Comments on: Rumor: Panasonic to License Palm OS, Make ARM-Based Handheld (Updated)
A name for the handheld is not yet available. It will be one of the first PalmOS handhelds to run on an ARM-based processor. It will use a 32-bit Intel StrongARM SA-110 at 100 MHz. Possibly the most questionable part of this rumor is that this device won't use OS 5.0, but instead run OS 4.2. Until now, it was believed that the first devices with ARM-based chips would run OS 5.0.
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Sounds suspicious
RE: Sounds suspicious
Recently Palm turned down Toshiba as a licensee, and they did it because they knew they are going with Panasonic.
Palm went with SD cards, and guess who is pushing those cards. You guessed it.
Perhaps we will know for sure next week.
RE: Sounds suspicious
It's rather a HandEra with Color, an ARM and a CF slot.
RE: Sounds suspicious
RE: Sounds suspicious
RE: Sounds suspicious
Peace Out
Alan
RE: Sounds suspicious
anyway, isn't there still a limitation preventing 16 mgs RAM with Palm OS, or did this get addressed with 4.0?
RE: Sounds suspicious
RE: Sounds suspicious
16 MB Prisms
Thanks!
Sony vs. Panasonic?
I was just thinking (For once). Perhaps Panasonic would be the answer to Sony's line of products, meaning, they are entertainment based for multimedia purposes. Do you think that there could be a rivalry between the two companies with this product?
Eric Garrido
RE: Sony vs. Panasonic?
RE: Sony vs. Panasonic?
And wouldn't it be neat if there was? :)
Competition is good for innovation...I can definitely see Palm vs Handspring duking it our for the more PIM-based business/consumer market, and Sony vs Panasonic going head-to-head on the personal technology/multimedia front, if this rumor really does make it to reality.
(ten bucks on Sony. hee!)
enough with these crazy rumors!
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AriB Technologies ((Nasdaq: ARIB), today announced that it is releasing new Palm Powered devices next week with the Intel XScale processor.
Specs:
400 mhz XScale processor
64 megabytes of RAM
2 Secure Digital slots
a USB 2.0 connector
32 bit color high resolution screen with a virtual graffiti area
audio DSP
always on wireless connection
integrated Bluetooth
3.9 ounces
2 month battery life
About Palm, Inc.
Palm, Inc. (Nasdaq: PALM) is a pioneer in the field of mobile and mobile and wireless Internet solutions and a leading provider of handheld computers, according to IDC (December 2000). Based on the Palm OS(R) platform, Palm's handheld solutions allow people to carry and access their most critical information wherever they go. Palm(TM) handhelds address the needs of individuals, rumor mongers, enterprises and educational institutions through thousands of application solutions.
The Palm OS platform is also the foundation for products from Palm's licensees and strategic partners, such as AriB Technologies, Franklin Covey, Handspring, IBM, Kyocera, Sony, Symbol Technologies, and HandEra (formerly TRG). Platform licensees also include Acer, Garmin, Nokia and Samsung. The Palm Economy is a growing global community of industry-leading licensees, world-class OEM customers, and approximately 176,452 innovative developers and solution providers that have registered to develop solutions based on the Palm OS platform. Palm went public on March 2, 2000. Its stock is traded on the Nasdaq national market under the symbol PALM. More information is available
at http://www.palm.com .
About AriB Technologies
We're even cooler but we don't have a website yet. Stay tuned...
NOTE: Palm OS is a registered trademark and Palm and Palm Powered are rademarks of Palm, Inc. or its subsidiaries. Other brands may be trademarks of their respective owners.
RE: enough with these crazy rumors!
RE: enough with these crazy rumors!
RE: enough with these crazy rumors!
Can't wait yill they get their website up so I can order mine.
I never thought we'd hear from the owner of a PDA company on our little board.
Clearly Mr Arib has been reading our board for months as a member here, taking close note of what we really want. This is how he has design a nearly perfect device.
RE: enough with these crazy rumors!
All that is left now is for PRNewswire to sue the pants off you for using their name in what may otherwise be construed as an actual announcement without any legal disclaimer. It is called libel regardless of your good intentions.
What a tragicomedy. It's funny because you guys are all obviously good natured techies who love Palm technology and handheld computing technology in general. It is sad because this is a public forum and ethics are becoming questionable. We all understand a good joke. However, this is not the right forum for such jokes for you may actually hurt the true value of this medium.
RE: enough with these crazy rumors!
RE: enough with these crazy rumors!
"That's the problem with rumors and "anonymous sources". After a while, even an obvious rouse gets taken seriously."
You dont REALLY believe anyone is taking Arib seriously do you?
Speaking of "anonymous sources" try registering (pseudo name is fine) so we can know who we are talking to.
Quote:
"It is sad because this is a public forum and ethics are becoming questionable. We all understand a good joke. However, this is not the right forum for such jokes for you may actually hurt the true value of this medium."
You are taking this stuff WAAAAY too seriously my friend. Arib illustrated his point very well with humor. I found it entertaining. NOBODY is going to think it was real.
