Rumor: Could Palm OS 6 be called Cobalt?

Don't we all...

They should call it "BabyBe". ;-)

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Galley

As the name suggest, COBALT, this is indicating a new series of Palm HW, like TUNGSTEN?

This is only a possible name for Palm OS 6 Hardware line up.

Palm COBALT T, COBALT T2, COBALT E, etc...

RSA

The name sounds kind of dumb. Makes me think of the GBA.

One Palm to rule them all!

Hmm...so my Cobalt enhanced Tungsten will be even stronger....woohoo! =)

On a more serious note, it will be interesting to see what is revealed this week.

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Always remember that you are unique. Just like everyone else.

I want my Palm OS 8 right now!!!! No sooner, and I ain't buying any palms until 8 comes out!!!

Just a little sarcasm to let everyone know how dumb this is.

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The Star and Crescent shall not be worn by every man, but only by him who is worthy to wear it...

> The name sounds kind of dumb.

So, what? "Tungsten" didn't bother you at all?

"Tunsgten|T. The PDA named after a light bulb filament."

:P

Um Tungsten, symbol W, is an element, metal to be exact, just like Cobalt. Although I'm pretty sure my Tungsten's made of aluminium seeing how it deformed rather than cracked during the 100 times it dropped to the floor. (Sony's would crack for sure... aha..)

Current Tungsten T owner, soon to be Tungsten T3 owner

Do I need a new PDA?.
I want to keep my T3.
Cheers

"Life is Too Short"
Tungsten T3-Sony ericsson T610,HBH-60,SanDisk 256Mb Sd Card

Please, please, let me in on this great secret: why is this important or in fact of any interest at all? Have you run out of topics to post? Philippe Radley

Heh.. yeah, a slow (very slow) news day. Not really news, not very exciting, not very ... anything ;-)

For those complaining about being a slow day or not having enough material to report on, you do have the choice not to read it. For the rest of us who don't mind reading something different (even if it's not as spectacular as many of you might want it to be), it's still better than not having anything at all.

Also, any bit of information can spark a nice healthy discussion or debate every now and then. Many times I feel that the comments are worth reading more than the article or news piece itself (sans first-posters and trolls, of course).

I don't think it's fair to berate the administrator for posting up any news that is Palm related, no matter how trivial some people may think it is. Would it hurt to just skip the news that doesn't interest you and allow those who might find it interesting to comment? If you feel this site is not up to your standards, you're more than welcome to create and run your own Palm news site.

Jim

Agreed. Ryan could just as easily pull a Palmstation and leave this site out to rot when things get slow. Also, has anyone considered he might be under some sort of NDA in one way or another and cannot do more than give a slight nod to the various rumors circulating around on the 'net? If the recent PIC/PalmOne contest is any indicator, we might be seeing more POne involvement in PIC (for better or worse remains to be seen).

Also, discussions like this can be amusing when looked back upon in a few weeks after OS 6 has been "named". An open-ended news item like this is also a good chance for everyone to chime on the latest rumors or word on the street, such as what I read yesterday on Brighthand or PalmOneCity about a relaunch of the T3. Supposedly, Palm have found themselves a new Chinese manufacturer to source their production to and the new T3's will have ROM updates, uniform screen type/quality, and overall better build quality. I myself claimed two months or so ago that this would be a wise move for Palm, especially if they can relaunch it at a new MSRP of $350ish.

Expect *lots* of detail this week as the developer conference unfolds. First keynote in 14 hours...!

JLM.

Maybe they need a nice mascot...

http://www.sjbaker.org/tux/

How about a little goblin named Kol (short for Kobold)? That might catch on with the fringe element (probably teenage Tapwave users) of Palm aficionados.

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So how exactly "windows" is descriptive, I beg your pardon.

Is there any OS that has a descriptive one-word name?
I dont think so.

I dont get it mike. What ever does Software Innovation have to do with the name its given? Even if Windoes does make sense, I can make a lot of sense out of Jaguar, Safari, anything... it all depends on perspective. If only you'd wait for the OS to be released without commenting on its innovation. Jeez

Windows makes sense because everything you do in that OS is done in windows. Not all OS names make sense, and most of them don't. But the random naming from lighting filaments and the periodic table have got to stop. Palm OS Cobalt? What the hell? Palm OS Sahara at least has a bit of a catchy nature - but Cobalt? They can do much better. Even a cool element would suffice. Palm OS Platinum? Silver? That would make sense, but Cobalt?

