Comments on: So long Palm OS, we knew you far too long

By: Andrew

Andrew — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 03:54:42 +0000

PalmOS has been in the business for more than 12 years, it's not like the OS will die out overnight. People will still have Treos for years, either because it's good enough for them, or they can't afford a newer model. www.weboshelp.net

By: Schuyler King

Schuyler King — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 17:48:42 +0000

There is a good article on the Palm situation on this blog: http://amccright.blogspot.com/2009/01/palm-tells-current-customers-to-get.html

By: Baz

Baz — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 13:00:56 +0000

The Company’s report of the death of its PalmOS is, as Mark noted above, long delayed.

The OS died years ago – the moment they sold it to PalmSource, who in turn sold it to ACCESS. These two companies didn’t give a crap for the once-brilliant-for-its-simplicity-yet-powerful OS that was the core of what were once *the* default business and academic users’ device, along with its brilliant Desktop.

Palm, meanwhile, became nothing more than a hardware manufacturer to wireless companies, routinely offering them a substandard smartphone for just enough cash to keep afloat.

Palm went from Market Leader to Sycophant, not by the vagaries of the consumer, but by corporate ennui.

The PalmOS was due a refresh several years ago, but as my old Palm still shows, its still largely a solid piece of work with a software (largely freeware) base that any current mobileOS user can only dream about…

By: Mark Messinger

Mark Messinger — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 07:45:40 +0000

It’s been *really* good, knowing the Palm OS. Dated though it may be, it’s still highly efficient and very stable. Owning an iPAQ 210 convinced me that Windows Mobile isn’t suitable for mission critical work such as telephony (what with the need to carry a standby pen and pad of paper, for when WinMo crashes or, as recently, when the Office 2007 upgrade caused Windows Mobile Device Center to stop syncing – but first, it erased all my contacts, appointments, tasks and notes). What takes a click/tap or two, on a device running Garnet will take 4 and a reboot, on a WinMo device. The Tungsten T3 was an amazing handheld. Symbian is close, as a handheld/ telephone OS, but Palm’s conduits has it beat. Of course, Palm long ago left the field of battle; ask anyone who’s tried to sync their Palm with a Vista x64 PC. Palm was king – ought to still be top of the heap – but Palm through in the towel. The demise of the Palm OS is a story worth studying. It hasn’t just been good, knowing the Palm OS, it’s been great and should have been greater.