Thursday, May 26, 2005
News for the week
PalmOne paid $30 million to Palm Source to get they full rights to use the Palm brand name. PalmOne will revert back to being Palm almost two years after the original Palm company divided to form the two separate entities today. Palm Source will find a new name for themselves and both companies will released their new names and logos by next month or July. The $30 million paid will help go into efforts by Palm Source to go into open source. PalmOne's interim CEO says, "We think Linux will be a big force in the business. Certainly, being in the Linux world has its opportunities.'' Link to the story from MercuryNews.com.
In the meantime, PalmSource's CEO has stepped down which according to analysts could be due to the company's poor performance. The interim CEO, Patrick McVeigh, spent 10 years with Apple before joining Palm. More from ZDNet UK News.
At LinuxWorld held in New York this week, Nokia unveils a Linux-based handheld device. The Nokia 770 Internet Tablet boasts of Wi-Fi and bluetooth connectivity and a 65K colour TFT touch screen, measuring 4" diagonally with a 800 x 480 pixels. The Nokia 770 also has 64 MB of RAM as well as a expansion slot for RS-MMC.
Applications include "a web browser with support for Macromedia Flash 6; an e-mail client; Internet radio; news reader; media player; image viewer; Adobe Acrobat viewer; file manager; search; calculator; world clock; notes; sketch; and games." The handheld device measures 141mm x 79mm x 19mm and weighs of 230 grams. Browsing time is up to 3 hours and standby time of up to 7 days. More at InfoSync World.
In the meantime, PalmSource's CEO has stepped down which according to analysts could be due to the company's poor performance. The interim CEO, Patrick McVeigh, spent 10 years with Apple before joining Palm. More from ZDNet UK News.
At LinuxWorld held in New York this week, Nokia unveils a Linux-based handheld device. The Nokia 770 Internet Tablet boasts of Wi-Fi and bluetooth connectivity and a 65K colour TFT touch screen, measuring 4" diagonally with a 800 x 480 pixels. The Nokia 770 also has 64 MB of RAM as well as a expansion slot for RS-MMC.
Applications include "a web browser with support for Macromedia Flash 6; an e-mail client; Internet radio; news reader; media player; image viewer; Adobe Acrobat viewer; file manager; search; calculator; world clock; notes; sketch; and games." The handheld device measures 141mm x 79mm x 19mm and weighs of 230 grams. Browsing time is up to 3 hours and standby time of up to 7 days. More at InfoSync World.
