New Centro on WebOS? 29
The Centro was (and still is) a rather popular smartphone for the masses. Its low price, small form factor, and simplistic PalmOS makes it a prime candidate for those curious about the whole smartphone buzz. Naturally it was only a matter of time before we heard rumours of a Centro-style webOS device.
Today we got word that TamsPalm has posted some rather interesting photos of what what appears to be a Centro loaded with webOS. Well, actually, TamsPalm has 2 theories: that it's new version of the Centro with webOS, or that it's the old PalmOS Centro with a new webOS skin.
Personally, I just don't buy it. These images show the old PalmOS style icons and the old PalmOS calculator. Why would Palm create a whole new OS with all the UI bells and whistles only to reuse those old icons and calculator application? It just doesn't make sense that it would be the Palm webOS.
And the theory of it being a webOS skin for the PalmOS doesn't quite seem right either. Why would Palm extend so much work to implement the multitasking and visual effects shown for an OS that Palm has stated they wouldn't be producing new devices on? Again, it just doesn't make sense.
Now, that's not to say I don't expect a Centro-style webOS device it the future. We reported not too long ago about how both PalmInfocenter and PCMagazine had received tips of a webOS Centro successor. A low-cost webOS device to be alongside the Pre is something that just makes financial sense for Palm.
What do you think? Are these pictures legit or are there fake? Feel free to comment.
Update: Engadget has picked up the story, and they too don't believe what we're looking at is a webOS Centro.
Update 2: It appears to be a new application for the PalmOS called TealOS
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Even worse than the fake is that Tam is buying it...
Not sure why Palm would have to be the creator of that skin. When Vista was released, there were "skins" for XP to give it a similar experience. I'm pretty sure that wasn't created by Microsoft.
Is it not possible that someone other than Palm came up with this skin?
I don't even buy the "it's just a skin" theory. The last picture seems to show the wave version of the quick launch bar floating over the old Treo calculator. You're not going to be able to do that in a skin, unless it's just a static picture, with the stylus positioned to make it LOOK as if the user were manipulating the wave.
Photoshopped. Or just a stock Centro displaying a static jpg on a in full screen mode. Either way, not interesting.
I had an iPod skin on my Treo (for a few seconds) which displayed areas that didn't function like they on the real device. It happens. (Which is why I didn't keep it... reminding me how iPod-like my Treo wasN'T.)
I figured I'd let the PalmOS side at TreoCentral handle it, and they have: http://www.treocentral.com/content/Stories/2420-1.htm
This launcher is cute. Not sure that it'll replace LauncherX which I've used for years. But it's nice to see some developers thinking outside the box instead of immediately throwing out the baby with the bathwater and declaring PalmOS dead. Not everyone is ready to throw away something extremely useful (and paid for) just because it isn't as pretty as the Flavor of the Day.
Hopefully Access will keep moving along with ALPOs, and maybe they can also find OS5 licensees who see the potential in pumping out some improved Treo/Tungsten - type hardware that is 100% compatible with the apps we already own.
Tens of thousands of applications written over the past 13 years will **still** continue to work on PalmOS - compare that to the new kid in town...
As far as I'm concerned, this confirms my "prediction" from earlier. What do I win?
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