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Palm needs Nova to shine (San Francisco Chronicle)Palm needs Nova to shine (San Francisco Chronicle)Posted Jan 6, 2009 1:34 UTC (Tue) by pr1268 (subscriber, #24648)In reply to: Palm needs Nova to shine (San Francisco Chronicle) by sumC Parent article: Palm needs Nova to shine (San Francisco Chronicle)
I assume that there's some sarcasm in your comment. That being said, even as an American I agree with you that there's too much lip service to the big-name proprietary smartphone OSes. But, there's wind of change in the air. Especially considering Google's Android phone has a consumer-grade version. Even my Dad (who's an average joe consumer) has interest in the G1. Apple could release total crap and its legions of loyal fans would still buy it1. Google is new in this arena, so it has lots to prove. Palm has seen its market share dwindle in the past few years, so its Linux-based Nova is a welcome sign. Other than Symbian as you mentioned, that leaves... Microsoft's Windows Mobile/CE. I'm unsure what forward development MS has in the phone arena, but many people like to use associative thinking and assume that MS's phone OS is no different than its desktop/laptop OS2. The good news is that consumers, American, or otherwise, are the winners. I'm a Linux fan, so I can only hope that Palm's Nova (and Google's Android) succeed. 1 I do not mean to imply that Apple releases "total crap", but I'm too much of a Linux fan to be interested in Apple products at the moment. I do not own an iPhone nor an iPod, and after reading this article I'm not planning on owning either anytime in the foreseeable future. 2 Interpret this as you wish, and/or insert your opinion about Microsoft here.
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