Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Tue 24th Feb 2004 18:34 UTC
The voice, the man, the... machine. That's George Hoffman for you. According to people who have worked with him (including my husband) he is one of the brightest Be, Inc. engineers ever. These days, George works at PalmSource, Inc. as the Director of Applications and Services. In his free time he sings with an (a cappella) vocal band of 4, Hookslide (check out their .wmv promo video clip)! In this interview we talk about PalmOS 6, aka Cobalt. We discuss the architecture of the OS, its capabilities, its market targets and more. Screenshots of Cobalt are included.
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Hrm. Interesting interview. I'm glad that under-the-hood architectural improvements *are* coming. On the other hand, it seems that major UI changes are getting pushed farther and farther back. While I like PalmOS' simplicity and elegance, it is starting to look dated from a graphical / GUI perspective IMHO.
Not that I want what PocketPC currently offers. I had one for a year or so and sold it because the OS was crash-prone and needlesly complicated. An attempt to shoehorn the windows metaphor onto a much smaller device with a completely different form factor IMHO.