With some busily decrying Android as vaporware along the lines of Palm’s oft delayed Linux-based OS, Engadget explores why Palm doesn’t join the Google bandwagon…
Palm: assimilate with Android or die - Engadget
We find it hard to believe Google didnt approach Palm; its not some secret that Palm has long intended make Linux the OS at the core of its flagship products for the foreseeable future. So why did Palm, badly in need of a leg up in getting its new mobile OS off the ground, shun this opportunity? Here Google is presumably offering up Palm a completely open and customizable mobile OS thats built to run on devices exactly like the ones Palm is developing to run its forthcoming platform. With Android, Palm no longer has to worry about mounting R&D costs, developing its own Linux variant, creating an application layer and SDK.Suddenly all Palm has to do is develop its own UI for Android, give the system the old Palm fit n finish, maybe whip up an emulator layer for previous Palm OS apps, and they instantly reap the all benefits theyve been after chasing the Palm OS-unicorn. Palms most desperate hour could be over; suddenly theres a light at the end of Palms tunnel. In fact, if we didnt know any better, wed even fancy Android was created by Andy Rubin and Google to help Palm out — its just too perfect a coincidence. So why didnt Palm join up?
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