http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/palmos-lives-on-aceeca-releasing-two-devices-this-year/ Engadget Comments for PalmOS lives on, Aceeca releasing two devices this year http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/palmos-lives-on-aceeca-releasing-two-devices-this-year/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/palmos-lives-on-aceeca-releasing-two-devices-this-year/Jan 15th 2010 10:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/palmos-lives-on-aceeca-releasing-two-devices-this-year/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/palmos-lives-on-aceeca-releasing-two-devices-this-year/
It won't be but very close as some might say.

I can't stand fanboys can you.]]>Jan 15th 2010 10:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/palmos-lives-on-aceeca-releasing-two-devices-this-year/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/palmos-lives-on-aceeca-releasing-two-devices-this-year/I should add my /sarcasm tag.]]>Jan 15th 2010 10:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/palmos-lives-on-aceeca-releasing-two-devices-this-year/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/palmos-lives-on-aceeca-releasing-two-devices-this-year/Jan 15th 2010 11:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/palmos-lives-on-aceeca-releasing-two-devices-this-year/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/palmos-lives-on-aceeca-releasing-two-devices-this-year/Jan 16th 2010 1:00AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/palmos-lives-on-aceeca-releasing-two-devices-this-year/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/palmos-lives-on-aceeca-releasing-two-devices-this-year/
What next! Maybe Nokia will release a phone with Symbian for a bit of old school charm]]>Jan 16th 2010 1:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/palmos-lives-on-aceeca-releasing-two-devices-this-year/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/palmos-lives-on-aceeca-releasing-two-devices-this-year/Jan 16th 2010 1:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/palmos-lives-on-aceeca-releasing-two-devices-this-year/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/palmos-lives-on-aceeca-releasing-two-devices-this-year/Jan 16th 2010 10:14AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/palmos-lives-on-aceeca-releasing-two-devices-this-year/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/palmos-lives-on-aceeca-releasing-two-devices-this-year/Jan 15th 2010 10:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/palmos-lives-on-aceeca-releasing-two-devices-this-year/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/palmos-lives-on-aceeca-releasing-two-devices-this-year/Not one that runs at full speed...]]>Jan 16th 2010 1:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/palmos-lives-on-aceeca-releasing-two-devices-this-year/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/palmos-lives-on-aceeca-releasing-two-devices-this-year/Jan 15th 2010 10:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/palmos-lives-on-aceeca-releasing-two-devices-this-year/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/palmos-lives-on-aceeca-releasing-two-devices-this-year/Jan 17th 2010 5:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/palmos-lives-on-aceeca-releasing-two-devices-this-year/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/palmos-lives-on-aceeca-releasing-two-devices-this-year/Jan 15th 2010 10:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/palmos-lives-on-aceeca-releasing-two-devices-this-year/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/palmos-lives-on-aceeca-releasing-two-devices-this-year/Jan 15th 2010 10:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/palmos-lives-on-aceeca-releasing-two-devices-this-year/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/palmos-lives-on-aceeca-releasing-two-devices-this-year/
If this thing can run "Need for Speed" in 3D like my Pre, and load webOS, I am sold! ...well, nearly.]]>Jan 16th 2010 1:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/palmos-lives-on-aceeca-releasing-two-devices-this-year/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/palmos-lives-on-aceeca-releasing-two-devices-this-year/Jan 15th 2010 10:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/palmos-lives-on-aceeca-releasing-two-devices-this-year/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/palmos-lives-on-aceeca-releasing-two-devices-this-year/
Success is when the phones sell, not when they come out of the factory.

just because there's new WindowsMobile phones doesn't mean people are buying them. Android could have 50 models coming out in 2010, but if people only buy like 2 of them, its not 'taking over'...

this supply side focus leads to alot of confusion.

I'm sure alot of people think Android is a huge deal, just because there's a ton of devices at CES, but will be totally baffled when they look at the marketshare numbers or mobile search numbers, or any ACTUAL measure of Androids popularity (which, by the way, is a free OS, so Google still just makes money off ads).]]>Jan 15th 2010 10:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/palmos-lives-on-aceeca-releasing-two-devices-this-year/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/palmos-lives-on-aceeca-releasing-two-devices-this-year/
Legacy support.

I know countless companies that still rely on PalmOS devices to this day for everything from inventory to management. Sure, they can migrate to Windows Mobile, Android, or other platforms. But factor in the costs involved with moving not only hardware but an entirely new platform.

Software costs. Possible replacement of the entire company infrastructure. Licensing. Training.

