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Palmsource shows off its Linux phone
Palmsource today at Linuxworld showed off its Linux based operating system for mobile phones which is set to replace the current Palm OS 5.0 by early next year.
The software is referred to as Access Linux Platform, after Palmsource's current parent company.
Palmsource's marketing vice president Didier Diaz demonstrated a very early version of the software running on a Haier phone from China, which the company uses as a reference platform.
Apologies for the poor picture quality - these are photos of the projection screen with the demonstration. The picture that the audience saw wasn't much better than what you're seeing here.
Didier Diaz
Main menu - note the task bar or dock in the bottom that will hold shortcuts to active tasks. A task can be anything from an active phone call to an application.
Address book
Music player: list of stored files
And playing a song by Wagner.
Tags: palmsource, Linux, open source, linuxworld, Linux World, lwe
April 6, 2006 at 03:46 AM | Permalink
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Comments
When?? When do these babies come out?
I don't want to have to resort to MS (read Microsux) or Symbian ever, ever again!
Hate, hate, vomit!
Mmm hurry up!
Posted-by: Rex Alfie Lee | 10 Apr 2006 03:45:01
RE: Rex:
Availability for manufacturers by late 2006, first devices expected (by Palmsource) by early 2007.
Posted-by: SV Sleuth | 10 Apr 2006 06:09:15
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