Finally some news from Palm about their roadmap. David Flynn of APC, an Australian computer magazine, recently conducted an interview with Palm’s CEO, Ed Colligan.
A peek at Nova:
“Colligan speaks of this as being a “next-generation operating system with much more capabilities, driven around the Internet and Web-based applications”. “
He further discusses the Centro:
Finally some news from Palm about their roadmap. David Flynn of APC, an Australian computer magazine, recently conducted an interview with Palm’s CEO, Ed Colligan.
A peek at Nova:
“Colligan speaks of this as being a “next-generation operating system with much more capabilities, driven around the Internet and Web-based applications”. “
He further discusses the Centro:
“And for at least the short term, that OS [Palm OS/Garnet] will continue to be offered in low-end devices typified by the Centro. “Centro is our consumer line of products, the start of a product line to hit that demographic and price point” Colligan says. “Centro will be strictly Palm OS”.”
and Treo:
“At the same time, Palm will continue to promote the Treo line of Windows Mobile smartphones to business customers. “
and where devices running Nova will fit in:
“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.”
So it looks like three operating systems for Palm: Classic Palm OS, Windows Mobile, and Nova. Is that too much complexity for one company? It will surely make it difficult for third-party developers (and users) if Palm consumers move between the three areas.
You can view the entire interview here: Palm readies next-gen ‘Web 2.0’ OS
heard the news via Palm Addict.
