RIP PalmOS – Jai ho webOS

February 12th, 2009

Palm CEO Ed Colligan has officilly confirmed that PalmOS is dead! Palm shall now focus on the new webOS that debuts with the Palm PRE. Windows Mobile is also in.

“We will transition to WebOS as our core operating system and will continue to support Windows Mobile products for the enterprise market. “

Ed also applied some ice to the Apple vs Palm situation and played down rumors of a upcoming legal battle between the two companies.

Palm had “no issues with Apple” patents and is “very respectful of other companies” patent portfolios,

Via Crunchgear / CultofMac

Categories: Apple, Tech Industry News | Tags: Apple, apple vs palm, palm, palm os, palm pre, pre, webos | 1 Comment

Palm reveals the next gen device: PALM PRE

January 9th, 2009

From the ashes, here it rises again – Palm Treo + Competition + Criticism + Downfall + Dedication + Palm DNA + Revolutionary New OS + Our Prayers = the PALM PRE

The newness at Palm is now revealed officially. As expected the new Palm OS powered device is fully Touch with iPhone like gestures (in Palm style) and bundles in a sliding QWERTY. I am certain its a winner for PALM. Palm PRE as it is named runs on Palm webOS and delivers more than what we expected.

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Categories: Launch Pad, Tech Industry News | Tags: 2009 palm, ces, ces 09, new plam, nova os, palm, palm os, palm pre, palm webos, pre, treo | 7 Comments