Filed under: Developer, OS Updates, News, Linux, Palm, PalmSource
Notice how we don't talk much about Palm apps around here? I used to be the biggest Palm fan out there. That was before the dark days of lousy hardware, bloated OS updates, and bugs from here to the 10th planet. Riddle me how Sony was able to get Flash on their PalmOS devices years ago, but Palm's own still don't have it? Explain why the OS has to be stuck at 5.x.x.x.x ad infinitum? Oh well, they lost me about a year ago (that LifeDrive is too little, too late, and it doesn't even work properly), but I still am intrigued by this latest development... PalmSource and Access are teaming up to create a Mobile Linux Ecosystem. Actually it's called the Access Linux Platform. Essentially it's the move to Linux PalmSource has been talking about for a while, only now we're beginning to see what shape it will take. Cutting through the marketing jabber, I see several open source items are making it into this new platform, including GTK and GStreamer. It also appears the existing PalmSource PIM apps will make the cross over. SQLite will get into the mix, but Palm's browser may take a back seat to the ACCESS NetFront browser. I'm a little worried about that one, since Palm's browser worked pretty well. Interesting times, but we shall see if this is the herald of a new age in Palm's OS, or the last nail in the coffin. [Via MyTreo]
Access and Palm Source announce ACCESS Linux Platform originally appeared on Download Squad on Tue, 21 Feb 2006 12:50:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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