I have been a Palm user since 2003. My first device was the Tungsten W with AT&T wireless internet. I was in love, I couldn't be anywhere with out it. At the
time I had an LG cellphone so I had to carry both around, trust me, I had no problem doing so. That was until Sony Clie released the PEG-UX50. I was at Fry's and was playing with it for a good hour or so and then my Tungsten didn't look so hot anymore. A few weeks later I went on Amazon.com and bought it.
Now say what you want about Sony, I think their GUI's are always so user friendly, practical and simply beautiful. This device was so ahead of its' time it blew my mind, if it was a phone I would still have it to this day.
Now that brings me to some questions:
Is the Palm OS Dead?
Does it stand a chance against the Blackberry or upcoming iPhone?
Will we ever see ALP on a device?
I want to say no and here is my reasoning:
After Palm announced in late 2005 that they were developing a Treo Device to support Windows Mobile 5 the Palm Community had reasons to believe that it was over. Until the bloggers got a hold of this statement:
"Palm CEO Ed Colligan sent out an email to developers yesterday reassuring them that the company is fully committed to the Palm operating system and that the move to Windows Mobile is about "growing the Treo market," not walking away from "existing products or technology partnerships, like Palm OS." - EngadgetOk cool, but we still have a few more problems. One being this company known as Access (formally known as PalmSource). Access has been pushing this new GUI platform called ALP that has never yet been released. They have screenshots, SDK's, whitepapers, framework diagrams
08-27-09 9:54 PM - I never finished this apparently, I was going through my archives and found it. Thought it was pretty neat. Like a time warp! wow!
