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4 unusual facts about Palm OS


Handera

The 330 introduced many new features which were not standard for other Palm OS devices at their time.

MyBible

MyBible (formerly known as Scripture) is a Bible study eBook application for Palm OS.

SmartCell Technology

Using its proprietary HCM Technology, SmartCell has developed a number of mobile applications since 2001 that supports Windows PC and a number of mobile devices, including Palm OS, Windows Mobile Pocket PC, and Windows Mobile Smartphone.

Technology in Star Trek

In fact, several of these futuristic devices were created through direct inspiration of Star Trek, such as the Palm OS and Treo.


Early tablet computers

Initially developed by Palm, Inc. in January 2009 as the Palm OS, webOS was purchased by HP to be their proprietary operating system running on the Linux kernel.

Lempel–Ziv–Oberhumer

Various LZO implementations are reported to work under Win32, AIX, ConvexOS, IRIX, Mac OS, Palm OS, PlayStation, Nintendo 64, Wii, Solaris, SunOS, TOS (Atari ST), Linux and VxWorks.

Transpara

Transpara's core product, Visual KPI, was originally designed to make real-time operations data available on BlackBerry smartphones and it quickly grew to include Windows Mobile and Windows Phone, Apple's iPhone and iPad, Google's Android phones and tablets, Palm OS devices, SharePoint and more.

Windowing system

Operating systems such as Microsoft Windows, Mac OS (version 9 and earlier), and Palm OS, contain a windowing system which is integrated with the OS.


see also

SmallBASIC

SmallBASIC runs even on Palm OS wristwatches made by Fossil, Inc.