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02-20-2004, 11:28 PM	#1
Unregistered Guest Posts: n/a	RUMOR: Sony to dump Palm OS, to create its own Sony OS Sorry can't reveal who I am, but I know many insiders at Sony. From what they told me, all I can say is that if TJ37, and the newer TH series, etc doesn't sell well, Sony is strongly considering to dump Palm OS, and perhaps create its own proprietary Sony OS. This way, it does not have to pay licensing fees to any 3rd company, and Sony can design things the way they want to.. People don't understand, Sony wants to dominate the PDA market, just like what the walkman and playstation has accomplished for them. It doesn't look good that Palm OS isn't as popular as it used to (e.g. its marketshare isn't as high as it used to be) ------- although it's extremely clear Sony will NOT adopt Pocket PC. It will make decisions to try to dominate the PDA market. Hint: It's own Sony OS may have an OS core based on LINUX... That's all for now.....

02-21-2004, 12:19 AM

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Re: RUMOR: Sony to dump Palm OS, to create its own Sony OS

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02-21-2004, 12:23 AM	#3
1145climber Jewish Pimp Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 270	lol. i doubt it. would be a great idea as long as its compatible with either Palm OS software or PPC software. __________________ we are not players - we do not play

02-21-2004, 01:59 AM	#4
PDAJah Registered User Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: UK Posts: 386	I don't think it is unreasonable to suggest that Sony, like all other companies, is constantly reviewing its strategy and evaluating its options. The dominance of M$ is a real issue for Asian countries according to the press and a group of Asian countries are funding the development of an alternative to M$ OS for PCs. Also given that Sharp are using Linux does not preclude the option for Sony to consider this as a way to differentiate its products and offer what it believes is a better package. Remember in Europe Sony Ericsson have been very successful with Symbian for Smartphones - something that would have been difficult to achieve with Palm OS as this has only recently supported multi tasking. __________________ Jah

02-21-2004, 02:10 AM	#5
dannn UX50 grafted into my hand Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: California Posts: 1,052	if sony makes its own OS i bet you can expect to pay lots of money for their software. they will either have their own software they will sell or charge devs lots of money to license the rights to sell. __________________ Palms owned: M100->S360->T615c->NX70v->UX50 My life through the eye of my UX50: http://dannn.textamerica.com UX50-Bluetooth->V600->GPRS don't ask FAQing questions!

02-21-2004, 02:10 AM	#6
dannn UX50 grafted into my hand Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: California Posts: 1,052	if sony makes its own OS i bet you can expect to pay lots of money for their software. they will either have their own software they will sell or charge devs lots of money to license the rights to sell. __________________ Palms owned: M100->S360->T615c->NX70v->UX50 My life through the eye of my UX50: http://dannn.textamerica.com UX50-Bluetooth->V600->GPRS don't ask FAQing questions!

02-21-2004, 02:47 AM	#7
PBM808 Almost Registered Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Honolulu, HI Posts: 1,243	even if sony makes it's own OS, it will still be using many previously designed programming. there's only so many ways you can make something, especially on a PDA. __________________ The PBM . . . . ------------------------

02-21-2004, 02:51 AM	#8
Spiral bored Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: California Posts: 850	If sony made its own OS, i think it would be 99% crap. Sony makes nice hardware, but a lot of the time they just miss it on software. __________________ PDA's: Asus A620, Ipaq 3835, m100, NR70v, SJ20. SJ30, Tungsten C/E/T/T3

02-21-2004, 06:45 AM	#9
archangel Next Sunday A.D. Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: San Antonio Posts: 840	Considering what junk their software like Sonic Stage is I hope they stay out of the PDA OS business. __________________ My Current Gadgets: 16GB iPod Touch, PSP 2000, Nintendo DS Lite

02-21-2004, 07:02 AM	#10
ClieKun Love and Peace To All :) Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Tokyo Japan Posts: 3,930	OHBOY Ok i believe in the easter bunny and santa. I too know a few people that works for sony, they are not stupid enough to tell me their TS plans. Unreg ok..........fie......... Is this a flame? NOWAY. rumors is what people want to hear nomatter what that subject matter is. I heard sony is going to make a stamp size PDA with phone! BTW, its is public knowing that sony is going to create their own PDA OS.Look at any yearnd report and you see it! This is not new info.... __________________ Palm&PPC can live side by side, Fujitsu v70 Pocket PC Owner Repect others views, even if they don`t repect yours. Love Each Other And May Your God bless you.

02-21-2004, 07:05 AM	#11
Shrink Registered User Silver Contributor Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Ocean, NJ Posts: 1,012	IMHO, Sony would first get out of the PDA market before launching a new one with another OS. What would we run on it? alan __________________ Alan B TX- 1GB SD Mem.Card

02-21-2004, 07:07 AM	#12
ClieKun Love and Peace To All :) Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Tokyo Japan Posts: 3,930	its true they said or written about it. If they do or not is another story. __________________ Palm&PPC can live side by side, Fujitsu v70 Pocket PC Owner Repect others views, even if they don`t repect yours. Love Each Other And May Your God bless you.

02-21-2004, 10:05 AM	#13
scientist Registered User Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: ohio Posts: 79	i am not sure what sony can get out of creating a new OS given the costs associated with it. Palm has a big eveloper base and that is the reason many vendors lincense palm. if sony comes up with a new OS, then they should make it compatible with existing palm software so people are willing to upgrade..interesting thing is that "rumor" pointed to linux core...this is good because apple is said to be developing a linux PDA and there is an excellent sharp linux machine already in the market...perhaps some intelligent programmer could run the same software on all these machines!! i hope one can tell me why i am allowed to post and reply and make new threads at my work but not on my home computer!! tnx

02-21-2004, 11:02 AM	#14
rob_squared That Voice In Your Head Join Date: Jan 2003 Posts: 2,694	No way would Sony switch one of the best things going for it. It would be like Stephen King deciding to write his next book in latin. __________________ Main Site Silkskins <--Read Disclaimer Over 2200 downloads at Cliesource

02-21-2004, 11:45 AM	#15
BClie2k HR+ Moderator Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Modesto, CA Posts: 242	Sony going solo on PDAs would be just like when Ginger left the Spice Girls thinking that she could do better on her own. In other words sucide..!! In the PDA world you have two options: Pocket PC or Palm. If you go with something else, you are not gonna get as much software support as you could with either Pocket PC or Palm. And by the way, the rumours I've been getting is that Sony has plans to buy PalmSource in the long run. I think that makes more sense, don't you think? Al __________________ It all started with a Blue Visor DLX.