Palm’s Pre seem to get all the buzz but the real deal here is webOS. WebOS is the foundation for all the new Palm devices. While netbooks are here to stay and the Pre having to fight the dominant iPhone OS platform, it’s best for them to come out with another device shortly after the launch. Don’t be surprised if Palm pushes out a netbook sometime in the third or fourth quarter. The new “Folio” may be just around the corner.
On another note, why is Mojo SDK still not widely available for everyone? Palm is known for their developer friendliness. They really have to get this out the door sooner than later, especially with iPhone OS 3.0 just around the corner (review of the 3.0 coming soon).
Get them while they’re hot
Wow. Just when I thought Microsoft had finally turned the corner and plans on delivering a decent OS, they decided to be boneheads. Engadget has a post on the different versions of Windows 7 that they’re planning to sell. Here they are
- Windows 7: Starter
- Windows 7: Home Basic (for emerging markets)
- Windows 7: Home Premium
- Windows 7: Professional
- Windows 7: Enterprise
- Windows 7: Ultimate
I really can’t understand why they can’t be a little more like Apple and just narrow it down to a few versions (Single, Family). Is it really neccessary to create all these versions? I’m sure there’s a good reason to have them but if other OS distros can manage with 1 or 2, why can’t MS?
Top it off, Windows 7 Starter Edition allows for a whopping 3 applications to run concurrently. WTF is the point of that?
I agree with the CNET article that MS will most likely just sell the Home and Professional versions in the US. I wonder who will get the Starter verions? To me it seems like MS is making a bonehead move by severely limiting the use of it’s OS. It’s decisions like these where I see the Googleverse taking over. Chrome and Google Apps will thrive in this environment. Aside from logging into Windows, everything will be done through the browser.
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