Author: Christophe Theron
Date: 13:10:07 10/31/01
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On October 31, 2001 at 16:00:23, Peter McKenzie wrote:
>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 hope so. I like Palm and PalmOS very much, but if they don't manage to get
this working by the end of 2002, I think they are dead.
However I think they'll do it. The steps they are taking to buy Be Inc (this
should be settled by Nov 12) show that they consider the evolution of their OS
very seriously, and that they understand they need help. At least they admit
that their OS has not evolved significantly since 2 years and that something has
to be done about this.
>I'm picking wireless networking to be a killer feature, lets see if that is
>included in the new models.
I think they are also actively working on it.
Christophe
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