Author: Peter McKenzie
Date: 13:00:23 10/31/01
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On October 31, 2001 at 15:08:35, Christophe Theron wrote: >On October 31, 2001 at 14:39:55, Roy Eassa wrote: > >>On October 31, 2001 at 13:36:01, Steve Maughan wrote: >> >>>ERIQ, >>> >>>>Sorry for off topic, but have a need for more speed. >>> >>>OS 5 will be StrongARM i.e. 206 MHz like the PocketPC. This is a major change >>>and will probably happen second quarter 2002. >>> >> >> >>Do they have to port the OS? Throw it away and use something else (like BeOS)? >>Or what? > > > >Yes they have to port the OS. A major effort. > >From what I know (and what sounds logical), they are going to introduce a new OS >called PalmOS 5 which will be a native ARM-core OS. They are also going to >provide "emulation boxes" (exactly like DOS boxes under Windows) so all existing >software in native 68000 code (DragonBall) will still work. > >It is likely that legacy 68000 software will run slightly slower than on current >devices, while new software compiled for ARM will naturally be something like 10 >times faster. > >The level of integration between new and legacy software remains unknown (will >you have to open an emulation box to launch legacy software or will it be fully >automatic), but the important thing is that PalmOS is going to evolve without >discarding all the existing software. Yes, they have learnt this essential lesson from Microsoft (and Apple too who did the same when upgrading their CPU). This is very exciting, I hope it is not too late in the battle for the handheld market. I'm picking wireless networking to be a killer feature, lets see if that is included in the new models. Peter > > > > Christophe
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