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PalmSource Ships Palm OS 6

Posted by Cliff on from the happy-palms dept.

grndslm notes: "PalmSource has indeed shipped Palm OS 6, the next major release of its operating system, to its licensees. The company has posted a press release this morning, PalmSource CEO David Nagel will also be presenting at the Needham Growth Conference today as well."

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  1. Speaking of the Palm.... by Ophidian+P.+Jones · · Score: 2, Interesting

    What really irks me with the Treo 300 device, and maybe the 600 has fixed this with it's 5-way toggle, is that you need to use the keypad AND a fingernail/stylus to run many apps that require some kind of tactile feedback. I get to the point where I keep the stylus between two fingers and shift my finger position so I can quickly use the stylus while texting. You have to text, because there is no grafitti. I would actually be quite happy with the graffiti area back and no keypad. Who needs a freaking keypad on a Palm? (Well, actually the Sony Clie's that fold out, with the keypads, are perfectly acceptable, since they have both keypad AND graffiti area).

    I didn't spend 6 years using graffiti to just throw it all away now!

  2. heres to hopeing by Vilim · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I hope my Tungsten T will be upgradable. Does anyone know the policy of Palm with regard to upgrading the OS?

    --
    History will be kind to me, for I intend to write it - Sir Winston Churchill
  3. Bigger Devices by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Interesting

    When is someone going to come up with a tablet pc form factor device that runs PalmOS? Old blind farts like me would like a bigger screen. Black and white is fine, no Windows Start Button (TM) or associated overhead is fine. I just want something big that works.

  4. Filesystem? by cloudless.net · · Score: 2, Interesting
    "These requirements include modularity, multi-tasking, memory protection, robust security and state-of-the-art multimedia capabilities. "

    After so many years Palm finally built a modern OS, with obvious assitance from Be OS. However I see no mention of the filesystem? Will Palm OS 6 finally get a true filesystem instead of the frustrating VFS?