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Details Of Palm OS 6 - 'Cobalt'

Posted by timothy on from the that's-a-big-palm-you've-got dept.

Splezunk writes "Looks like Palm has finally released some details on Palm OS 6 a k a 'Cobalt'. Palminfocenter has more on it, and I have just noticed that there are now screenshots. Highlights are a 32,000x32,000 screen support, BeOS like multitasking and threading. Currently 256MB memory, but this will be upgraded in time."

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  1. I'm glad there are.... by callipygian-showsyst · · Score: 5, Funny

    I'm sure glad they recently discovered three more elements! Now Palm can make three more versions of their OS.

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    1. Re:I'm glad there are.... by adrianbaugh · · Score: 2, Funny

      Hmm. Element 115 is called ununpentium. Does this mean we're waiting for ununceleron, ununathlon, and finally ununG5, each of which will be heavier, contain more components, require more power (to make) and, just possibly, be more stable?

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  2. Screen resolution? by PatrickThomson · · Score: 3, Funny

    Highlights are a 32,000x32,000 screen support

    So when will I be seeing gigapixel screens in other devices?

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  3. Yea! 32,000 x 32,000 pixel resolution! by stephenb · · Score: 5, Funny

    Finally, I can use my uber wall of flat panels monitors with my PDA!

  4. Re:Isn't 32k x 32k overkill? by El+Pollo+Loco · · Score: 4, Funny

    It's for porn. Horray for microscopicaly small boobies!!!

  5. Re:Welcome Slashdot Visitor? by samsmithnz · · Score: 2, Funny

    Now they will be slashdotted twice as bad, once for the first article, and then the 2nd time when people go to read the user comments.

    :p

  6. Re:OT but BeOS & Old hardware by jackmakrl · · Score: 3, Funny

    I keep a 486DX266 in my glovebox so I can tell people "my car has a 486 in it".

  7. Re:OT: What is the dpi "resolution" of reality? by LowPoint+SATA · · Score: 2, Funny
    It's 1 dpi. That's right; 1 dpi.

    Unless you are in space. That makes it 2 dpi.

    YRMV.

  8. Re:version naming by drinkypoo · · Score: 4, Funny

    The problem with this is that one used to be able to say "works with PalmOS 3.x and up" and now one will have to say "works with PalmOS thiselement, thatelement, and thisotherelement". Unless perhaps they picked elements with ever-increasing atomic weights, and they provided a periodic table with each software package so you could determine your version compliance. I mean who's going to remember if unobtainium comes before or after adamantium?

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  9. It is funny! by yudan · · Score: 5, Funny
    Palm OS Cobalt is designed to enable multiple applications to run simultaneously, so users gain more productivity and a better user experience. For example, a user can listen to MP3 files, book a calendar appointment and take an incoming phone call.
    wow! I really don't know how to listen to MP3 AND make phone call, AND GAIN PRODUCTIVITY! Can anybody tell me?
  10. Re:Isn't 32k x 32k overkill? by Wateshay · · Score: 4, Funny


    Hmmm... "microscopically small" isn't usually what I'm looking for in porn star breasts.

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  11. Comment removed by account_deleted · · Score: 2, Funny

    Comment removed based on user account deletion

  12. History repeats itself by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    1) Palm creates a system called "Cobalt"

    2) Sun buys Palm for an amazing sum without knowing why

    3) Sun Cobalt is slowly destroyed for a second time ...

    4) non-profit!