03-29-2006, 09:24 PM | #1 | ||
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Confirmed leak! Palm creating another Linux "Palm" OS!
I just had an email exchange with an analyst I know that is close to Palm and has been privy to their plans in the past. He confirmed my conclusion that Palm is hedging their OS bets by making their own Linux successor to the Palm OS.
Just in case my poor little web server gets Slashdotted into a puddle of molten plastic and metal, here's the text of my my latest blog post on the subject: Quote:
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03-30-2006, 04:00 AM | #2 | |
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03-30-2006, 05:27 AM | #3 |
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Seems I my timeframe was a bit closer than yours. PalmLinux in 2007 (or 2008)!
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03-30-2006, 07:20 AM | #4 |
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Hmmm ... I wonder how much of the PalmOS trademarks belong to PalmSource ... would they get into some debacle with ACCESS over it? No? Or maybe they have some secretive cross-partnership deal or something.
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03-30-2006, 07:26 AM | #5 |
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Actually, not too long ago, PalmOne Inc bought the rights to the name Palm. PalmSource was given a grace period before they had to stop using it. But PalmOS is probably fully available as a name for Palm to use for a new OS if they want to.
And I know I'm harping on it even though there's not much info, but remember the third secret line of business for Palm? Well, it's very possible that the Linux OS work can provide a foundation for future pdas and smartphones, and also the third line of business all at once. Plus, don't forget that Palm outsources hardware production to third party manufacturers. Treos I think were made by HTC until recently. So they do have to negotiate those vendor and supply issues and create hardware specs, but they don't need the full team of hardware people on staff. |
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It is exciting. But also kind of a shame when you think what might have happened if Palm and Palmsource hadn't gone their separate ways, don't you think? It's going to be a very confusing thing for Palm OS developers and users to figure out which platform they go with and deal with the inevitable incompatibilities. Also take care: when the analyst says he believes Palm is doing this to hedge its OS risk, you should read that as "this may or may not be released depending on circumstances." We don't really know if this platform is their Plan A or their Plan B. |
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03-30-2006, 04:21 PM | #7 |
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David,
I linked to your story at my site and PalmAddict when I read it this morning. http://palmaddict.typepad.com/palmad...ughts_on_.html http://gadgetsonthego.net/2006/03/it...ing-their.html I sent engadget mobile the news, and they posted it like I was the one who wrote the story. http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2006/0...-from-scratch/ I emailed Ryan Block once I saw the story, and posted a comment in the comments section to clarify that this is your story, not mine. I just want you to know I fully credited you, as you can see by the above links. I'm hoping engadget mobile changes that story. I want to apologize for this, I told engadget it was your story when I sent them the link this morning. I posted the same on PalmAddict and my site as well. Jimmie Geddes |
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David,
Ryan just emailed me that he will change the story. Jimmie Geddes |
03-30-2006, 04:39 PM | #9 |
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Ryan Block just emailed me with the corrected story:
http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2006/0...-from-scratch/ I wanted to take care of this quickly, and apologize for the mixup. I am glad engadget quickly corretced this. |
03-30-2006, 05:09 PM | #10 |
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Good find David. Someone blased me on another forum for suggesting an 3rd OS was around some many months ago, glad to see that I wasn't totally off. Now, moreso that wanting a replacement laptop, I wanna see the PalmLinux that Palm is making. Would be a heck of a nice thing to see, albeit, if they went with it, they would be making a taking a huge bet on their future.
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Everyone must remember that Palm created the Palm OS that we know and love. I have more faith in them creating a successor to the Palm OS than I do ACCESS. ALP looks nothing like what we're used to. Palm also paid big money for the rights to the Palm name, they can call their OS, Palm OS. I believe Palm is working on their own OS, but also keeping Garnet, Windows Mobile, and a possible ALP device for backup. If anyone is going to make a true successor to Palm OS, it's gonna be the original makers Palm.
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I know this is a stretch and probably will not happen soon if ever. But what's stopping Palm from releasing a Palm device with eink displays? For the most part, the standard Palm OS do not need complex screen refreshes and is pretty optimized right?
So what's stopping them from releasing a Palm eInk? Conflict of interest maybe? And along this line of divergence, how about a PalmOS based UMPC? Oh wait, there is already the Tapwave Zodiac which is pretty close to a UMPC form. And it flopped. |
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Hi,
No offense meant but I am getting tired of hearing these rumors without there being something put out. If they plan to do this, do it but don't leak it and gauge our reaction before following thru. I know the source that David Beers uses as the basis for the thread is not associated with Palm but the original information came from a source within Palm. For Palm, and this is how they operate at present is thru trying to tease the consumer by innuendo and it bores me. They really need to put up or shut up. Sorry for the rant and great scoop as I see lots of other sites are picking the story up as well. Great work. David |
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