Palm Nova - Linux-based Palm 2.0 OS?

Palm Nova - Linux-based Palm 2.0 OS? As a follow-up to the previous post (Palm Nova Upcoming OS), According to APC, Palm's CEO Ed Colligan reveals the ‘Palm 2.0’ OS platform, he calls "Palm 2.0." The new mobile platform is codenamed "Nova," and will be built on Linux, but Colligan refrained from referring to it as Palm OS 2.0. "I’m not coming up with the branding right now – whether it’s Palm OS 2.0 or Next Generation, we’re not coming up with the branding right now."

Colligan speaks of this as being a “next-generation operating system with much more capabilities, driven around the Internet and Web-based applications”. It reminds us of a very modern take on the original OS, as well as a revisiting of the strategy which saw Palm create everything from the OS to the handhelds. It worked fine for Palm in the early days, and it’s working pretty well for Apple too.

In addition, While Colligan axed the much-maligned Foleo ‘mobile companion’ notebook, he admits the concept (if not the brand) could make a comeback.

Whatever it's going to be called, That ‘next generation’ Palm OS will slot in between the Centro and Treo lines under a new ‘prosumer’ brand that’s yet to be decided, Colligan explains. “We’re going to continue to look at those three line areas – consumer, prosumer and enterprise. Treo is today more of our mainstream prosumer product which is extended into the enterprise, but over time you’ll see some branding work done on the top two to make sure they’re really well delineated.”

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