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- PalmSource delays hurting Palm? No, it's just PalmSource hurting Pal
- PalmSource delays hurting Palm? No, it's just PalmSource hurting Palarticle rootMessage was edited by: adminPalm OS: RIP NT.Palm OS cant tie their own shoe laces"PalmOS, in my eyes was also pronounced dead on the day that a Treo turned up running Windows Mobile (a marriage I was never particularly...
- Tags: Operating systems, Linux, Handhelds, Palm OS, Palm Inc., PalmSource Inc., Microsoft Windows, operating system
- Discussion threads 2006-08-01
- 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
- PalmSource delays hurting Palm?
- PalmSource delays hurting Palm?Palm soure want to hurt Palm?Hmmm, maybe a little comman in that title may be need. "almsource delays, hurting Palm". I'm no english expert here but that's how I see it.
- Tags: Palm Inc., PalmSource Inc.
- Discussion threads 2006-08-01
- PalmSource acquisition finalized
- PalmSource acquisition finalizedEveryone has their own browserGEEEZ its a real growth industry! You would think that a couple of different browsers would be enough, but Noo-ooh. Forget about Linux forking, the browser forking is in full swing.
- Tags: Web browsers, Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate law, PalmSource acquisition, Web browser, PalmSource Inc., acquisition
- Discussion threads 2005-11-15
- Japan's Access to buy out PalmSource
- Japan's Access to buy out PalmSourceWhat is more attractive in the package – PalmOS or BeOS? NTNT
- Tags: Microsoft Windows NT, Microsoft Office, Operating systems, PalmSource Inc., Microsoft Access
- Discussion threads 2005-09-10
- PalmSource sale won't kill Palm OS
- PalmSource sale won't kill Palm OSCan't kill something that is already dead.;-)Pity.The T3 was a nice device (with a metal case, no less!), though chucking in an underpowered battery wasn't. Then came the T5 which had a nice battery but lacked the vibration mechanism, slider, metal case (moved to...
- Tags: Operating systems, Pocket PC, Handhelds, PDAs, PalmSource Inc., Palm Inc., operating system, Palm OS
- Discussion threads 2005-09-10
- PalmSource moved further into oblivion
- PalmSource moved further into oblivionChances of updates for Palm Owners?I'd say zero. Time to buy that new PocketPC device I guess.A couple of things[.NET (now, the official app dev environment for PocketPC/Windows Mobile)]WHAT!?!?! Why would something called "net" be THE environment for something that is NOT "net" handhelds. It...
- Tags: Operating systems, Handhelds, Pocket PC, PalmSource Inc., Linux, Montevista, Transmeta Corp.
- Discussion threads 2005-09-10
- 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
- Smart device OS market shares: Symbian - 62.8%, Microsoft - 15.9%, PalmSource - 9.5%
- Canalys Research presented data on operating system market shares in smart device market. Before Canalys estimated global smart device shipments in Q2 2005.Worldwide smart mobile device market in Q2 2005OperatingsystemQ2 2005Q2 2004YTY growthShipmentsShareShipmentsShareSymbian7,648,92062.8%2,429,93041.0%214.8%Microsoft1,931,63015.9%1,360,22022.9%42.0%PalmSource1,157,7209.5%1,335,81022.5%-13.3%Others1,447,33011.9%807,37013.6%79.3%Total12,185,600100.0%5,933,330100.0%105.4%Source: Canalys Research
- Tags: Canalys
- Blog posts 2005-08-06
- PDA shipments near record levels
- PDA shipments near record levelsYou can thankMr. Steve Jobs for making the deal with the devil. After his murder-for-hire job on the Apple Newton, M$ was free to enter the PDA market with a crappy first version OS - and still get sales. Yes, today M$ Windoze CE is on...
- Tags: PDAs, Handhelds, PalmSource Inc., PDA, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2005-08-03
- LG signs up with PalmSource
- LG signs up with PalmSourceI expect this will bring Palms to all Palm,LG Is one of the Market Leader with Competitive pricing, I hope this will reduce the cost of Palms and hope it will craddle in all our Hands.Especially Great INDIANS hands.S.K™
- Tags: Pricing, LG Electronics Inc., Palms, PalmSource Inc.
- Discussion threads 2005-07-07
- Ecosystemus interruptus: Multitasking did not undo PalmSource
- Ecosystemus interruptus: Multitasking did not undo PalmSourceAdding Java to PalmOS is building on sandPalmSource made the right decision when it switched to Linux. Java will run very nicely on Linux, without any effort on PalmSource's part. I don't know what language they are using for the Palm...
- Tags: PDAs, Palm OS, Linux, Handhelds, Operating systems, Java, Microsoft Corp., PalmSource Inc., Palm Inc., Cobalt Networks
- Discussion threads 2005-05-25
- 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
- PalmSource chief steps down
- PalmSource chief steps downThere is NO reason for PalmSource to exist.Why doesn't the press grasp this concept? PalmSource does nothing that Java can't and in the proprietary world its MS Pocket PC OS.There simply is no reason for PalmSource to continue and ANY CEO worth his salt would be...
- Tags: PalmSource Inc.
- Discussion threads 2005-05-23
- With Nagel gone, will PalmSource wake up and smell the Java?
- With Nagel gone, will PalmSource wake up and smell the Java?THen why would PlamSource even need to exist?I mean if they are a Java clone why wouldn't developers just use Java? This suggestion might work well if the goal is to close the doors completely...You are confusing an OS...
- Tags: Programming languages, Operating systems, C/C++, Java, JVM, Palm OS, PalmSource Inc.
- Discussion threads 2005-05-23
- With Nagel gone, will PalmSource wake up and smell the Java?
- David Nagel, CEO of the embattled PalmSource, has resigned. For those of you who aren't up to speed on the differences between PalmSource and PalmOne, the former is the licensor of the Palm operating system. As a hardware manufacturer and Palm OS licensee, PalmOne -- maker of...
- Tags: palmOne Inc., PalmSource Inc.
- Blog posts 2005-05-23
- PalmSource pushes on with Linux plans
- PalmSource pushes on with Linux plansWhat Palm/World needsIs for Apple to release the Newton OS! Common Apple, its 1996 technology! What are you WAITING for?This turkey is done, stick a fork in it.Sorry folks, but Palm Source is fading fast and there is nothing that is going to save it.
- Tags: PalmSource Inc., Linux
- Discussion threads 2005-03-11
- Palm embraces Linux
- Chalk up another one for Linux. PalmSource has announced that it will be using Linux in the near future, and "extending" PalmOS to run on top of Linux as an application layer rather than as an OS in its own right. Palm is adopting the hybrid open source/proprietary software strategy...
- Tags: Linux, PalmSource Inc.
- Blog posts 2004-12-09
- 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
- PalmSource to buy into China, Linux
- PalmSource to buy into China, LinuxThis is a smart move. A lot of intelligent people in China.This will let them tap China and Linux. For marketing reasons they also need a China presence. They should eventually run all of their tools on top of Linux, the users would not know...
- Tags: Operating systems, UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Linux, Palm Inc., Palm OS, operating system, mobile, PalmSource Inc.
- Discussion threads 2004-12-08
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