I was into the Palm OS “scene” in the early-2000s. The hardware maker spun off its OS division into its own company in early-to-mid 2000s.
The thing that drove me to fits was that Palm OS 6 (Codename Garnet) was apparently ready to roll, according to all the news reports at the time, but it never made it into a device. The damn thing had bits of BeOS in it! You end up wondering what could have been if Palm (the hardware maker) did end up adopting Palm OS 6.
I imagine some practical concerns, maybe around SDKs, licensing costs or power consumption were the driving Palm to keep version 5. This was never reported on, however.
You knew the writing was on the wall when Palm released Treos with PocketPC.
The thing that drove me to fits was that Palm OS 6 (Codename Garnet) was apparently ready to roll, according to all the news reports at the time, but it never made it into a device. The damn thing had bits of BeOS in it! You end up wondering what could have been if Palm (the hardware maker) did end up adopting Palm OS 6.
I imagine some practical concerns, maybe around SDKs, licensing costs or power consumption were the driving Palm to keep version 5. This was never reported on, however.
You knew the writing was on the wall when Palm released Treos with PocketPC.