Palm OS "Nova" -- and first Nova device -- look like a lock for CES

by Chris Ziegler posted Dec 15th 2008 at 1:14AM

New-ness, anyone? BusinessWeek is speaking in rather authoritative terms that we'll all be treated to the next generation of Palm OS -- Nova, as it were -- at a grand unveiling next month in Vegas. Details are still sketchy to say the least, but word has it that the company's engineers are super stoked about whatever it is they plan to unveil -- and considering the breadth and depth of the engineering team Rubinstein has managed to assemble over there, that's saying something (hopefully). The pub pegs Nova's commercial release for mid-2009, which jibes with the latest we've been hearing, promising to deliver a platform for meeting the needs of the "fat middle" of the market that lies somewhere between the buttoned-up BlackBerry and the media-rich iPhone (and no, we didn't just call you fat). The company apparently wants to create devices that "make smarter use of data about you," but until we have a Nova-powered phone in our soft, supple hands, that little gem of marketing doublespeak really doesn't mean squat to us. Just a few more weeks, ladies and gentlemen.

Filed under: Software, Palm, Palm OS

Tags: nova, palm, palm os, palm os 2, palm os 2.0, PalmOs, PalmOs2, PalmOs2.0

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

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Jeff @ Dec 15th 2008 2:16AM

Gee. Only a year too late to keep me around.

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ShogunMaster @ Dec 15th 2008 1:59AM

Palm hasn't confirmed that Nova will be their big reveal. I'm still betting that they're trying to get us all excited about a Centro in a specially coloured case (probably pink).

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carcomptoy @ Dec 15th 2008 3:02AM

...there already is a pink Centro.

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PH0ENIX @ Dec 15th 2008 5:21AM

NOVA = No Go. A sign perhaps?

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Malatesta @ Dec 15th 2008 10:47AM

Sorry, I have to try to stomp out this "No va" = "no go" urban legend/meme that has carried over from the 1960's. It is just wrong and embarrassing.

Please read this:
http://www.snopes.com/business/misxlate/nova.asp

-committee to save the internet from stupidity

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backbeat @ Dec 15th 2008 10:52AM

^Physician, save thyself. Idiot.

Steal any _other_ headlines lately?

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"Nova" @ Dec 15th 2008 8:13AM

More than likely, the phone they'll be announcing will be a Touch Screen phone for Sprint. 32GB of space with Amazon Music Store on it. It was supposed to come out March/April, but they might have pushed it back.

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SoCoolCurt (PSN: KillaKornbread - XBL: SoCoolCurt) @ Dec 15th 2008 1:53PM

well Sprint does need it's "big phone" with all the other carriers now equipped with their exclusive, $200, touch screen touting, all around devices.

AT&T - iPhone 3G
T-Mobile - G1
Verizon - Blackberry Storm
Sprint - ? (i say your logic fits, especially with Palm's love of Sprint as it is)

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Dror @ Dec 16th 2008 6:18AM

From the minute they release the source code (i.e. the drivers), the count down will start to the moment Android will be able to run easily on these devices, which will be the burial of the unnecessary OS.
On the other hand, Palm itself would die pretty soon if they keep up with their current behavior...

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SoCoolCurt (PSN: KillaKornbread - XBL: SoCoolCurt) @ Dec 16th 2008 10:08AM

are people actually running Android on phones other than the G1 right now? because i keep hearing people saying "oh well i can run Android on it" but i have never seen it done by anyone other than the normal phone manufacturers. i wouldn't mind running Android myself it is was a real option.