Palm OS "Nova" -- and first Nova device -- look like a lock for CES
Engadget —
... New-ness, anyone? BusinessWeek is speaking in rather authoritative terms that we'll all be treated to the next generation of Palm OS -- Nova, as it were -- at a grand unveiling next month in Vegas. Details are still sketchy to say the least, but ...
New "Nova" Palm OS Confirmed for CES 2009 [Cellphones]
Gizmodo —
... A scheduled Businessweek feature broke at midnight about Palm OS, and the subhed confirms that it will be shown at CES. The facts are thin, but they're below. ...
Palm Nova Smartphone to debut at CES 2009
I4U News —
... . BusinessWeek reports that Palm is debuting its new OS code-named Nova at the CES 2009. Apparently Palm wants to position its new Nova powered smartphone between the iPhone and the BlackBerry, where the company sees a gap. Palm does not reveal any details on what they cooked up with Nova and the new Palm smartphones they will reveal at CES 2009. Insiders say it is supposed to be huge, but it will be really tough to surprise consumers with something that is better, easier to use, different, and more complete than an iPhone or BlackBerry. But hey, I am ready to get ...
CES 09 to see new Palm OS Nova?
Phones Review —
... somewhere around mid 09 which runs with what everyone’s been hearing and promises to meet the needs of the middle market between the likes of the Apple iPhone and the BlackBerry.
Word is Palm want to create a mobile device which can “make smarter use of data about you,”, however until we see this Nova powered smartphone in reviewers hands all the rumours, whispers and blustering means nothing, so let’s just see what Palm offers at CES 09.
Source – businessweek
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Palm to show “Nova” OS at CES 2009
CrunchGear —
... Peter Burrows at BizWeek has some hot news about Palm’s new OS, Nova. The company hopes to fit their new system in the gap between the BlackBerry and the iPhone (good luck - Microsoft has been trying to do that all year) and they are looking to grab 2% of the middle-range market shere, the range that Google/Android is also gunning for. ...
Can Palm’s New OS “Nova” Save The Company?
RIMarkable —
Remember Palm? They used to be the top dog in the mobile PDA business just a few years ago but it seems like lately the company is struggling just to stay afloat.
Next month at CES in Las Vegas, Palm will debut it’s new OS along with the device that will run it.
Palm is expecting Nova to capture 2% of the market now dominated by the BlackBerry followed by the iPhone. Will this be enough to save the company?
What do you think?
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Palm Will Use CES 2009 to Introduce Its 'Nova' Platform
Phone Scoop - Latest News —
... aiming this new OS -- and the devices that use it -- at what Palm calls the "fat middle", or the range of users that fit between business-oriented devices from RIM and fun devices such as the Apple iPhone. Palm will also introduce a range of new devices that use the new OS, which will include smartphones and other devices, such as gaming handhelds. No details about the new operating system were shared, but Palm hopes to regain 2% of all mobile phone sales with its new OS and devices. more info at BusinessWeek ...
Palm at CES: super-Nova or white dwarf?
jkOnTheRun —
... There's quite the buzz over a Business Week story today on Palm and their new Nova operating system. Word is that Palm will uncover Nova in a few short weeks at CES; we've got our invites, so we'll see what the "new-ness" is all about. Based on a couple of excerpts from the BW article, I've got a few insights as to where this is heading but that's speculation on my part. It's far to early to say if the new Palm platform will shine like a super-nova or peter-out like a like a white dwarf. ...
Me and Palm at CES 2009
Mobility Site —
... about this the other day, but invites have gone out to media already, including unconventional media like myself. Speculation over the last few days is that it’s Palm’s all new OS, Nova. That is what Business Week is reporting too. ...
Palm to Introduce Brand-New ‘Nova’ OS at CES in January
IntoMobile - Cell Phone News, Information, and Analysis —
... In my opinion there’s a lot hinging on this. With the latest round of layoffs from Palm, and the ever weakening economy… This could be Palm’s last kick at the cat. I certainly hope Palm knocks one out of the park and has some success with it. I want them to WOW me here. Unfortunately I think that’s what it is going to take to save their butts. Innovate or die, isn’t that what they say? C’mon Palm, I’m rootin’ for ya.
[Via: BusinessWeek]
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Daily Design Snacks
Core77 —
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Palm's Next-Generation OS, Nova, to Debut at CES
The Tao of Mac —
... lack of faith disturbing. In fact, given the original article’s ...
Palm hints debuting “Nova” OS at CES
D' Technology Weblog —
... The smartphone maker debuts its new operating system, code-named Nova, at January’s CES. Palm says its phones for it will bridge the BlackBerry-iPhone gap. According to Businessweek — Palm will show off a device running “Nova” and that it should be released to the general population mid 2009. Over the last few years Palm has put together a considerable group of engineers to finally make the OS happen. ...
Nova: Palms Last Hope
Technology - Channel Feed —
Through a recent BusinessWeek article, long-troubled smartphone pioneer Palm revealed the reason for its apparent lack of action, as it lost ground to competitors like Nokia, RIM, and Apple. The article explained away its slide by asserting that Palm spent the last year or so retooling itself, bringing aboard former Apple executive Jon Rubenstein to refocus product development and revitalize the company’s fading fortunes.
The start of 2009 will see the results of Rubenstein’s product development team:
On Jan. 8 at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, ...

