Comments on: FrankenGarnet Turns Up in Patent Database

A new listing for a Palm Patent has turned up in the URAAF worldwide patent database. A leaked document shown to PIC reveals that Palm Inc has filled for a trademark on the term "FrankenGarnet." It is unknown at this time what this new trademark will be officially used for. A source who agreed only to speak under a condition of anonymity stated, "We have known about this for some time, They [Palm] have been working on a new technology that bolts together and brings alive a number of new features in mobile computing." Others in the blogosphere are musing that this could be another sign that Palm is working on their own operating system. Stay tuned for more on this developing story.

UPDATE: The patent application scan is now online.

 Wow.

onestar @ 4/1/2006 11:14:22 AM #

Amazing how this showed up on April 1st, eh?

Wouldn't be an April Fools joke, now would it?

One by one, the penguins are stealing my sanity.

 RE: Wow.

Gmon750 @ 4/1/2006 11:26:32 AM #

Couldn't be a joke. I myself am still waiting for the DotCom bubble to burst...

 RE: Wow.

Ryan @ 4/1/2006 1:23:01 PM #

I will be posting the patent application later today.

 RE: Wow.

Gekko @ 4/1/2006 2:26:50 PM #

Wiley Rein & Fielding will be hearing from me soon.

 RE: Wow.

JarJar @ 4/1/2006 2:40:59 PM #

The sad thing is that with all Palm's debacles, this is almost believable...

 RE: Wow.

onestar @ 4/2/2006 1:57:38 PM #

HAHAHAHAH!

I like it!

One by one, the penguins are stealing my sanity.

 Be careful what you joke about as it may come true

Geezer @ 4/2/2006 4:44:26 PM #

Was it last year or the year before that the April Fools joke was of Cobalt being cancelled and everyone being stuck with Garnet?

 RE: Be careful what you joke about as it may come true

Admin @ 4/2/2006 5:54:45 PM #

that did come to mind:

http://www.palminfocenter.com/news/5181/april-fools-palm-os-6-cancelled/