With something like this they can just simply load-and-go, so to speak with their pre-existing infrastructure. Especially with the addons for RFiD and barcode support - this is designed for the industry and not the average consumer.]]>Jan 15th 2010 10:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/palmos-lives-on-aceeca-releasing-two-devices-this-year/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/palmos-lives-on-aceeca-releasing-two-devices-this-year/Hi there,
You hit the nail right on the head. It is designed for industry. I certainly wouldn't buy one as an entertainment device. I am not sure why anyone would think it was designed to compete with iPods and the like.
Best Regards
Alex.
CEO of Aceeca.]]>Jan 18th 2010 12:33AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/palmos-lives-on-aceeca-releasing-two-devices-this-year/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/palmos-lives-on-aceeca-releasing-two-devices-this-year/
Until iPhoneOS, webOS, and Android can compact down under 20MB and run well on devices with an average battery life of several days, none of the above will be suitable for industrial data collection. Sorry to kill the joke, but it's like a 9 year old making a joke about smoking ganja, when all he's ever had was a sip of his daddy's beer. Kinda sad.]]>Jan 15th 2010 10:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/palmos-lives-on-aceeca-releasing-two-devices-this-year/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/palmos-lives-on-aceeca-releasing-two-devices-this-year/
I own a Telxon PTC-2134 "portable tele-transaction computer" running Windows 95. It fits on a 96MB CompactFlash card, using approximatly 50 MB of the space. Might I add that this was a Telxon-stripped down copy of OSR2.5 with IE? It's reliable as a rock - reliable enough that it keeps spawning the same @#%$@# TlxBtn icon on my desktop every time it boots.

Cost-wise? For a "serial/keyboard cable" I need, it'd be close to $99 from some random retail supply company. A frickin' PS/2 cable and a 9-pin serial port on some specialized MDSM (Micro D-Subminiature) connector.

And what I'm doing with it? Equipping it with an older-model Sierra AirCard that has voice-enable capabilities to turn it into an uber-smartphone to show just how modern smartphones have evolved from giant grey bricks with barcode scanners.]]>Jan 15th 2010 11:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/palmos-lives-on-aceeca-releasing-two-devices-this-year/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/palmos-lives-on-aceeca-releasing-two-devices-this-year/Jan 16th 2010 8:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/palmos-lives-on-aceeca-releasing-two-devices-this-year/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/palmos-lives-on-aceeca-releasing-two-devices-this-year/Hi,
Nice reply - good to see someone understands that there is life outside of consumer devices.....................you know the boring old stuff that makes the money so we can buy our toys.
Best Regards
Alex
CEO Aceeca]]>Jan 18th 2010 12:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/palmos-lives-on-aceeca-releasing-two-devices-this-year/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/palmos-lives-on-aceeca-releasing-two-devices-this-year/Jan 15th 2010 10:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/palmos-lives-on-aceeca-releasing-two-devices-this-year/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/palmos-lives-on-aceeca-releasing-two-devices-this-year/
I want a bloody Mc Happy meal when I get a phone/pda.]]>Jan 15th 2010 10:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/palmos-lives-on-aceeca-releasing-two-devices-this-year/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/palmos-lives-on-aceeca-releasing-two-devices-this-year/
Am I right in thinking this is intended for commercial use in factories and such? The device description sounds like the PDA+attachment devices used at auto service centers to input customer data and scan the car's barcode.]]>Jan 15th 2010 10:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/palmos-lives-on-aceeca-releasing-two-devices-this-year/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/palmos-lives-on-aceeca-releasing-two-devices-this-year/
Actually palm stopped updating Palm OS in 2002, everything since has only been minor tweaks

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palm_OS
]]>Jan 15th 2010 11:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/palmos-lives-on-aceeca-releasing-two-devices-this-year/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/palmos-lives-on-aceeca-releasing-two-devices-this-year/Jan 15th 2010 10:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/palmos-lives-on-aceeca-releasing-two-devices-this-year/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/palmos-lives-on-aceeca-releasing-two-devices-this-year/Jan 15th 2010 11:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/palmos-lives-on-aceeca-releasing-two-devices-this-year/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/palmos-lives-on-aceeca-releasing-two-devices-this-year/
What bothers me is that people doesn't understand that PalmOS is NOT an entertainment/home OS like the iPhone's or WinMo, it's a _working_ OS (though it can stop working if you look at it some days) without eye candy, without internet (you don't need the internet in a work environment, just local network), without the multimedia flashiness.
With PalmOS (Garnet) it just gets done, absolutely no distractions. The same can not be said about most modern OSes (mobile or otherwise) which are all meant for more personal uses.]]>Jan 16th 2010 2:15AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/palmos-lives-on-aceeca-releasing-two-devices-this-year/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/palmos-lives-on-aceeca-releasing-two-devices-this-year/Agreed, Palm E2 user here for many years.]]>Jan 16th 2010 2:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/palmos-lives-on-aceeca-releasing-two-devices-this-year/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/palmos-lives-on-aceeca-releasing-two-devices-this-year/Thanks for the clarification - let me know if you want a job in our marketing dept if one comes up, we can always use someone with basic common sense. Palm OS - or Garnet as we now call it is a fantastic piece of software for what it was designed to do and way less complicated to work with than the others. Plus we will be making it even better! The biggest problem was always the lack of appropriate commercial hardware.
Best Regards
Alex
CEO Aceeca
P.S - The job would be at our head office is in New Zealand]]>Jan 18th 2010 12:47AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/palmos-lives-on-aceeca-releasing-two-devices-this-year/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/palmos-lives-on-aceeca-releasing-two-devices-this-year/
Question about where you said "Plus we will be making it even better! The biggest problem was always the lack of appropriate commercial hardware."

