The new Palm OS

Hard times for companies such as historical Palm that, crushed by competition urgent and uncontrollable ( one for all : iPhone 3G) , are likely seriously to disappear from the market. Here, then, that the 2009 CES , scheduled January 11 to 18Seems to be really a kind of last resort for factory U.S. since 1996 is one of the main landmarks in the category of handhelds. How to react to the internal crisis ? Simple : To revitalize in style thanks to the especially highly anticipated new hardware and operating system Nova.

But things first . The rumors began circulating as soon as Palm has officially invited all media in the world next to the ESC for a presentation by major surprises . ” All the news we were waiting” quotes the company ‘s press release . An ad deliberately cryptic and tantalizing , which triggered a wave of rumors and opinions by authoritative sources in the industry.

“And ‘ highly probable, almost a certainty , that show a new OS , new UI and possibly new hardware . And ‘ last chance to prove that Palm can survive in a highly competitive market” ruled the known analyst for CL King & Associates Lawrence Harris. And indeed it is true : Palm does not have many alternatives as rival technologies , such as iPhone 3G and BlackBerry , receiving support for HSDPA U.S. firm and have chewed most of its units (causing a closure of the financial decidedly in red). Hence the idea of the anticipated launch of the new OS, codenamed Nova : This is an operating system based on Linux, With a new interface and functional , optimized for new applications and fitted style iPhone finally support HSDPA.

Not enough, however: why Palm has other important Serbian new field hardware. What ? We can not know yet , but Michael Gatenberger, Vice President of Research of Jupitermedia , has been drastic and convinced about the importance of the outcome of this ESC for Palm :The good news is that for Palm people talk about them and this will ensure that there is much attention for their newness to the next ESC . If this event should prove insolvency , it will be difficult for them to draw attention once again in the future.“

All eyes in January , then. The next CES promises to be more exciting and surprising. And there will Technews Live to comment for you.