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The Palm OS Ends With a Whimper

Posted by kdawson on from the hands-down dept.

PetManimal writes "Computerworld reviews the Palm Treo 755p, the last Palm device with the Palm OS, and concludes that the OS is going out not with a bang but with a whimper. The article says there are some useful improvements (better integration with Exchange and IM, limited speech recognition, etc.) but 'nothing that will make you sit back and say "wow."' Palm already has at least one device with Windows Mobile (the 700w) and soon will make a big push to Linux devices, maybe by the end of the year. But the Palm OS, which was top dog for a while back in the 1990s, and is still used by many people who own Palm Pilots or Treos, is going to quickly fade, it seems."

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  1. Out with a bang? by RealGrouchy · · Score: 2, Funny

    How, exactly, does software go out with a bang?

    Doesn't "bang" imply success, and therefore, not going out?

    - RG>

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    Hey pal, this isn't a pleasantforest, so don't waste my time with pleasantries!
    1. Re:Out with a bang? by larry+bagina · · Score: 5, Funny

      I take it your development team never went on a 7-day cocaine/hooker orgy and deleted all the source code?

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      Do you even lift?

      These aren't the 'roids you're looking for.

    2. Re:Out with a bang? by Chyeld · · Score: 1, Funny

      How, exactly, does software go out with a bang? Doesn't "bang" imply success, and therefore, not going out?

      Think "24"...
      "Jack! That Palm will explode in 20 seconds if you can't get Linux booted on it!"
      "I'm on it! Quick open another port in the firewall so I can interface directly with the TCP!"
      .....
      BAAAANG!
    3. Re:Out with a bang? by thePowerOfGrayskull · · Score: 1, Funny

      How, exactly, does software go out with a bang?

      Doesn't "bang" imply success, and therefore, not going out?

      - RG> For a brief period, I had a Treo 650. Once I got my replacement Blackberry, the Treo went out the window, and I do believe it made a bang as it hit a passing car.
  2. Re:palm interface on a linux kernel? by moosesocks · · Score: 5, Funny

    vi.

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    -- If you try to fail and succeed, which have you done? - Uli's moose
  3. Re:palm interface on a linux kernel? by JazzyMusicMan · · Score: 1, Funny

    treo$ ??

  4. Re:Sad by mrchaotica · · Score: 4, Funny

    I recently had my Zaire die and tried to find a replacement but nothing availible came close.

    No worries; just replace it with a Congo!

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    "[Regarding the 'cloud,'] ownership was what made America different than Russia." -- Woz

  5. Re:palm interface on a linux kernel? by Duhavid · · Score: 2, Funny

    Ok, but what will the interface for those Linux devices look like?


    It will be the new Small Edition X server.
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    emt 377 emt 4
  6. Re:palm interface on a linux kernel? by benplaut · · Score: 2, Funny

    Be careful, you will be smitten by saint emacs!