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PalmSource Pushes On With Linux Plans
News PalmSource joined the Consumer Electronics Linux Forum (CELF) this week, pushing ahead with its plans for a version of the Palm OS that runs on top of Linux. While the Palm OS will run as a software layer on top of Linux, and PalmSource plans to...
[March 10, 2005, 15:45]
PalmSource Unveils OS 6 Improvements
News PalmSource, the company behind the Palm OS handheld computer operating system, said on Monday it would launch its next major software upgrade on 29 December, with improved multitasking and graphics capabilities.
[September 22, 2003, 17:25]
Palm Gets A Boost From Linux
News Microsoft has made huge strides in the two years that the Palm OS has languished, convincing even PalmSource's former partner-in-crime, Palm, to put Windows Mobile onto a Treo smartphone. More than two years have passed since PalmSource — the Palm...
[September 4, 2006, 17:35]
3GSM: Mobile OS Developments review
Reviews PalmSource chose this event to announce its bravest leap forward yet: building on its acquisition of China MobileSoft to expand Palm OS beyond the confines of the smartphone arena into the less sophisticated handset market.
[February 16, 2005, 11:50]
PalmSource Teams With Nvidia On Graphics
News PalmSource is competing with increasingly powerful mobile phones running on operating systems such as Linux, the Symbian OS and Windows CE, and which are increasingly likely to include graphics acceleration for games and media applications.
[February 12, 2004, 11:10]
PalmOne Considers Linux
News Currently, PalmOne devices exclusively use the Palm OS from former software subsidiary PalmSource, which split with PalmOne just over a year ago. The tests could presage a blow to Palm OS owner PalmSource, which counts PalmOne as its largest customer.
[November 4, 2004, 12:48]
Motorola Licenses Opera Browser
News Other mobile browsers are available from companies such as PalmSource and Microsoft, but generally support only one operating system. Opera makes its Web browser available on mobile platforms such as the Symbian OS and Linux, but pointedly does not...
[February 11, 2004, 10:30]
Palm Launches 'European' Treo 750v
News Devices based on the Palm OS that Palm created have been delayed due to difficulties with the PalmSource software division it sold to mobile software maker Access in 2005. The company has launched Windows versions of the Treo, and a planned Linux...
[September 12, 2006, 17:25]
Access Finalises PalmSource Purchase
News Access may even revisit the Palm OS version 6, known as Cobalt, which was not broadly licensed by PalmSource, executives have said. Access - a maker of software for mobile devices - said it wants to finish creating the Linux-Palm operating system...
[November 15, 2005, 11:25]
Palm's Loss Smaller Than Expected
News PalmSource increased the number of licensees in its fiscal year 2003 from nine at the end of 2002 to 15 at the end of this year, and it attracted 272,000 registered Palm OS developers, up from 218,000 a year ago.
[June 25, 2003, 8:53]
PalmSource Eyes Souped-up Device Size
News PalmSource is considering throwing its hat into the traditional laptop market by recruiting a partner that will produce a Palm OS-based device with a full-sized keyboard and large screen. While the idea is at the speculative stage, the remarks of...
[September 24, 2003, 14:55]
PalmSource, Kyocera Renew Licence Deal
News Under the deal, the financial terms of which were not disclosed, Kyocera can license versions 3, 4, 5 and future versions of the Palm OS, as well as current and future PalmSource applications. Late last month, PalmSource announced that licensee...
[October 17, 2002, 7:55]
DoCoMo 3G Deal Makes Symbian Big In Japan
News He said that PalmSource's Palm OS, used in handheld computers and wireless devices, and even Microsoft's Windows CE have "no traction" in Japan so far. The deal is a boost for Symbian against competition from Linux, Microsoft, PalmSource and other...
[September 26, 2003, 12:25]
Linux Heads For Mobile Phones
News PalmSource's operating system is also grabbing some customers as well. A PalmSource representative had no immediate comment when reached on Friday. But Linux is the only OS for the next generation of phones that is open source, a mixed blessing...
[January 13, 2003, 8:55]
Nokia-Palm Merger Rumours Get Cool Reception
News The company divided into two separate units: Palm for hardware, and PalmSource for the OS, the division that was later bought by Japanese Linux specialist Access, followed by a high-profile partnership between Palm and Microsoft.
[March 6, 2007, 8:36]
Symbian Shipments Rise Amid Doubts Over Future
News Most established mobile phone makers have licensed the Symbian OS, while PalmSource and Microsoft have teamed up with manufacturers from outside the mainstream of the mobile phone industry. The Symbian OS, like Microsoft Windows CE, the Palm OS and...
[February 23, 2004, 11:10]
Palm Faces An Uncertain Future
News The company made itself far more attractive when last year it spent $44m to buy back the naming rights to the Palm OS from Access, the company that purchased PalmSource in 2005. The major US mobile carriers continue to stock both the Palm OS and...
[March 22, 2007, 7:49]
Orange Rolls Out Its First Wireless PDA
News Orange's SPV mobile phones compete with Symbian OS-powered devices from most major mobile phone manufacturers and with Palm OS-powered phones from PalmSource licensees. Mobile operator Orange this week began selling its first wireless handheld...
[February 6, 2004, 12:05]
PalmOS Updates Get Cautious Treatment
News In contrast to recent operating system shifts on the desktop -- namely Apple's move to Mac OS X and Microsoft's switch to Windows XP -- Palm's upcoming change to OS 5 and to more powerful ARM-based processors will hardly be noticeable at first...
[May 21, 2002, 12:40]
Palm Hit By PalmSource Delays
News The contract in question required Palm to pay PalmSource licensing and royalty fees for use of the Palm OS in its PDAs and smartphones. Palm sold PalmSource to mobile device software maker Access in 2005 for $324.3m (£174m).
[August 1, 2006, 9:40]