RE: enough with these crazy rumors!
Try looking it up in a dictionary if you doubt it
RE: enough with these crazy rumors!
RE: enough with these crazy rumors!
Variant(s): also gull·able /'g&-l&-b&l/
Function: adjective
Date: 1818
: easily duped or cheated
- gull·ibil·i·ty /"g&-l&-'bi-l&-tE/ noun
- gull·ibly /'g&-l&-blE/ adverb
RE: enough with these crazy rumors!
>Variant(s): also gull·able /'g&-l&-b&l/
>Function: adjective
>Date: 1818
>: easily duped or cheated
>- gull·ibil·i·ty /"g&-l&-'bi-l&-tE/ noun
>- gull·ibly /'g&-l&-blE/ adverb
LOL, I can't believe you actually looked! :)
All the dictionaries should be modified so that the word "gullible" would be on its own page and the last definition would be "See below". The rest of the page should be a shiny reflective surface to act as a mirror. :)
RE: enough with these crazy rumors!
Mixed Bag
My take on this one is there may be some truth in it. Panasonic may well have a Palm m505 alike in the works (like Acer: http://www.palminfocenter.com/view_Story.asp?ID=2002), which could be bluetooth enabled and run the bluetooth version of PalmOS4 (4.2 / 4.5 whatever). It may be 320x320 and have 16bit colour - if I was Panasonic that's what I'd want. If that is the case it is highly likely that they have ARM PalmOS 5 device in the pipeline too.
It sounds like someone got to see some internal Spec sheets for some future possible devices.
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kHiTeDev
Enough with the whining
EVERY BIT OF OFFICIAL NEWS CAN BE FOUND ELSEWHERE. I bet you people spend more time at Palmstation, and PDA buzz, instead because you want cutting edge info. This is where "rumors" come.
Face it. YOU ALL DONT WANT TO WAIT FOR THE OFFICIAL PRESS RELEASES THAT IS WHY YOU COME HERE. Months go by and when the rumors turn out right nobody grumbles. When a rumor does not pan out (handsprings supposed monday release which was downplayed here)people cry "no more stinkin rumors." Get real if it werent for "rumors" this site would not be as popular as it is. Most of you would not be here. Eds "sources" have been pretty good (by no means perfect.)
I'll say what Ed is too polite to say-
INFOCENTER IS GIVING YOU EXACTLY WHAT YOU CRAVE.
QUIT YER WHINING.
RE: Enough with the whining
Ed, would you consder setting up a category under the articles section of the Main Menu that lists all the works in progress we've heard about? I know many of these are rumors, but some are a little more solid. I had forgotten about the Acer Palm until I was reminded of it in this thread. It would be great if we had a place to scan through all the possibilities with ease.
Thanks in advance.
Can I have some cheese, too?
Ed and Palminfocenter do a good job of distinguishing between what's fact, what's pretty likely, and what is probably hot air; and explicitly let you know which parts of the rumor are which. In this article he speculates the possibility of a Bluetooth-enabled Panasonic digital camera, and lo and behold, there's a link posted to validate it. Not bad for predictive commonsense.
As to a rumor hurting sales by figuring that people will wait to buy the rumored product rather than the current one, well hey, no matter what you buy now, chances are almost certain that it'll be outmatched by some new product within a year, or even six months. So you can't win, whether you wait or not, and personally I'd rather have some advance warning not so much of specific products, but of where the technology is trending.
But that's just me. If I didn't care, I just wouldn't read about it.
RE: Enough with the whining
Official announcements, on the other hand (a la m50x announcement), generate lots of press in the general media and infiltrate the general population to a much greater degree.
RE: Enough with the whining
RUMORS AND NEWS.........BUY ON RUMORS, BUT IN THIS CASE, DON'T SELL ON THE NEWS.
LONG..........
RAN
Yes I agree.... enough already!
no handspring... no palm... damn where's the back to school specials???
RE: Yes I agree.... enough already!
Panasonic will announce Bluetooth capable Camera
http://www.blick.ch/PB2G/PB2GA/pb2ga.htm?snr=12656
The camera will further have an detachable part with the vcr-unit so you will be able to use it either as an still-camera or as an vcr. The still-camera is said to store on sd-card or on the vcr-tape.
PS: The article comes from the Nr. 1 daily newspaper from switzerland. As the Tech-Section gets updated about weekly the link above might not be valid for more than about 3 weeks.
RE: Panasonic will announce Bluetooth capable Camera
David in Pflugerville, TX
RE: Panasonic will announce Bluetooth capable Camera
But consider the combination of the camera and the mobile-phone for newspaper-employees sending the latest photo's to their company's editor!
Correction
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News Editor
RE: Correction
PS: the url www.palmrumors.com is available..
(ducking and running!!!)
David in Pflugerville, TX
Enough of these rumors
RE: Enough of these rumors
RE: Enough of these rumors
Very sad that things like this get perpetuated.
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That'd be really cool if these are the real specs, though.
Eric Garrido