Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Tue 10th Apr 2007 17:01 UTC
Palm is finally getting ready to land its users onto a modern Palm-built OS. Ed Colligan, in his Investor Day keynote today, announced that Palm will be launching a homegrown Linux-based OS by the end of the year, with Opera for a browser and the recently acquired Chattermail for messaging.
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2005-07-06
Thanks, I did not know that. I have written a Windows Mobile App recently (for a companies internal use), but I used VB.Net and Windows Mobile 5.0 (the companies choice). I found it very easy to do. They even had an embedded web browser control that I used to give the user a simple file/upload screen to a web server (for further processing of data collected).
[Put on flame protective suite]
One thing Microsoft has always done right is treat their developer well. They provide powerful, easy-to-use tools. It sometimes seems like other platforms take a "see if you can do it" macho attitude towards development.
[Remove suit]
Nevertheless, I remain committed to the PalmOS. I honestly like the platform better. I believe the widgets are too heavy on Mobile Windows [The "everything is a window" paradigm]. In addition, IF Palm could deliver on an open Linux platform (and not the fragmented Linux platforms we see for current phones], I remain very interested. I also like the kernel-level support for running classic Palm apps. But the time is seriously running out for them. I hope it comes soon!