[missing-sync-palmos-talk] OT - New Palm handhelds coming up ?

[Scott Gruby]

On Sep 10, 2006, at 4:34 PM, Pascal Lessard wrote:

> Hello to all !
>
> 	I know this is not the best place to ask this question, but this  
> is the only Palm-related mailing list I am subscribed to.
>
> 	I am currently using a Tungsten T (a model from 4 years ago), and  
> I am have almost no space left on my device (most programs require  
> to be in main memory, you see...), so I would like to buy a newer  
> model.
>
> 	The Palm T/X seems good, but this model was released quite some  
> time ago now (2005), so I am wondering if any of you would have  
> heard gossips and rumours about forthcoming Palm devices. Anything  
> supposed to show up soon ? What is happening to version 6 of the  
> OS, by the way ? Is seems to me it was due "anytime now" in 2005...
>
> 	Thanks in advance for your replies. Feel free to answer off list !
>

I don't have any inside information on what is going to be released,  
but from the looks of things, the biggest splash is in smartphones  
with nothing really new in the non-smartphone arena. Personally, I  
think the T|X is an excellent device; I bought one for my wife a few  
months ago to replace her Zire 71 and she loves it. The NVRAM is  
great so that she doesn't lose anything and she enjoys using the WiFi  
in classes or other places she finds a hotspot.

As for Palm OS 6, things seem to have been tabled with it (Cobalt)  
and are being replaced with a new Linux based system that Access is  
developing; it is unclear if Palm, Inc. will use it. In my completely  
uninformed opinion, if a device needs what you need it to do today,  
no sense waiting and being an early adopter on the next generation.

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