PalmSource Provides Demonstration For New ALP Linux Platform

It sure pays to prove you’re not just all talk, especially when trying to bid for something. This is what PalmSource seems to know rather well, as it surges ahead its competitors for a robust mobile device Linux platform.

TrollTech of Norway and a la Mobile also have made announcements about upcoming reference handsets for developers or new Linux phone platforms, but it was PalmSource alone who was present at LinuxWorld in San Francisco to show off their new operating system on real handsets. Duly noted as well was the fact that they were the only one to give developers a full day hands-on tutorials in which they built and debugged native applications for mobile Linux.

PalmSource reports that it is meeting its schedule on its year-end deadline for delivery to licenses. In the presentation, PalmSource delivered a tastefully themed launcher not only from the Palm OS Garnet and native GTK applications, but also applications written against PalmSource’s new MAX framework. MAX is “Mobile Application eXperience”.

A developer tool suite is now available, based on the popular Eclipse platform. Typical target devices for the OS are “QVGA (240 X 320) screen resolution, a standard phone keypad, and preferably a touchscreen”. Also included are multitasking and similar PIM applications.

Via Palm Infocenter

It sure pays to prove you’re not just all talk, especially when trying to bid for something. This is what PalmSource seems to know rather well, as it surges ahead its competitors for a robust mobile device Linux platform.

TrollTech of Norway and a la Mobile also have made announcements about upcoming reference handsets for developers or new Linux phone platforms, but it was PalmSource alone who was present at LinuxWorld in San Francisco to show off their new operating system on real handsets. Duly noted as well was the fact that they were the only one to give developers a full day hands-on tutorials in which they built and debugged native applications for mobile Linux.

PalmSource reports that it is meeting its schedule on its year-end deadline for delivery to licenses. In the presentation, PalmSource delivered a tastefully themed launcher not only from the Palm OS Garnet and native GTK applications, but also applications written against PalmSource’s new MAX framework. MAX is “Mobile Application eXperience”.

A developer tool suite is now available, based on the popular Eclipse platform. Typical target devices for the OS are “QVGA (240 X 320) screen resolution, a standard phone keypad, and preferably a touchscreen”. Also included are multitasking and similar PIM applications.

Via Palm Infocenter