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Originally Posted by quipper8 (Post 255649)

still not sure what the OS is all about. It says SDK and third party programs will be all in html/css/javascript?????

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Originally Posted by Picklesworth (Post 255697)

All of the first party user land software is in html, css and javascript, too.

Have you a link to more technical details? All I've seen in the coverage so far is that:

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According to the company, anyone who knows CSS, HTML and XML will be able to develop for the OS without having to learn any new languages

This implies some kind of offline, Google Gears, Prism-like system similar to the JavaScript applet framework Nokia is bringing to Symbian and Maemo (and for which I can't find any links), but doesn't actually guarantee it - it could just be marketing words about how easy it is to develop for.

EDIT: More in depth technical info at Ars: http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post...em-at-ces.html

I watched the keynote.. and wow! I haven't used my Tungsten T5 in ages.. it's kinda dated now and the Nokia N800 has easily supplanted it as my primary pocket-based system. But this! This looks magnificent, really. I actually have SprintPCS as my carrier and my phone is coming close to being 4 years old now. I might just have to get one. Whether or not it'd replace the N800 is debatable--but it certainly might have the potential to do so, particularly if it's opened up enough to let users run apps that they code themselves or aren't from some store (ala iTunes app store on the locked-up tight-as-a-sphincter iPhone).

Not to mention that Nokia's lack of announcing when their next-gen unit may come out doesn't make me want to wait around to find out if I'll want it, eventually. I wonder how many people waited around for Vista to come out in 2003? Duke Nukem Forever? Anyone?

Palm seems to have announced a quarter that this will be released and they even have a prototype that we can watch in action. That's certainly enough to convince someone to buy their product instead.

Also more info (and it does look to be heavily JS/CSS/HTML5 in the userspace) at http://developer.palm.com/

that will lead to some eyecandy apps churned out in a RAD like way, i suspect.

After the initial wow I gotta say that the hardware has some crucial lackings - fixed 8GB internal memory and the lackluster cam and lack of video recording is disappointing.

The OS/UI looks really interesting, though. Hopefully Palm will pair it with better hardware at some point.

Also, it is apparently set to sell for 399$ with a Sprint contract - that's not exactly cheap...
http://www.unwiredview.com/2009/01/0...399-on-sprint/

It s seems that the CPU is an TI OMAP3 :)

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Originally Posted by Khertan (Post 255834)

It s seems that the CPU is an TI OMAP3 :)

I'm sure I read somewhere OMAP3530, but a) can't find it again and b) they seem to be playing the detail of it close to their chest. Definitely an OMAP3, though.

What I don't like is that some devs will get more access than the SDK provides. Why do they do this (aside from the obvious)? Android, iPhone, Pre, they all limit the devs... Its too bad...

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Originally Posted by Jaffa (Post 255815)

Also more info (and it does look to be heavily JS/CSS/HTML5 in the userspace) at http://developer.palm.com/

Some sources say that the OS relies on a Linux kernel with a modified webkit engine.

Why can't a manufacturer match Nokia's hardware features with an awesome interface like this one.