Palm Inc. has announced it is paying $44 million to Access Systems Americas (formerly PalmSource, Inc.) for a perpetual license to the source code for Palm OS Garnet, the version of the Palm operating system used in several Palm handheld computer and smartphones, including the entries in the company’s Treo line which aren’t running Windows Mobile. And here’s a neat trick: Palm isn’t making any additional license fees over time, and the company won’t be paying a cent until its third fiscal quarter of 2007, at which pont it will make a single payment to Access Systems which will be expensed out over the next several years.
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PacketVideo Media Player Comes To Palm OS
The companies also announced they will be demonstrating this technology on a Palm Powered smartphone in the PalmSource booth located in Hall 4, Stand K5 in the Palais des Festivals.
PacketVideo’s advanced technology and embedded engineering expertise enables hardware manufacturers to quickly and cost-effectively bring products to market with customized multimedia capabilities.The combination of PacketVideo’s technology and the Palm OS platform will enable users to capture and display video content on their Palm Powered mobile device.
“We are happy to offer our OEM handset customers the ability to use Palm OS® in their PV-powered multimedia devices,” said Joel Espelien, PacketVideo VP of Strategy. “We look forward to commercialdeployments of PV multimedia solutions with Palm OS.”
“PacketVideo is an industry recognized leader for its expertise in the mobile multimedia solutions market,” said David Limp, PalmSource senior vice president of corporate and business strategy. “Webelieve that porting PacketVideo’s pvPlayer to the Palm OS platform will enable mobile media manufacturers to quickly and cost-effectively bring products to market with customized encoding, decoding,and 2-way video conferencing capabilities.”
Customers interested in learning more about PacketVideo media player for Palm OS should contact PacketVideo Corporation.
Fossil Announces Palm Powered Watch
The Wrist PDA with Palm OS provides consumers with a portable and stylish way to organize their personal information. Customizable watch faces allow consumers to change their watch face to suit their own personal style, while the memory gives storage for thousands of addresses, years of appointments, memos, third-party Palm OS applications and more.
Additional features of the Wrist PDA® with Palm OS® include a high density 160 x 160 pixel grayscale LCD with touch screen and backlight, a stylus cleverly integrated into the watch buckle for easy access and a comfortable fit, one-handed navigation using the 3-way Rocker switch and Back button, the ability to beam data to another Palm Powered
Palm, Visto team on e-mail client
PalmSource and Visto will co-market the new default messaging solution to Palm OS licensees and their wireless operators, resulting in easier integration with existing IT infrastructures.
The new email client for the Palm OS platform will provide secure, reliable push-email capabilities between Palm Powered(TM) mobile devices and enterprise-grade mail servers such as Microsoft Exchange and Lotus Domino, as well as access to POP3/IMAP mail servers, allowing enterprise users to stay connected to data while away from the office. The new email client will become the default messaging solution for the Palm OS platform.
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