Palm Press: Assassin’s Creed Hits the Small Screen; Palm OS is No More
It’s Thursday, which means it’s time for another Palm Press, our weekly look at the world of Palm. When Palm held its press event at the CES earlier this year it made much noise about the new games on the way. WebOS has not been known as a gaming platform and the news from Palm was certainly welcome for gamers. A classic game is here for the Palm Pre that has gamers duly excited. Assassin’s Creed is a typical RPG that looks pretty good in the screenshots on the Pre. Pixi owners should note that neither the original Pixi, nor the newer Pixi Plus, have the oomph to run the game.
Pre and Pixi owners waiting for an official Google (a goog) ersion of Google Voice for webOS can rest easier. Google has released a version of Google Voice for webOS that brings full functionality to the handsets. Note this is not an actual app that must be downloaded — it is a web site based on HTML5 that demonstrates the power of the new web technology. Just point your web browser to the mobile Google Voice site and you’ll be good to go.
Long-time Palm enthusiasts are mourning the end of an era, as Palm has shut down the old Palm OS. The company is no longer selling any Treos or Centros, focusing all effort on the current webOS. This is not surprising but it does cause one to wax nostalgic over the passing of an era.
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The Geek.com article was wrong (or at least late). The Treo Pro that Palm recently officially disconnected was their last Windows Mobile device. The last Palm OS device was the Centro, which was discontinued several months ago.
Of course, many Palm OS applications can run on WebOS via the Classic application.
I have liked all of my PalmOS devices. I like my Treo much more than my Blackberry. I am having a lot of trouble buying a WebOS device knowing that my current Palm devices are no longer supported though.
Regards,
Hans
Your point is true – we do see the sad passing of an age. All the more sad when I still wish my Blackberry Bold was running PalmOS Garnet.
But “PalmOS is no more” might be a little strong. Not only are there a lot of phones in the wild (and in my home), but there’s even a new Garnet device apparently near launch for 2010!
http://tamspalm.tamoggemon.com/2010/01/16/aceeca-introduces-two-new-palmos-devices-one-of-them-for-consumers/
Oh well..at least if you still have a Palm Centro..the batteries have been reported to work perfectly fine on Palm Pres. Makes perfect sense to upgrade to Palm Pre (or Plus) if you have a Palm Centro.