LG Electronics Licensees the Palm OS
PalmSource today announced that LG Electronics has signed an agreement to license Palm OS worldwide. Under terms of the agreement, LG Electronics can develop and market smartphones based on Palm OS.
"LG Electronics is pleased to have entered into this agreement with PalmSource," said Skott Ahn, executive vice president of LG Electronics, Inc. "The flexible, open and powerful nature of Palm OS is an ideal match for our industry leading mobile handsets. We believe our customers will appreciate the new Palm Powered phones we will develop and distribute."
"LG Electronics is a leading innovator in the development and manufacture of mobile devices including award-winning mobile handsets," said Patrick McVeigh, interim CEO of PalmSource. "We are excited to welcome LG Electronics to the Palm Powered Economy and look forward to working with LG to develop new, cutting-edge smartphones for delivery to the worldwide marketplace."
About LG Electronics
LG Electronics Mobile Communications Company is the world's leading manufacturer of WCDMA (UMTS), CDMA and GSM handsets, and the fastest growing manufacturer of mobile phones worldwide. The Company provides a total range of wired and wireless solutions, and is rapidly establishing a global presence as it cultivates international market share in 3G handsets.
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RE: Just like Samsung
RE: Just like Samsung
Appreciate the similarity with Samsung phones but they are direct competitors in the same market. Never seen an LG rebranded under another brand. Could happen, but never seen it. Would cause too much confusion. If rebranding does happen it would be in a market where LG isn't selling directly.
I hope to see a 3G phone here on '3' or 'Vodafone' soon with Palm OS-Linux or Cobalt.
Mark
RE: Just like Samsung
Appreciate the similarity with Samsung phones but they are direct competitors in the same market. Never seen an LG rebranded under another brand. Could happen, but never seen it. Would cause too much confusion. If rebranding does happen it would be in a market where LG isn't selling directly.
I hope to see a 3G phone here on '3' or 'Vodafone' soon with Palm OS-Linux or Cobalt.
Mark
Yeah, probably.
cypher76 @ 7/6/2005 1:20:52 PM #
Your post is completely untrue."
Yes, it probably is. I don't have a cell phone and I don't even play someone who has one on TV. I really have almost zero experience with one. Oh, my wife has a Nokia Tracphone and that is about it.
So, I did post fast enough off the top of my head to get "first post" LOL.
Let's see those phones!
If not, the wait might be too long, especially if we have to wait until the PalmLinux phones arrive in a couple of years...
Palm Vx (a classic) -> Palm 505 (yawn...) -> Dell Axim (slooow...!) -> Palm TE (great) -> Qtek 9090 (lousy sound quality) -> Nokia 6630 (a toy) -> SP3i (not bad) -> Treo 650 (awesome)
RE: Let's see those phones!
That is, (1) this is THE "tier 1" deal PSRC talked about and (2) it is a recent deal.
It takes a finite amount of time to develop and debug a phone/pda.
RE: Let's see those phones!
http://www.churchoflivingfaith.com/images/lg600i.jpg
Pat Horne; www.churchoflivingfaith.com
RE: Let's see those phones!
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RE: Let's see those phones!
And the two times I've accidently clicked on the link the jesus freak website, it crashed Mozilla. Thanks....
RE: Let's see those phones!
I'm still waiting for the mythical "color HandEra."
RE: Let's see those phones!
I'm still waiting for the mythical "color HandEra."
RE: Let's see those phones!
Then don't worry about that big tip to my PayPal account. I'll let you view for free even if it is a mistake.
By the way, I would upgrade that FF browser to 1.004 from the beta version you must be using. ChurchofLivingFaith.com doesn't even crash Netscape 6.0.
Pat Horne; www.churchoflivingfaith.com
Disagree on both counts
Actually Livefaith, I'm not sure I why you keep posting those dumb mockups (it wasn't even funny the first time).
And the two times I've accidently clicked on the link the jesus freak website, it crashed Mozilla. Thanks...."
My Mozilla doesn't crach on LiveFaith's but I suggest my common sollution to the "jesus freak" trouble. USE WINDOWS! See that window over your shoulder? If you come across and idea or site you don't find interesting, useful, or nice, just look out that window while you browser takes you away from it. You need not come back here and whine about it......or go ahead and express your dislike....I can alway look the other way if your post bore me as LiveFaith's seem to bore you......yet, you keep reading them, don't you?
Those mockups are a gas. Keep it up, LF.
RE: Let's see those phones!
Personally I believe LG will introduce a device sooner rather than later ("sooner" = compared to the two-year PalmLinux transition). I doubt they (Palm + LG) would announce something like that now, only to wait a couple of years until they have something to show for it.
Palm Vx (a classic) -> Palm 505 (*yawn*) -> Dell Axim (slooow...) -> Palm TE (great) -> Qtek 9090 (great idea, lousy platform) -> Nokia 6630 (a toy) -> iMate SP3i (not bad) -> Treo 650 (almost perfect)
RE: Let's see those phones!
Live Faith: No, I'm using the most recent, and non-beta version. It crashes it on 2 separate computers. Your coding sucks as bad as sense of humor.
RE: Let's see those phones!
