Friday, January 9th, 2009
Pre and webOS: Palm makes us dream again
Very impressive Palm motion to return to the market of smartphones in a big way. Everything is known yet about the new Palm Pre but the impression he has left could not be better.
New Pre Palm, Palm's big bet
No more waiting year after year, support for WiFi in the Treo, or bear the heavy slab of the limitations of PalmOS to bear when new technologies and multimedia capabilities that other manufacturers are added every day.
The operating system Nova has finally been called has been replaced by webOS (name already used above, do they have rights on it?). It is spectacular, much to the iPhone, something normal as Apple and Palm have always been closely related, especially since the Palm recruitment by two Apple executives.
One of the fundamental pillars of PalmOS (now Garnet), ease given to developers to create applications for it, seems to be also kept in webOS. And another great advantage of new Palm operating system in theory is the PalmOS emulator to run the nearly 20,000 applications available today. I have not read anything about it but we can read:
Display 3.1 "320 x 480 multi -
... that is the resolution of the old Palm huh?.
Garnet VM emulator for PalmOS on other platforms
Ultimately if I had two days ago said it was Palm, which launched a new Linux-based operating system, easy to program for him, with support for the latest technologies, pretty as MacOS, and is not slow as a snail as Windows Mobile, I had just died laughing. Congratulations, Palm!
And for dessert, a Palm innovation that has managed to highlight Serantes:
Touchstone, the wireless charger for the Palm Pre
And finally announced the Pre surreptitiously with a charger "optional" called Touchstone and load (sit down if you are not already) the device wirelessly. This is a basic magnetic so it fits against the rear cover and place of Pre so that transmits power from the current transformer to charge your player. This is like saying to buy an accessory pack of the initial sale and requiring that the Pre exclusive wear a cap for Touchstone. Anyway this is the great innovation in the burden of portable and comes from Palm's hand, what more do we want?.
Published: Geekotic Frenk ago that this is not the promised webOS Nova:
[...] But there is a problem: It is not Nova, lying too long and already promised Linux-based operating system with the thought that Palm just to cut all new equipment, leaving finally rest in peace to the obsolete and antiquated Palm OS Garnet, minimizing or eliminating the presence of Windows Mobile in some of its models, and making the whistle Catalan Access ALP. Nova by now has memories to Duke Nukem Forever: Palm promised to when it launched the Foleo, but the Foleo was not, came with another Linux-based OS that had purchased for that need, and after the fiasco I mean this ultra notebook , Palm dismissed it alluding to give priority to the development of its OS (Nova) could not be divided and used to turn resources for maintenance and development of Foleo to the line.
Now finally launched a more than interesting smartphone, to rise to the occasion, and with support from Web heavyweights like Facebook and Google, but instead equipped with Nova was removed from the galley webOS one which, for most nice and friendly it is, I hardly think that they have developed (which was discharged to the Foleo because it needed to focus completely on the development of Nova), and if so, and be an outsourced system, it can together with the Pre the same fate if the Foleo is not large enough or have the success when it finally is ready for Nova. Really a very bad move of Palm.
By: Mark Gonzalez Troyes in Palm News, Windows Mobile News
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Well, I think, that the Pre Plam is definitely a cheap pirate copy, so the design of the Iphone and the interface to simulate the IPhone, I had to be! have always tried to copy the innovation developed by Apple to make other products.
Must be a great pride for Steve Jobs to see that their designs are really innovating, and should be a shame to see competition that are not able to perform design and functionality without having to own a copy, most impressive are applauding in paleros video, as if that were his own phone and innovative, it is incredible that even the kind of apple-style presentation is when Steve Jobs introduced the first iPhone launch .. jajajaja.
Well, that's why this world is as it is, and make innovations are actually counted, everything else is a vile copy that bad.
Okay. Much accelerometer, light sensor, wifi, gps and eyecandy. Centuries ago that Palm should have, because for centuries others are already doing. The truth, I was not excited. I see nothing new, except the fact that Palm does something good (if only to imitate the competition).
Anyway, I put my hopes on Android, although for the moment (my TX starts to fail) the HTC Touch 3G calls me a lot (especially after your analysis of the HTC Artemis) ...
What happened to tradition?
Some of us have been since the beginning of palm or palm trees for excellence we believe, like every company has had its good and bad, but there is no doubt that this smartphone is truly excellent. It has good design, good platform and a very promising future. If you really want are not real and therefore what Apple does because then no more talk compratelo and migrates to the group. Danes No joy to know that palm still with good products and high quality packages
I would give time for the Pre displayed for sale and people can prove. Bring something interesting, and may prove to be much more than an "iPhone imitator. And the truth, not only under the domination of Apple, which for my taste on the iPhone is still too restrictive, as soon as better than Windows Mobile will become an excellent option.
I always say that the increased competition we always benefit consumers. A little to innovate with the Pre Palm, it will be worthwhile because their competitors will have to catch up in future models.
Instead of so much criticism chickweed, would be nice if all aplaudiéramos to Palm, who after leaving his large critical mass of users, comes home to stay and to regain its place of honor.
