Comments on: Access doesn’t want Palm OS dead

By: Tony

Tony — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 10:29:06 +0000

I’m a late adopter of palm os, but I keep coming back to it after trying other devices with newer operating systems. Garnet is truly a great OS and is simple and quick which I like. Yes, it has its bugs, but I am willing to live with them. As for new hardware running Garnet, I am all for it! I currently own a tapwave zodiac and treo 755 and love them both, but would consider an upgrade if a new device came out and the price was right. I agree with a previous post that Blazer just isn’t cutting it anymore and having wifi built-in like a TX is a must.

By: David Kiley

David Kiley — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 09:00:27 +0000

I wrote Tom about this and got a reply which implied he was only looking to hear from vendors who could sell many units, not consumers.
I would personally love an energy efficient monochrome modern garnet device with memory expansion. (color screens give me a headache) and would be willing to pay a pretty penny for it.

I think garnet OS could have a future market but someone needs to believe in it and push it consistantly.
The OS needs to get back to it’s roots in my opinion, being that the palm OS was originally all about being small and fast and usable – and that was lost in trying to be something else and failing.
If Palm had kept pure on the original value proposition, instead of trying to be something else, garnet would still be number 1.
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Selmi’s example above is a good example of what happens when a company doesn’t continue to support the product.

By: Baalthazaar

Baalthazaar — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 17:18:36 +0000

I was wondering if there was any more news about this.

By: rpa

rpa — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 02:55:17 +0000

A Treo Pro running Garnet is my suggestion!

By: rpa

rpa — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 03:55:17 +0000

I was referred to this site by Baalthazzar (thanks).

I have been a Palm user since the beginning and was disappointed to see the Pre adopt a web centric OS (WebOS) as roaming data is too expensive (I travel internationally most of the time). I need a PDA that syncs cleanly with Outlook on my desktop and has phone and chat capabilities. I use a Centro now and it is fine but I can see the end of the line for Palm devices that run Garnet. WebOS with Classic might work but a Garnet-native device would be less prone to glitches I believe.

Two aspects of Garnet are really great and worth mentioning:

1. the chat string on text messaging, and

2. the ability to set a time zone for some tasks in calendar with the default no time zone. This may seem like a minor issue but believe me, when traveling between timezones frequently, having the ability to have some activities constant and others reset to the timezone I am in, is unbelievably productive. Whoever thought this up at Palm as obviously a traveler.

Thanks and good luck.

By: Tam Hanna, Site Founder

Tam Hanna, Site Founder — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 16:04:32 +0000

Hi Eaton,
there is a survey ongoing currently – chime in there!

All the best
Tam Hanna

By: Eaton

Eaton — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 17:32:52 +0000

I would buy a replacement for my Palm Tungsten for $200, but preferably a little less.

Eventually I will probably move on to more current technology, but with so many $15 here, $25 there software purchases on my PDA, and with overall family budget tight right now, keeping the status quo is best right now. My current palm hardware is wearing out.

By: Bluecat

Bluecat — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 19:09:42 +0000

It’s frustrating. I have a Treo 680 and want to upgrade to a modern phone…. But it’s hard. Palm OS is fast and easy.

If Garnet wants to continue… the SMS Chat like on the treo 680 will be essential. Lack of that on other small, qwerty sliderless phones holds me back.

Now thinking of buying the Centro…

Crazy.

A new, improved Garnet …. updated graphics, web experience… But backward compatible PIM…

Bring it on…

NOW

By: Baalthazaar

Baalthazaar — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 17:08:08 +0000

In case anyone is still checking out this page and comments. I got a follow up survey link from Tom via e-mail.

I really hope this takes off… with improvements to GarnetOS, I could see myself using a GarnetOS device for a long time.

By: Selmi

Selmi — Mon, 25 May 2009 04:53:12 +0000

personally i would want something to replace my aging Tungsten T5 which start to have some problems. i wish for something like lifedrive 2 with flash memory instead of harddisk (yes i know its possible to change disk for flash but i am too lame to make any hardware changes myself…), longer battery life and gps integrated….

but for company i am working for its too late. we were mostly focused on selling our software for palm, but since tx appeared with broken digitizers and later palm stopped production of handhelds completely all our customers switched to pocket pc with windows mobile and palm version was abanonded. i doubt that head of company will decide to resurrect it even if there would be new devices appearing again.