PS, my faith is not strong enough to be believe the "accidental" clicks ... inquiring minds must wanna know. :-D
Pat Horne; www.churchoflivingfaith.com
RE: Let's see those phones!
And yea, both accidental clicks to the jesus pimping website (wouldn't shock me by the way to find out that you have a section for "donations" on there) came from attempting to click your lame mockups. Now I know better.
RE: Let's see those phones!
Pat, I believe I've mentioned having problems before with Firefox on your website, but I went there again, and the fphover applet seems to wreak havoc. I had to close down Firefox and end task the process in Windows before I could use it again. You may want to look into it.
Back on topic, Let's see some LG tech wizardry!
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Sean
There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self.
RE: Let's see those phones!
and
2) for confirming that I was indeed correct regarding the site and it's compatibility. Which was one of the original points that I was derided on so vehemently by LF and his side kick Rapson.
RE: Let's see those phones!
FireFox. Yeah, we know where fire comes from....could it be......SATAN!
Yes, I am kidding. I actually miss all the scraps like this little distraction from the old days of anonymous posting here.
I liked Livefaith's site, have no problems with it using Mozilla, and still find his fotos fun. Sorry you don't.
Life goes on.
So, does anyone know anything about LG's lineup. I am following threads here, at Brighthand, and at BargainPDA about this move and have yet to see a good link to the models most likely to show up with Palm OS first. Anyone?
RE: Let's see those phones!
As to potential LG phones, don't they have one with a horizontal qwerty slider? That would make a perfect Palm OS phone.
RE: Let's see those phones!
Yeah, what he said. We want an inquisition to slay all destractors and empty their PayPal accounts thru a donations page. That'll make em' all believe! :-o
... oooh, I guess I need to uninstall that FF browser now? :-(
... and by the way, I think this is an upcoming LG phone.
http://www.churchoflivingfaith.com/images/lg600i.jpg
Pat Horne; www.churchoflivingfaith.com
RE: Let's see those phones!
RE: Let's see those phones!
LF, I hope he doesn't complain to Ryan and have you banned :)
Its funny how you can find one person who is always rubbed the wrong way.
Surur
RE: Let's see those phones!
I made comments that 1) the mockups are old and tired, and 2) the linking of his site (which really doesn't belong here anyway) causes mine and apparently some other folks browsers to crash.
No one's trying to get anyone "banned". I could care less, but apparently you couldn't resist chiming in with your poignant commentary. How original....
RE: Let's see those phones!
Have some respect, man!
Surur
RE: Let's see those phones!
Respect? For what? Call a spade a spade.
Meanwhile, back on the ranch...
If not, the wait might be too long, especially if we have to wait until the PalmLinux phones arrive in a couple of years...
Now that those two yappy puppies are through with their little pi$$ing match (both lost, by the way) perhaps the rest of us can continue with a more mature discussion. Next time both of them will get a swat on the nose with a rolled-up newspaper...
LG is a huge company and has several phones that could easily be adapted to become low to mid-range "Below Average to Average Intelligence"Phones™. Now that Handspring brilliantly hacked PalmOS 5 into a stable SmartPhone OS, most of the hard work has been done. Any decent-sized handset maker could put out an IQ100Phone™ (or even an IQ70Phone™ [featurephone]) within six months. If LG is smart, they will AIM LOW. A small, light, attractively-styled $100 - $200 PalmOS IQ100Phone would be able to tap a potentially HUGE market.
TVoR
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Sony CLIE UX100: 128 MB real RAM, OLED screen. All the PDA anyone really ever wanted.
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The Palm Economy = Communism™
The Great Palm Swindle: http://www.palminfocenter.com/comment_view.asp?ID=7864#108038
LiveFaith: please keep 'em comming
http://churchoflivingfaith.com/images/treo800g.jpg
http://www.palminfocenter.com/comment_view.asp?ID=7073#96697
TVoR
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Sony CLIE UX100: 128 MB real RAM, OLED screen. All the PDA anyone really ever wanted.
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The Palm Economy = Communism™
The Great Palm Swindle: http://www.palminfocenter.com/comment_view.asp?ID=7864#108038
RE: Let's see those phones!
Do you do anything but post here on every single topic? It's ok to get yourself out of the house every now and then.
Garnet or Cobalt?
If and when LG ever does produce a PalmOS phone, will they use Garnet or Cobalt? And why?
RE: Garnet or Cobalt?
It's not clear from the announcement what the term of the license is, but unless they're just planning a one-off they're going to be looking for how they can transition smoothly going forward. Garnet would not be a smart choice--not for a phone handset manufacturer.
The other reason to guess they might be planning to go with Cobalt is that Cobalt is designed to scale down to small form factors that are more popular as handsets. Look at that Oswin Cobalt phone with the 240x320 display, for example. It looks more like a Nokia phone than a Treo and is likely to strike down in the broader mid-level market instead of just the high end.
People talk about how Cobalt is stillborn, but frankly I think the recent announcements are more of a sign that Garnet is entering its end of life cycle.
It's all speculation, but that's my guess.
David Beers
Pikesoft Mobile Computing
www.pikesoft.com
RE: Garnet or Cobalt?
RE: Garnet or Cobalt?
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Just like Samsung
I suppose it is possible that something good would come of this, but I don't see "Samsung lite" as likely to produce any surprises.