & Promotion, Mobile operating systems, Web browsers, Operating systems, desktop browser, Web browser, Microsoft Windows, desktop, Handango, Handango InHand, Apple Inc., SD card, mobile

Discussion threads 2009-11-12

Motorola and Palm; will 2009 be designated as a comeback year?

wrongwell matthew, because you have been wrong consistently about the smartphone market the last few years i would argue they are both doomed, when you like them. the pre doesn't help palm as it should regardless of critical acclaim and motorola will participate in the race to the bottom (margin...

Tags: Smart phones, Cellular phones, Handhelds, Mobile operating systems, RIM OS, Palm Inc., Pre, GSM, Motorola Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-11-04

Revisiting RIM: Are the enterprise storm clouds brewing?

In the context of the scenario...it could very well come down to iPhone v. RIM. If, as posited, businesses adopt a BYOP model. That kind of thing doesn't matter what wireless network your using, if they'll open exchange up for you to hook your iPhone to. Which may - and...

Tags: Smart phones, Handhelds, data plan, Apple iPhone, AT&T Corp., BIS, RIM BlackBerry, Verizon Communications Inc., Research In Motion Ltd.

Discussion threads 2009-09-30

LearnWords Windows 4.8.1 (Windows)

LearnWords - highly effective training program for learning foreign languages (words, phrases) on desktop or mobile computers (Windows XP/Vista, WM5, PocketPC, PalmOS, Symbian S60, MS Smartphone) 12 exercises, 20 languages, transcriptions, pronunciation, editor, virtual keyboard, moving of words, system of scheduling repetitions.

Tags: Language, LearnWords Software, Microsoft Windows, Palm OS, Pocket PC, Keyboards, Operating Systems, Handhelds, Software, Hardware, Peripherals

Software downloads 2009-09-23

Palm: 823,000 smartphone units shipped; Outlook lumpy

a loss of 161 milliondon't let the creative accounting fool you: the company just lost 161 million in one quarter (and that's the quarter they launched their jesus phone to great fanfare) and it has a market cap of 2 bn? wtf. how is that possible? shouldn't palm be a...

Tags: Telecom & Utilities, Smart phones, Handhelds, smart phone, Microsoft Outlook, Palm Inc., phone

Discussion threads 2009-09-17

Palm launches Pixi, second webOS phone

Looks just like the pre....with a better keyboard.RE: Palm launches Pixi, second webOS phoneit will need to be free if they want me to let them spy on my info!RE: Palm launches Pixi, second webOS phoneIt's all fine and dandy, but how's the battery life???RE: Palm launches Pixi, second webOS...

Tags: Palm OS, Telecom & Utilities, Keyboards, Mobile operating systems, Operating systems, Handhelds, Maemo, Pixi, Palm Inc., webOS phone, webOS, phone

Discussion threads 2009-09-09

Is the Palm Pre a failure?

Wrong, so what's right?You say the ads don't work.What kind of ads do you suggest would? I'm interested to hear what you think would be effective.Those silly adsI think the Palm Pre ads are worse than the initial Windows ads. They are really bad. Their only really good quality is...

Tags: Smart phones, Cellular phones, Palm Inc., advertisement, Sprint Communications, Verizon Communications Inc., Palm Pre, Apple iPhone, CDMA

Discussion threads 2009-09-03

Review: How the iPhone 3GS stacks up as a corporate device

Iphone is Insecure!While the article does a good job identifying the superficial pros and cons of the iPhone, it completely ignores the fact that information on the device is totally insecure. See, e.g., Bypassing Passcode and Backup Encryption: and do a quick Google search for iPhone Security for scads more...

Tags: Smart phones, Keyboards, Part-of IT, Apple iPhone, keyboard

Discussion threads 2009-09-01

Dali Clock 2.30 (Mac)

Dali Clock is a digital clock. When a digit changes, it "melts" into its new shape. The date is displayed when the mouse is pressed. The window can be made transparent, and can do funky psychedelic color cycling. This is a very old program! The original version was written some...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Jamie Zawinski, Dali Clock, Palm OS, Linux, Apple Mac OS, Mice, Desktops, Operating Systems, Mobile Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Peripherals

Software downloads 2009-09-01

Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard cuts support for legacy Palm OS devices

Even more anti-competitive moves by Apple against PalmFirst they sabotage the Pre, then they remove support for all other Palm devices, all because Palm [b]dared[/b] create a smartphone. Folks, this is anti-competitive, plain and simple.Cue the double standards..."Legacy" Palm OS devices?!What's a "legacy PalmOS device"? Aren't ALL PalmOS devices...

Tags: Mobile operating systems, Mobile applications, Operating systems, Handhelds, Wireless and Mobility, Apple Macintosh, Apple Mac OS, Apple Mac OS X, Palm Inc., Palm OS, Pre, Apple Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-08-26

CyberMatrix Pro Schedule 7.0 (Windows)

CyberMatrix Pro Schedule Standard is a simple to use single or multi-user group appointment scheduling program. Pro Schedule is ideal for professionals who are often scheduling appointments such as doctors, dentists, veterinarians, physiotherapists, hairdressers and lawyers. It can be used in clinics, offices, beauty salons and hospitals. Appointment schedules can...

Tags: Appointment, CyberMatrix, CyberMatrix Pro Schedule Standard, E-mail, Databases, Microsoft Windows, Palm OS, Storage, Operating Systems, Online Communications, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Hardware

Software downloads 2009-07-14