Any thoughts on whether or not Apple will join the fray in developing an operating system/handheld for the new Intel chip that will be powering Palm, Win CE 3.0, and the Symbian operating systems? Given the fact that everyone is adapting their PDAs and phones to this new Intel chip, I would think that Apple wouldn't want to miss the boat.
articile: http://siliconvalley.internet.com/news/article.php/3531_972921
excerpt:
"Major device manufacturers are lining up to take advantage of Intel's new chip lines, including Casio Computer Co., Ltd., Compaq Computer Corp. (NYSE:CPQ) and Hewlett-Packard Co. (NYSE:HWP). Moreover, the mainstay operating system vendors are supporting it as well, including Palm Inc. (NASDAQ
ALM), Microsoft Corp.'s (NASDAQ:MSFT) Windows CE.Net, Windows Pocket PC 2002, Symbian and embedded Linux from multiple vendors.
What's perhaps most notable here, is Palm's embrace of the new XScale microarchitecture, because in the past it's OS has not been as juiced as Microsoft's Pocket PC OS. Software vendors Adobe (NASDAQ:ADBE), Macromedia (NASDAQ:MACR), PacketVideo, RealNetworks Inc. (NASDAQ:RNWK), and other firms have also readied their software to provide Intel-powered devices with audio, video and gaming capabilities."
articile: http://siliconvalley.internet.com/news/article.php/3531_972921
excerpt:
"Major device manufacturers are lining up to take advantage of Intel's new chip lines, including Casio Computer Co., Ltd., Compaq Computer Corp. (NYSE:CPQ) and Hewlett-Packard Co. (NYSE:HWP). Moreover, the mainstay operating system vendors are supporting it as well, including Palm Inc. (NASDAQ
ALM), Microsoft Corp.'s (NASDAQ:MSFT) Windows CE.Net, Windows Pocket PC 2002, Symbian and embedded Linux from multiple vendors. What's perhaps most notable here, is Palm's embrace of the new XScale microarchitecture, because in the past it's OS has not been as juiced as Microsoft's Pocket PC OS. Software vendors Adobe (NASDAQ:ADBE), Macromedia (NASDAQ:MACR), PacketVideo, RealNetworks Inc. (NASDAQ:RNWK), and other firms have also readied their software to provide Intel-powered devices with audio, video and gaming capabilities."