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Palm Releases OS 5

By
iApplianceWeb
(06/12/02, 04:03:02 PM EDT)

Palm Releases OS 5 to licensees and developers. The release of Palm OS 5 ushers in a new era of Palm Powered computing by enabling developers and licensees to accelerate the introduction of innovative mobile products while maintaining compatibility with today's Palm OS based software and Palm Powered hardware.

Palm OS 5 brings the flexibility, innovation and ease of use of Palm OS to a new generation of mobile devices through powerful ARM-compliant processors. Licensees can now choose from a full range of processors, starting with the ARM 7 CPU and scaling to the highest-performance ARM chips from Intel, Motorola and Texas Instruments, effectively broadening the market.

In addition, the operating system will deliver an enhanced user interface that enables increased personalization, security, multimedia and wireless networking, as well as compatibility with existing Palm OS software programs. Palm OS 5 offers licensees and developers greater market opportunities, enabling them to create new classes of devices and software.

Commanding more than 50 percent share of handhelds sold to enterprises worldwide, compared to 32 percent for Pocket PCs. Palm OS has achieved the leading position in enterprise because it offers the lowest total cost of ownership (TCO), delivering a 41 percent annual cost savings as compared to the Pocket PC platform, while also supporting the largest base of mobile software worldwide.

Palm OS 5 Gives Developers the Same Efficiency and Tools Developers can continue to use the same tools they know and like from previous versions of Palm OS, decreasing their time to market and increasing the resulting competitive advantages. Now via the PalmSource Compatibility Program, developers can qualify their software for Palm OS 5 and receive permission to use the Palm Powered Compatible logo This logo assures customers that the software runs well on current 68K products and future ARM-compliant products.

The Palm OS platform offers long battery life and modest hardware requirement in a small footprint. The following are new features in Palm OS 5:

- Icons and new fonts support high-res displays - Color themes. - Data-encryption services - Secure Socket Layer (SSL) services - Higher-fidelity sound support - High-density screen support - Wireless for WAN and Bluetooth, 802.11b