Hey, guys, can I vent for a minute?.........and if I do, would one of you be kind enough to pull me down off of the ceiling? I just read an article from cNet, regarding the "Nova" OS, due to be released later this year. Presumeably, it is supposed to redeem Palm from its 30-plus million-dollar loss over the Foleo, and "bring Palm back to the things which made it great to begin with". In it, the article lightly hinted that, while the Palm OS is in dire need of an updated version, the WM platform is also being seen as an eventual dead-end. What bothers me is this: what little was disclosed about Nova suggested that it would, in part, take Apple's lead regarding the use of web-based apps, and a more closed-to-independant-3rd-party-apps approach. Correct me, here.......isn't what made Palm OS great its open platform for which eleventy-trillion 3rd-party apps have been written? Isn't it true that WM gives one huge freedom to tailor their device according to its use? If what I inferred is correct, then Palm will eventually stop producing devices which accept 3rd-party apps, go exclusively with web-based apps, and offer the excuse that these devices will offer far better web integration than any previous lines. What will happen to my Resco Explorer, Planetarium, Office Suite, etc.? (P.S. --- also...........privacy issues?) ...
Anytime
