Palm Latest Mobile Industry Leader to Join Open Screen Project
Written by Nuri Djavit
Copy and paste, data tethering, and now Flash — it looks like the pré’s going to fill in a lot of unchecked iPhone feature boxes, doesn’t it?
And I thought Palm OS was dead – shows how much I know! Well, OK, Palm OS will be discontinued in favor of the new Palm webOS platform. Having been a major fan of Palm from the early days, I’ve always been a little disappointed with the lack of development of Pam OS and for a few years it would have seemed that they had abandoned it in favor of Windows Mobile. The new palm pré and it’s palm webOS platform look pretty neat and hints at being a real contender for Mac/iPhone users and now joins the Open Screen Project.
As mobile application developers we have the best products from all relevant manufacturers and whilst we are almost entirely a Mac run company, we still feel pretty objective. I have certainly constantly been on the look out for alternative products and, a little while ago, bought myself a Nokia N95, but nothing has really stood up to the iPhone.
Very exited by the pré and very keen to play with the webOS platform – and a phone that will support Flash! Not sure my team will share my enthusiasm as we now have another development framework to develop in – luckily this is a JavaScript based interface so should be pretty simple to develop for 
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