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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."

3 of 245 comments (clear)

  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:palm interface on a linux kernel? by moosesocks · · Score: 5, Funny

    vi.

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  3. 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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