Will you be making it better by using newer hardware? or will there be actual OS improvements?]]>Jan 20th 2010 6:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/palmos-lives-on-aceeca-releasing-two-devices-this-year/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/palmos-lives-on-aceeca-releasing-two-devices-this-year/Hi,
There will be both new hardware and improvements to the OS - full details will be advised in the official press release.
Cheers
Alex.]]>Jan 23rd 2010 5:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/palmos-lives-on-aceeca-releasing-two-devices-this-year/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/palmos-lives-on-aceeca-releasing-two-devices-this-year/Jan 15th 2010 11:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/palmos-lives-on-aceeca-releasing-two-devices-this-year/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/palmos-lives-on-aceeca-releasing-two-devices-this-year/Jan 15th 2010 11:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/palmos-lives-on-aceeca-releasing-two-devices-this-year/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/palmos-lives-on-aceeca-releasing-two-devices-this-year/Jan 16th 2010 12:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/palmos-lives-on-aceeca-releasing-two-devices-this-year/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/palmos-lives-on-aceeca-releasing-two-devices-this-year/Jan 16th 2010 2:53AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/palmos-lives-on-aceeca-releasing-two-devices-this-year/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/palmos-lives-on-aceeca-releasing-two-devices-this-year/Jan 16th 2010 12:40AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/palmos-lives-on-aceeca-releasing-two-devices-this-year/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/palmos-lives-on-aceeca-releasing-two-devices-this-year/Jan 16th 2010 1:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/palmos-lives-on-aceeca-releasing-two-devices-this-year/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/palmos-lives-on-aceeca-releasing-two-devices-this-year/For a consumer that is, these don't seem much better then a Palm TX. Just get one off of eBay. It kinda makes sense I guess for a business though. But still...]]>Jan 16th 2010 1:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/palmos-lives-on-aceeca-releasing-two-devices-this-year/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/palmos-lives-on-aceeca-releasing-two-devices-this-year/
Your grammar is fail. Payed?]]>Jan 16th 2010 1:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/palmos-lives-on-aceeca-releasing-two-devices-this-year/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/palmos-lives-on-aceeca-releasing-two-devices-this-year/Jan 16th 2010 1:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/palmos-lives-on-aceeca-releasing-two-devices-this-year/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/palmos-lives-on-aceeca-releasing-two-devices-this-year/Jan 16th 2010 2:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/palmos-lives-on-aceeca-releasing-two-devices-this-year/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/palmos-lives-on-aceeca-releasing-two-devices-this-year/
Please, somebody create a Palm OS killer!!! A sharpened stick rubbed with garlic just might do it!!!]]>Jan 16th 2010 3:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/palmos-lives-on-aceeca-releasing-two-devices-this-year/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/palmos-lives-on-aceeca-releasing-two-devices-this-year/Jan 16th 2010 3:49AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/palmos-lives-on-aceeca-releasing-two-devices-this-year/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/palmos-lives-on-aceeca-releasing-two-devices-this-year/Jan 16th 2010 3:51AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/palmos-lives-on-aceeca-releasing-two-devices-this-year/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/palmos-lives-on-aceeca-releasing-two-devices-this-year/Hi there,
Actually if you look at our pricing compared to other commercial devices, price gouging is the last thing you would accuse us of. We are the lowest cost provider in the commercial market and proud of it. The PDA32 is not targeted at the consumer market, for one thing it is too bulky due to its huge 2600mAh battery and internal cast metal bracing frame. There will be a lot more information released over the next few weeks that will explain what we are doing.
Best Regards
Alex
CEO Aceeca.]]>Jan 23rd 2010 5:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/palmos-lives-on-aceeca-releasing-two-devices-this-year/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/palmos-lives-on-aceeca-releasing-two-devices-this-year/Jan 16th 2010 4:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/palmos-lives-on-aceeca-releasing-two-devices-this-year/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/15/palmos-lives-on-aceeca-releasing-two-devices-this-year/Jan 16th 2010 4:26AM