SyChip and PalmSource Collaborate on Wi-Fi Modules
PalmSource and SyChip, Inc., a leading developer of radio frequency chip scale modules (RF-CSM), today announced SyChip's entry into the Palm OS Ready Program, delivering integrated Wi-Fi connectivity solutions to Palm OS licensees.
In joining the Palm OS Ready Program (POSR), SyChip's Wi-Fi wireless connectivity solutions will be certified to be Palm OS platform compatible. Certified POSR solutions can free up valuable development time for Palm OS licensees, offering faster time-to-market for new and unique smart mobile devices. The SyChip embedded chip scale module offers licensees the ability to quickly integrate Wi-Fi connectivity in their new mobile device designs, allowing system architects to concentrate on creating differentiated products without the need to dedicate engineering efforts to develop Wi-Fi connectivity.
"By joining the Palm OS Ready Program, SyChip is solidifying its position as a wireless solutions provider for Palm OS licensees," said Moses Asom, co-founder and senior vice president of marketing and business development at SyChip. "With the availability of Palm OS WLAN modules, SyChip is giving Palm OS licensees greater flexibility for integrating Wi-Fi connectivity into their new and existing device designs." SyChip joins existing Palm OS Ready partners ATI, Intel, M-Systems, Motorola, NVIDIA, Samsung Semiconductor and Texas Instruments.
According to its January 30, 2004 Wireless LAN Semiconductor report, Gartner Dataquest estimates that by 2006, 60 percent of PDAs and five percent of cellular handsets will include built-in wireless LAN connections. "The growing presence of wireless LAN access points and hotspots is creating a demand for smart mobile devices with built-in Wi-Fi connectivity," said Joseph Byrne, principal analyst at Gartner. "Cost-effective, small-footprint radios minimize the time and effort required by manufacturers of smart mobile devices to add WLAN capability."
"SyChip is making it easier for Palm OS licensees to deliver Wi-Fi connectivity in their next-generation smart mobile devices, reducing time to market and leveraging SyChip's expertise in the development of products based on the evolving 802.11 standards," said Charlie Tritschler, vice president of product marketing for PalmSource. "By partnering with industry-leading vendors, we believe PalmSource is streamlining the design and development process allowing new and innovative devices to come to market in the shortest possible timeframe."
About the Palm OS Ready Program
Launched in July 2001, the Palm OS Ready Program allows industry-leading component providers to drive faster innovation of Palm Powered devices and foster growth throughout the Palm Powered Economy. Combining access to key components of Palm OS technology with in-depth technical training and resources, the Palm OS Ready Program provides silicon and peripheral providers the ability to deliver more complete solutions to the Palm OS licensee community enabling Palm OS licensees to bring innovative and differentiated Palm Powered mobile devices to market faster and more efficiently.
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RE: I hope this pans out...
Now a dual-wireless (Bluetooth or GSM/GPRS) PalmOne device is what I want.
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RE: I hope this pans out...
This is a PalmSource thing
PalmSource is the OS maker, so basically this means that SyChip products will work well with newer versions of Palm OS. Doesn't seem like it does a whole lot of good to current users of palm devices.
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Anyway, waiting to see if SnDisk can help me figure out why this is not working well at home.
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Can we keep the stupid OS debates off the front page articles for once?
There's enough wasted or trashed threads in the forums because of these dumb arguments.
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Like Palm OS handhelds get sooooo many OS updates?
Also, hope you don't have more then six third party apps on it. That is when crash-reset-city starts.
Totally untrue. I've got at least two dozen third-party applications on my X30, and it doesn't crash. Whether the Palm OS fanatics accept it or not, PocketPCs don't crash any more than a Palm OS unit. It's this kind of elitist attitude, believing Palm OS to be SO perfect, that's kept the Palm OS stagnant and uncompetitive for so long.
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Pet rock, paper weight, pocket PC PDA - they all mean the same to me.
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On the other hand, I have about... 15 apps on my T3 and I still have been unable to decide which one, if any, causes the random crashes. Funny. (sometimes just by going into the battery/date/memory screen a beautiful "over-locked" screen pops. Did I mention that the second day I had the T3 I had already inferred the existence of, found, and installed "Crash" to avoid having to take the device out of its hard case for each reset?)
I hope there's some OS update soon before I get too tired of it and convert it myself into a paperweight. Right now it is little more than a cumbersome MP3 player...
Oh, and I loved how the first hotsync after a hard reset installed everything back into the PDA. The 70 megs of it. Or that's what it tried. I had to go into the backup directory and start moving things away; the device and Palm desktop would just repeat the pantomime and choke and reset after some minutes. It only worked after trimming the backup directory down to about 30 MB. Easy, user friendly, reliable, whatever.
And I still have not had the time (nor the will) to understand why the T3 will start acting funny when it has less than 11 MB free. New programs won't install, small ones install but complain "unable to create database". Deleted 10 MB and everything works OK again. Lovely, man. SO lovely. I'm afraid I'm starting to miss Windows. :>
So what?
Why wasn't this done sooner?
It is getting Very Annoying waiting for PalmOS devices to catch up with the Axim of Evil in terms of WiFi.
SyChip better keep their promise...
I would like to see both the consumer Zire and the business Tungsten equipped with 802.11g. SyChip better keep their promise or I swear to god......
Intel PXA27X, Motorola's ARM Processor, or Texas Instruments OMAP? Pick one Palm Enthusiasts, the choice should be yours. When handheld makers make you choose the ARM Processor, you win.
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I hope this pans out...
blue tooth and 802.11 and improved batery life....