In my Pre loved me, was the best that Palm has done a lot of time, after tasting-and-so chickweed risk of Foleo or nova or whatever ...
This device may not be very very innovative, but falls short of great (iphone, android, blackberry) to compete, which is ultimately what we need to innovate more and users we benefit from it.
Chapeau Palm, another senior!
jajajja ke copying the iphone palm jajajaja ke me laugh
Ke's pavoneantes iphone boys think everyone copied ke ... EYE before speaking, Apple OS garnet copying a lot to not forget that as to the disposition of their apps and running for a way that neither is the iphone multitasking (aki care por ke should investigate how their iphone but telling) as it leaves the same processes of cerralo as they were before (on the iphone is before switching to another process) and that emulate multitasking and argues for stability ke team Background prefers to let other processes to consume no resources and often pretext jajaj battery. In this case also appears to Garnet OS. And so the good thing is that iPhone is very elegant, has the Multimedia section of the best and is great fun, for it was conceived. The old Garnet OS was designed to work but it was horrible even multimedia ke estiraramos to the limit (thanks to Marcos began to manipulate the vijita E2) and WM had the two un poko but slow (every day we will be better and is a very good option for me). Thus came the palm Pre and making everyone a poko (up blackberry un poko).
One must see that such work by the promise ke on this conviction. saludos Marcos
How right conchoman.
The title of the post is very accurate. Those who never left the PalmOS, and that we have exploited but not power, but by dint of disappointments (each December we expected something innovative, and only disappointments we got) had been losing little by little faith ... we take it very nearly the celebrate. Ojala (! God forbid!
) That not only meets the expectations but exceed, but for me the treo 680 meets all my expectations (office automation, multimedia, GPS) this new cacharrito is tempting.
Salu2.
PS .- The Iphone mola butt ... if you're a Technosexuals!
If analyzed in detail, is a cutting edge phone, not a copy. Those who enjoy PalmOS, we are pleased to see this signature at the end. In fact, it has some flaws (lack of Wi-Fi, unsteady start when learning with OS), but they are the exception. The rule is, the thousands of applications, versatility, simplicity, DA's, are things that a daily enjoyed Palmer. Not to mention medical programs. Buy this equipment to eye closed!
Those who have been "clappers" for many years, and unconditionally, Palm has mistreated us miserably. Neither case at all, abandoned to our fate ... and having to survive thanks to the union we had, and resources that we got good use of our devices.
But everything has a limit in this life, and I ended up switching to Windows Mobile (no "dark side" but brands that suffered abuse their customers), where there are more still life in Palm OS, and with the advantage of have an operating system is not perfect, but alive, and devices with impressive performance, not processor speed (with my Qtek S200, to 195 MHz, well adjusted, is perfect), but by having Wi-Fi, and any other technical advancement.
Never return to Palm OS, or the new WebOS, buy a Palm or Windows Mobile ... honestly, I do not know anything about Palm as a brand, because if he abused us for a long time, I see no change in its policy with its users ... sufferers to near death, as happens with some computers and football ... I do not mention names.
If Windows Mobile is going wrong with a brand of device, and switch to another Palm OS ready ... if you go wrong ... you humps, there to choose from, and Palm has already given us many clubs for years, if not the desert of "forgetting" that we have suffered under that mark.
I spent much money on programs for Palm OS (respect to whom pirated applications, but I am among those who go through life legal) right now I have money thrown away to change the operating system, and have done the same Windows Mobile ... I go to switch back to uncertain promises? ... even as a joke, I will continue with Windows Mobile.
For other operating systems ... all others are "closed" to a greater or lesser extent ... no interest, nor even Symbian unconvincing in this respect, at least for those of us who like to "tinker" with the teams.
Sorry, but that's what I think and personally so exposed, even insist, is a personal opinion, but surely many "clappers" share in the back of his mind.
Greetings,
JCM
Well, whatever .... I did not believe in love at first sight ... I am madly in love with the PRE ... and until someone does not have it physically because you can not say much ceo ... then you better wait and then comment.
PS: I love you PRE
JCM nothing to say, you do clappers difference between fans of PalmOS to the company. Which are two completely different things ... I had WM, and if he would never return ... ..
Pre would be perfect if it had a stylus and Graffiti (or a worthy successor). Using a miniature keyboard feel that when I was turning back to the old agenda Casio. I prefer 1000 times the folding keyboard I use on my TX.
Incidentally, my TX has nothing to worry yet because it still can not find a worthy successor. You like the media and that and I respect that, but I fell in love with the simplicity and productivity that I managed to Garnet OS. Not change it for anything that's gone now.
Alexei agree with you except for the keyboard issue ... ever used a Treo? Honestly since I have one, can not think of a device without it.
Greetings
PS: And what you said before, I explain.
jajaja asi es ss Os Palm simplicity and effectiveness when working. The truth mrpomete this device a lot but there is also a good long way to go about what he had already given the old Palm OS and what it has already deregla to offer, I'll buy better bat.