I'm wondering how they could make OS 7's name worse. Palm OS Testicular Fortitude?

-Bosco
NX80v + Wifi + BT + T616

Wake up ppl !!!
Does anyone saw the "PalmOS" in front of the Cobalt???
Istn that descriptive??? Da best friggin mobile OS around. WTH with Cobalt?

Remember Windows 3 ? (Everything in windows???)
AFAIK 'windows' isnt all in "windows"; it is called Graphic User Interface.

>>>Wake up ppl !!!
>>>Does anyone saw the "PalmOS" in front of the Cobalt???

Did you read the msg from someone who is AT PalmSource.

Now please go away. Far, far away.

Fact is... the name doesn't matter as does the technology behind it... I cant understand all the fuss about the name.

In fact I would suggest that this is an internal code name (from pre Source<->One split days) as it would be too close to PaleOne's Tungsten to be a name that would fly with the other OEMs.

Actually it looks like it's a done deal.

It's all over the PalmSource printed materials in the registration swag bag.

Session 310: The Palm OS Cobalt Details: Core OS, Multi-threading, Memory and Data Manager

Session 305: New Palm OS Cobalt Tools Overview and Roadmap

Session 315: The Palm OS Cobalt Details: Multimedia, Graphics, and the Window Manager

Session 300: Going Native on Palm OS Cobalt

Session 325: The Palm OS Cobalt Details:
Sync Manager, CDK and the Desktop

Session 320: The Palm OS Cobalt Details: Communication and IOS

******* Note this one *******

Session 435: Debugging Native ARM Code on OS Garnet and Cobalt with the Palm OS Debugger.

So for leak number two, it would seem Garnet is the second name we were looking.

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Session 340: The Palm OS Cobalt Details: Schema DBs and IPC Performance

Session 335: Security on Palm OS Cobalt and Prior Releases

Other Misc.:

"Skyy is the Limit with Palm OS Cobalt" - Come join the party in the Imperial Ballroom on Tuesday at 8:30pm
DJ
Interactive Games
*Cobalt shots*
Live music by Hookslide

Also the Palm OS Cobalt Compatibility Contest and the Palm OS Cobalt Protein Powered Contest.

So they'll have a soft line named after a semi-precious gemstone, and a hard line named after...well, a hard brittle metal.

One should appeal to newbies and soccermoms, while the other should favor tech geeks and business professionals.

Scott

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>>>Palm OS Cobalt Protein Powered Contest

Now that would have been one hell of an OS name right there: PROTEIN!

> Actually it looks like it's a done deal.
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> It's all over the PalmSource printed materials in
> the registration swag bag...

Well, let's hope they arranged some sort of legal "right to use" for the "Cobalt" name since it certainly is already attached to an Operating System (not like "Apple Computers" and "Apple Records"):

-- http://www.netbsd.org/Ports/cobalt/

Checking a little further it might be that "Cobalt" is a registered trademark of SUN Microsystems (went to "www.cobalt.com" and it forwarded to Sun!).

And checked a little deeper - "Cobalt" isn't/wasn't owned by NetBSD.org though they used that name to denote their distribution of NetBSD for the Cobalt computer platform.

FORTRAN was my favorite operating system.

Thanks, robrecht

Cobalt is an element name - Co. :-)
The name of the OS become realy ridiculous if we remember the history of cobalt discovery. Sweden chemist Georg Brandt obtain the element from the ore, called "Kobold" by saxonian ore miners. In that time Saxonia was an important mining center, where the metals like silver and copper were mined. Kobold ore looked like silver ore, but noone was able to get silver from it. More of that, the poisonous gas was coming from the melting pots, often causing death. Miners believed that evil ghosts Kobolds are dwelling in the ore, and fooling them.
So, if there will be some bugs in new OS (IMHO that's for sure!), we know who are responsible: Kobolds! :-)