One of the highlights of the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) just ending in Las Vegas is Palm’s offering of its WebOS for mobile devices. A fitting name for its coming attraction in mid-2009 that uses this OS is the Palm Pre, to be offered exclusively through Sprint.
via Palm with Linux at Las Vegas Show – Linux Magazine Online.
That magical “Mi” shell for Ubuntu that HP’s built for its new Mini 1000 netbooks is now available for order (as rumored), with configurations starting at $330 for the 9-inch version. Since it’s a custom build, it’ll take about nine days to ship, but the gift of commercialized open source is forever. If you’re still unconvinced, be sure to check out our hands-on look from a few months ago.
Palm is expected to announce a new smart phone with “amazing” new software on Thursday, but the new hardware and new Linux-based Nova operating system will need to make a big impact. The company used to dominate the PDA market, and its Treo phone was a success, but it’s now trailing badly. As SF Gate points out: “In its most recent quarter, Palm sold 599,000 smart phones, down 13% from the previous year. Apple, meanwhile, sold 6.9 million iPhones in its most recent quarter, while RIM shipped 6.7 million BlackBerrys.”
Taking a tip from a Google developer who claimed to have Android running on an older Asus Eee 701, Daniel Hartmann over at VentureBeat.com got Android up and running on an Asus Eee 1000H in about four hours.
it’s a desktop that can be accessed through a web browser. Your session is stored on the Ulteo servers, and you can access your desktop from anywhere with an internet connection as well as share the session with other people.