I think the next 6 to 12 months will be one of the most interesting in this history of Palm. It's time to do a little crystal ball gazing, or palm reading you could say.
The launch of Access means Access Linux Platform ALP must not be far off. When you read what Access is promising in ALP it looks like it is going to be a major leap forward in mobile computing. We'll really be able to see what this OS can do when they launch the emulator - aimed at developers, but it can show all of us how the system will work. I think when we see it we will be impressed, and I think we'll see the emulator before the end of 2006.
Palm Inc. themselves seem to have been working on a Linux OS, or at least working closely with Access on the implementation of ALP in Palm Treos and PDAs. This time next year we're likely to see Palm launch Linux based products that will be a major step up in power for mobile computing.
I'm pretty excited about the next year. When the mobile Linux gets off and running I think we'll hear quite a buzz from developers and then approaching Christmas 2007 we're going to see some amazing mobile devices readying for launch. In fact I am going to stick my neck out and predict we'll see Linux based Palms by Christmas 2007.
What are you looking forward to in the next 12 month? Discuss it in the forum.