http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/20/palm-os-2-slipping-from-early-2008-to-first-half-of-next-yea/ Engadget Comments for Palm OS 2 slipping from "early 2009" to "first half" of next year? http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2010 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/20/palm-os-2-slipping-from-early-2008-to-first-half-of-next-yea/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/20/palm-os-2-slipping-from-early-2008-to-first-half-of-next-yea/Aug 20th 2008 3:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/20/palm-os-2-slipping-from-early-2008-to-first-half-of-next-yea/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/20/palm-os-2-slipping-from-early-2008-to-first-half-of-next-yea/Aug 20th 2008 3:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/20/palm-os-2-slipping-from-early-2008-to-first-half-of-next-yea/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/20/palm-os-2-slipping-from-early-2008-to-first-half-of-next-yea/Aug 20th 2008 4:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/20/palm-os-2-slipping-from-early-2008-to-first-half-of-next-yea/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/20/palm-os-2-slipping-from-early-2008-to-first-half-of-next-yea/Aug 21st 2008 12:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/20/palm-os-2-slipping-from-early-2008-to-first-half-of-next-yea/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/20/palm-os-2-slipping-from-early-2008-to-first-half-of-next-yea/
Palm OS 2 will be released 10 minutes after the new Duke Nukem game comes out.]]>Aug 20th 2008 3:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/20/palm-os-2-slipping-from-early-2008-to-first-half-of-next-yea/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/20/palm-os-2-slipping-from-early-2008-to-first-half-of-next-yea/Aug 20th 2008 3:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/20/palm-os-2-slipping-from-early-2008-to-first-half-of-next-yea/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/20/palm-os-2-slipping-from-early-2008-to-first-half-of-next-yea/Aug 20th 2008 3:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/20/palm-os-2-slipping-from-early-2008-to-first-half-of-next-yea/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/20/palm-os-2-slipping-from-early-2008-to-first-half-of-next-yea/
but magically asus comes out with a foleo and everyone loves it and rips it off.

maybe i don't understand what the foleo was, but i thought it was a "netbook"]]>Aug 20th 2008 3:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/20/palm-os-2-slipping-from-early-2008-to-first-half-of-next-yea/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/20/palm-os-2-slipping-from-early-2008-to-first-half-of-next-yea/
It linked with your Treo (via Bluetooth, presumably) to read email and do very basic document work and web browse. It was not an independent PC.]]>Aug 20th 2008 3:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/20/palm-os-2-slipping-from-early-2008-to-first-half-of-next-yea/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/20/palm-os-2-slipping-from-early-2008-to-first-half-of-next-yea/Aug 20th 2008 3:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/20/palm-os-2-slipping-from-early-2008-to-first-half-of-next-yea/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/20/palm-os-2-slipping-from-early-2008-to-first-half-of-next-yea/
The netbooks are full PCs...they can do anything a standard PC can do. That is the difference.]]>Aug 20th 2008 5:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/20/palm-os-2-slipping-from-early-2008-to-first-half-of-next-yea/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/20/palm-os-2-slipping-from-early-2008-to-first-half-of-next-yea/Aug 20th 2008 3:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/20/palm-os-2-slipping-from-early-2008-to-first-half-of-next-yea/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/20/palm-os-2-slipping-from-early-2008-to-first-half-of-next-yea/
I really don't dig the Palm OS, and Piece of Shit 2 seems like a good name for an update!]]>Aug 20th 2008 3:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/20/palm-os-2-slipping-from-early-2008-to-first-half-of-next-yea/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/20/palm-os-2-slipping-from-early-2008-to-first-half-of-next-yea/Aug 20th 2008 3:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/20/palm-os-2-slipping-from-early-2008-to-first-half-of-next-yea/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/20/palm-os-2-slipping-from-early-2008-to-first-half-of-next-yea/Aug 20th 2008 3:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/20/palm-os-2-slipping-from-early-2008-to-first-half-of-next-yea/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/20/palm-os-2-slipping-from-early-2008-to-first-half-of-next-yea/Aug 20th 2008 3:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/20/palm-os-2-slipping-from-early-2008-to-first-half-of-next-yea/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/20/palm-os-2-slipping-from-early-2008-to-first-half-of-next-yea/
What confuses me why call it Palm OS2? The original Palm OS2 actually was released in '97... and they've also tried to make the switch to calling the different OS versions by names of minerals (Cobalt, Garnet, etc).]]>Aug 20th 2008 8:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/20/palm-os-2-slipping-from-early-2008-to-first-half-of-next-yea/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/20/palm-os-2-slipping-from-early-2008-to-first-half-of-next-yea/Aug 20th 2008 3:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/20/palm-os-2-slipping-from-early-2008-to-first-half-of-next-yea/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/20/palm-os-2-slipping-from-early-2008-to-first-half-of-next-yea/Aug 20th 2008 3:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/20/palm-os-2-slipping-from-early-2008-to-first-half-of-next-yea/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/20/palm-os-2-slipping-from-early-2008-to-first-half-of-next-yea/
But if someone officially-PALM said the new =OS= was coming "first half 2009" then THAT'S a BIG SLIP from "end-of-year 2008".
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Lots of choices which is great! Find the one that works for you.

I'm a WinMo guy myself. If Palm wants to try again and make something, I say go for it.

