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Bob Russell · 10-20-2005, 06:53 AM

Wondering what developers think about the PalmOS "situation?" There's a very nice interview at Computing Unplugged with a bunch of developers to answer that very question.

If you are just catching up on the PalmOS world, there are quite a few concerns growing. PalmSource, the creators or PalmOS, was bought by a Japanese mobile web browser company Access. PalmOS Cobalt, which was supposed to be the next generation PalmOS version, was basically ignored and then abandoned. PalmSource is now working on a large, long, and risky move to PalmOS on top of Linux. And Palm, Inc, the hardware maker of Palm devices has announced a Windows Mobile version of the Treo. No wonder we are all wondering what developers think and whether they will continue their great support of PalmOS. There's a lot of people wondering if and when they are going to have to jump to Windows Mobile, but it's no bed of roses over there. The next year or two will be just as interesting as the last year or two!

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10-20-2005, 06:53 AM	#1
Bob Russell Recovering Gadget Addict Posts: 5,381 Karma: 676161 Join Date: May 2004 Location: Pittsburgh, PA Device: iPad	PalmOS Software developers interviewed about WinMobile Treo Wondering what developers think about the PalmOS "situation?" There's a very nice interview at Computing Unplugged with a bunch of developers to answer that very question. If you are just catching up on the PalmOS world, there are quite a few concerns growing. PalmSource, the creators or PalmOS, was bought by a Japanese mobile web browser company Access. PalmOS Cobalt, which was supposed to be the next generation PalmOS version, was basically ignored and then abandoned. PalmSource is now working on a large, long, and risky move to PalmOS on top of Linux. And Palm, Inc, the hardware maker of Palm devices has announced a Windows Mobile version of the Treo. No wonder we are all wondering what developers think and whether they will continue their great support of PalmOS. There's a lot of people wondering if and when they are going to have to jump to Windows Mobile, but it's no bed of roses over there. The next year or two will be just as interesting as the last year or two! (via PDA24/7 )