Palm OS 5.0 Preview

Propane sent in an excerpt from Palm's Palm OS 5.0 Preview "Palm OS 5, the latest version of the world's leading mobile platform, redefines market expectations and creates new opportunities for licensees, for developers, and for end users. In addition to supporting ARM®-compliant processors from industry leaders Intel, Motorola, and Texas Instruments, Palm OS 5 also enhances multimedia capabilities, incorporates a suite of robust security options, and expands support for wireless connections. In providing these new capabilities, Palm OS 5 builds a foundation for the future of mobile computing while also maintaining compatibility with existing software. "

Comments

OS 5?

[TheRhino]

I'll bet it's only half as good as OS X.

Re:Thin on detail

[HMC CS Major]

Biometric identification is stupid. If someone gets a copy of your password you can change that, but if someone gets a copy of your fingerprints it's not so easy to change them.

I mean they get a copy of the data representing your fingerprints and insert that in to the system rather than actually copying your fingerprints (although that might be possible too!)

Agreed. But why must it be one or the other? Why not make both required for authentication?

Needing a stolen password and stolen fingerprint data seems a lot harder to accomplish than just stealing a password or just stealing fingerprint ID info.

Re:Palm vs Ipaq

[Anonymous Coward]

Why does running Linux, X and GTK+ have a geek factor? I'd imagine a bigger geek factor would be running 4.4BSD-Lite2 running a version of sh rewritten using only cat and cc.

Why does running a system "easy" enough to use for the desktop have a geek factor?

Re:Thin on detail

[reaper20]

rather than actually copying your fingerprints (although that might be possible too!)

Or, "they" can just do it this easy way, hunt you down and cut your finger off... :)

Re:Perhaps too little too late?

[horati0]

I have three Palms [...]

Wow, that must be great for pr0n!