The original Palm OS when it came out was the best out there. The first iterations of Window Mobile was to compete against Palm. Blackberry was around, but they were considered in a league of there own with dedicated fans.

I think the innovation since then (iPhone, HTC redoing WinMO, even the Samsung Instinct) has raise the bar. Palm will have to really outdo themselves. The only saving grace would be for current Palm OS users to be able and take all there apps to the new Palm OS.

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while palm is in last place in the smartphone OS department... its still leaps and bounds better than any standard samsung/motorola/lg operating system.]]>Aug 20th 2008 3:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/20/palm-os-2-slipping-from-early-2008-to-first-half-of-next-yea/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/20/palm-os-2-slipping-from-early-2008-to-first-half-of-next-yea/
Their second-generation OS was supposed to be here in 2004. I can recall purchasing a Tungsten E with the promise of Cobalt and Garnet, only to be disappointed for two straight years at delays. I finally resigned the aging OS (and device) to settle happily with Windows Mobile.

Palm has a lot of work to do to recapture the market. Not only will that require a solid OS, but also brilliant redesigns to enhance productivity and intuitive layout in order to capture customers from above mentioned other markets. In 1998 I'd say Palm were the company to do so--now I'd say they have little to none.]]>Aug 20th 2008 3:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/20/palm-os-2-slipping-from-early-2008-to-first-half-of-next-yea/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/20/palm-os-2-slipping-from-early-2008-to-first-half-of-next-yea/Aug 20th 2008 3:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/20/palm-os-2-slipping-from-early-2008-to-first-half-of-next-yea/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/20/palm-os-2-slipping-from-early-2008-to-first-half-of-next-yea/Aug 20th 2008 3:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/20/palm-os-2-slipping-from-early-2008-to-first-half-of-next-yea/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/20/palm-os-2-slipping-from-early-2008-to-first-half-of-next-yea/Aug 20th 2008 4:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/20/palm-os-2-slipping-from-early-2008-to-first-half-of-next-yea/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/20/palm-os-2-slipping-from-early-2008-to-first-half-of-next-yea/Aug 20th 2008 4:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/20/palm-os-2-slipping-from-early-2008-to-first-half-of-next-yea/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/20/palm-os-2-slipping-from-early-2008-to-first-half-of-next-yea/]]>Aug 20th 2008 4:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/20/palm-os-2-slipping-from-early-2008-to-first-half-of-next-yea/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/20/palm-os-2-slipping-from-early-2008-to-first-half-of-next-yea/Aug 20th 2008 4:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/20/palm-os-2-slipping-from-early-2008-to-first-half-of-next-yea/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/20/palm-os-2-slipping-from-early-2008-to-first-half-of-next-yea/Aug 20th 2008 4:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/20/palm-os-2-slipping-from-early-2008-to-first-half-of-next-yea/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/20/palm-os-2-slipping-from-early-2008-to-first-half-of-next-yea/Aug 20th 2008 4:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/20/palm-os-2-slipping-from-early-2008-to-first-half-of-next-yea/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/20/palm-os-2-slipping-from-early-2008-to-first-half-of-next-yea/
Palm used to make stuff that put the user experience first, as the Palm OS clearly demonstrates, but over the years they slipped farther and farther behind until now their offerings are a pale shadow of the iPhone and iPod touch.

I recently switched from my Palm Tungsten E to an iPod touch, and even thugh the iPod touch isn't supposed to be a PDA I find it to be a far more useful device.

http://www.learnucd.com/kevlar/the-web-is-dead-long-live-the-iphone]]>Aug 20th 2008 4:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/20/palm-os-2-slipping-from-early-2008-to-first-half-of-next-yea/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/20/palm-os-2-slipping-from-early-2008-to-first-half-of-next-yea/Aug 20th 2008 5:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/20/palm-os-2-slipping-from-early-2008-to-first-half-of-next-yea/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/20/palm-os-2-slipping-from-early-2008-to-first-half-of-next-yea/Aug 20th 2008 4:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/20/palm-os-2-slipping-from-early-2008-to-first-half-of-next-yea/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/20/palm-os-2-slipping-from-early-2008-to-first-half-of-next-yea/palm: all our new cool handsets are running windows mobile and manufactured by HTC. But we're great! We're Palm! We make them use a square 240x240 display so some WinMo apps don't work, and we have a custom socket to charge and sync our device rather than mini USB that everyone else uses!

Palm needed to pick their market 2 or 3 years ago and go for it. Trading on the feelgood factor of their OS in lieu of adding features that users actually want and can get from any other handset manufacturer (wifi, GPS but mainly bloody Wifi!) is a losing battle...]]>Aug 20th 2008 5:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/20/palm-os-2-slipping-from-early-2008-to-first-half-of-next-yea/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/20/palm-os-2-slipping-from-early-2008-to-first-half-of-next-yea/
I've got a Treo... but I'm dying for the day when Palm makes a new PDA.]]>Aug 20th 2008 8:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/20/palm-os-2-slipping-from-early-2008-to-first-half-of-next-yea/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/20/palm-os-2-slipping-from-early-2008-to-first-half-of-next-yea/Aug 20th 2008 8:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/20/palm-os-2-slipping-from-early-2008-to-first-half-of-next-yea/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/20/palm-os-2-slipping-from-early-2008-to-first-half-of-next-yea/
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