The countdown to CES continues, and the noise on the 'net increases. What does Palm have to offer? Will it be enough? Will all of us who are looking for the "newness" be happy campers come Thursday? If so, how soon before we get our paws on the product? The San Francisco Chronicle has a great article on the hopes and fears of Palm's future. "Palm is poised to make what some analysts are calling its last stand at this week's Consumer Electronics Show, where it is expected to introduce its long-awaited Linux-based operating system. Code-named Nova, it will power a new generation of smart phones and potentially other devices. The move is Palm's best chance to get back into the smart phone market, which it pioneered with its Treo handsets and later ceded to companies such as BlackBerry-maker Research in Motion and Apple with its iPhone.
The stakes are high for Palm, which risks permanent irrelevancy or worse if it can't generate some buzz and momentum around its combination of hardware and software. The bottom line is this is Palm's last gasp. They have to come out with a new OS to make themselves relevant again," said Jack Gold, analyst for J.Gold Associates. "Their old OS is a geriatric case. It's been around for a long time and has been marginally improved, but it hasn't kept pace with the iPhone or (Google) Androids of the world." Ouch! Nonetheless, this could be true. See the full article after the jump.
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Will Nova flame into light, or just flame out?
The countdown to CES continues, and the noise on the 'net increases. What does Palm have to offer? Will it be enough? Will all of us who are looking for the "newness" be happy campers come Thursday? If so, how soon before we get our paws on the product? The San Francisco Chronicle has a great article on the hopes and fears of Palm's future. "Palm is poised to make what some analysts are calling its last stand at this week's Consumer Electronics Show, where it is expected to introduce its long-awaited Linux-based operating system. Code-named Nova, it will power a new generation of smart phones and potentially other devices. The move is Palm's best chance to get back into the smart phone market, which it pioneered with its Treo handsets and later ceded to companies such as BlackBerry-maker Research in Motion and Apple with its iPhone.
The stakes are high for Palm, which risks permanent irrelevancy or worse if it can't generate some buzz and momentum around its combination of hardware and software. The bottom line is this is Palm's last gasp. They have to come out with a new OS to make themselves relevant again," said Jack Gold, analyst for J.Gold Associates. "Their old OS is a geriatric case. It's been around for a long time and has been marginally improved, but it hasn't kept pace with the iPhone or (Google) Androids of the world." Ouch! Nonetheless, this could be true. See the full article after the jump.