Communities housing ALP developers should prepare for a steep raise in suicide rates as Access developers commit Seppuku due to their platform’s impeding failure.
According to The Inquirer, the PR firm of the carrier Orange has confirmed the discontinuation of the Samsung i800. This device was intended to be the first ALP device and should have hit the road in H2 of this year.
As of now, neither Samsung nor Orange officials have stated anything regarding the device. However, Orange’s PR firm claimed that “the market situation has changed” and that more competitive smartphones can be made with other Linux derivatives(LiMo)…
ALP is now left without a “reference customer” and is well on the way to Cobalt-coloured pastures. Even though Access if a member of the LiMo forum itself, it’s very unlikely that the company will
drop ALP into the LiMo pot…
This is what happens when they take so long to put this platform out. If they had worked on this years ago they would have a market already. It is probably a lot easier to adapt a linux OS for new features than crusty old PalmOS.
Linux has existed on PDAs before, so it shouldn’t have been that big of a leap that it takes years to get a single phone out, even if its not the best release. When it comes time to get my next phone, I hope there is a decent replacement for my 755p that doesn’t run windows.
Hi Joshua,
please don’t flame me now:
Being honest: Windows Mobile 5/6/6.1 is surprisingly usable on my hp ipaq rx4240(just look at TamsPPC here: http://tamsppc.tamoggemon.com).
When you add a VGA screen into the mix…
All the best
Tam Hanna