3GSM World Congress at a glance
ACCESS Linux platform
If you're a long-time fan of the Palm OS, here's what we are looking at in the near future. After the acquisition of PalmSource by ACCESS back in November 2005, the company finally announced at 3GSM its new ACCESS Linux platform (ALP)--a commercial-grade Linux-based platform designed for smart phones and mobile devices.
Major components of the ALP include:
Standard, commercial-grade Linux kernel (version 2.6.12 and above).
Optimized implementation of GIMP ToolKit (GTK+)--popular open source libraries for creation of graphical user interfaces.
GStreamer--an open source, modular and multi-threaded streaming media framework.
SQLite--a high-performance database engine commonly used in embedded devices.
According to an ACCESS representative, ACCESS and PalmSource are looking at making available the ALP Software Developer Kit (SDK) to its licensees by the end of 2006.
Previous Palm OS users will be glad to know that PalmSource applications including PIMs, multimedia, messaging, Hotsync and Palm Desktop are compatible with the new ALP. We have exclusive screenshots of the new ACCESS Linux platform. However, do note that the current system is still in the prototype stage and changes are expected over time.
Our take: Is Palm OS going, going, gone forever?
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