Palm just announced a new device and OS at CES. They seem to be using the latest generation of OMAP chips and at least the engadget editors were impressed.
It's nice to see Palm back in the game after all these years.
still not sure what the OS is all about. It says SDK and third party programs will be all in html/css/javascript?????
All of the first party user land software is in html, css and javascript, too. Done right, it's actually a fine idea for this type of device. First of all, CSS and HTML are completely passive presentation systems, leaving all of the magic for the interpreter to implement. This means that the OS gets lots of control and everything is smoothly integrated.
Also, Palm clearly wants every web developer ever on the PalmOS bandwaggon. With this, they can build native software for the platform that integrates with their own web services while still wearing the web developer hat. It's a smart choice, really. The reason the iPhone sucks at it is because Apple's idea of third party software was a web site viewed inside the Safari browser, kind of third class citizens versus software by the mighty apple. The issue was not that web sites are built with the HTML, CSS and Javascript languages.
I'm really looking forward to the exact details on their Linux software stack. I'm sure they must be using a lot of common Linux platform stuff, so it'll be fun to learn what. The more able contributors the better!
The instant messaging stuff sounds like it has a Telepathy back end, and if it is that'll really bring a smile to my face.
