Palm OS

Palm OS is an operating system made by PalmSource, Inc. for personal digital assistants (PDAs) manufactured by various licensees. In May 2005, PalmSource sold the rights to the Palm name to palmOne. As of August 2005, the new name for Palm OS (and PalmSource) has not been announced.

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Two major versions of Palm OS are currently under development: Palm OS Garnet (5.x), and Palm OS Cobalt (6.x). The names were introduced in February 2004 in an attempt to make it clear that 5.x development would not stop while 6.x development was ongoinghttp://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1523110,00.asp. As of August 2005, all devices use Palm OS Garnet. Likely as a result of Palm OS Cobalt's lack of adoption, PalmSource has shifted to developing Palm OS Cobalt's APIs on top of a Linux kernel.

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Operating system: In computing, an operating system (OS) is the system software responsible for the direct control and management of hardware and basic system operations. Additionally, it provides a foundation upon which to run application software such as word processing programs and web browsers....

PalmSource, Inc.: PalmSource, Inc. is a software development company who develops the Palm OS PDA operating system and the BeOS, which it purchased from Be Inc. When Palm Inc was split, both PalmSource and palmOne, Inc. became independent divisions. The Palm OS runs on 38 million devices that have been sold since 19...

Personal digital assistant: Personal digital assistants (PDAs or palmtops) are handheld devices that were originally designed as personal organizers, but became much more versatile over the years. A basic PDA usually includes a clock, date book, address book, task list, memo pad, and a simple calculator. One major advantage of...

Palm OS related Images and Photos (experimental)

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Palm Beach	Palm Court	Palm Trees	S.O.S. Coast Guard
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