H-P Might Switch Jornada to Palm OS
Iain Morris, the brand new head of Hewlett-Packard's new Embedded and Personal Systems group said in a interview with Cnet today that he is considering switching the Jornada from Pocket PC to the Palm OS. He is also considering using Linux.
The Jornada is one of the best selling Pocket PC handhelds but still has only 3.5% of the U.S. market, according to figures released this week by PC Data. Morris believes the device hasn't reached its full potential. "Jornada as a product has an opportunity to become more successful," he said.
H-P announced this week that they are developing a version of the Jornada that would be a smartphone.
Mr. Morris spent 23 years with Motorola before making the move to H-P to take over one of the company's five main product groups.
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RE: Dumping Pocket PC
az
RE: Dumping Pocket PC
So I don't see HP doing anything wrong here. People sell get rich quick scheams and there are suckers who will buy it. And so HP may sell Palm based BDA's and there will be people who will buy it. Good move HP. Tap in the market while there are people willing to toss out their cash. Still has nothing to do with which PDAs and OSes truly have the power to process data and information, while still keeping the user experince delightful and maniging all your PIMs.
Not my 2 cents here. Just striaght FACTS and Business smarts.
-Palm user and WindowCE/PPC supporter.
RE: Dumping Pocket PC
Example:
Handspring creates the Prism.
It uses 16 bit color
They hold a unique patent on that for a year
Then OS 4 adds support for 16 bit color
Now all devices can use this
It is a very smart business idea and will reform the Palm environment very quickly.
Already Palm has alluded to one of the hardware mfg. releasing a higher resolution screen this year and another who is going to test higher powered CPU's.
It will be interesting to see what transpires.
Sweet!
See ya!
RE: Not so Sweet!
RE: Sweet!
RE: Sweet!
If my memory is good Palm claimed that one of the goals of new V4 is the ability to handle bigger screens.
RE: Sweet!
Its about time HP!
Thank God for the Palm. I tossed the 300LX and got a Palm. In my opinion the Palm OS is still not as good or as open as the 100/200LX OS but it certainly it is a solid usable handheld OS. The day HP killed the 200LX and replaced it with the 300LX was the day I lost all respect for HP. I doubt Hewlett or Packard would have let this happen if they were still in the drivers seat. HP it¡¦s about time. How about bringing back the 200LX + Palm OS YA!! ƒº
Jornada OS
Jim
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