ALP v3.0 and ALP mini is announced, new Palm OS
Access has been working on v3.0 of its Linux Platform and it’s turning out to be pretty sweet. Taking a look at that shot there, and going off the buzz about the new OS, the UI will be more robust and the animations are going to be smooth. This is a very nice way to pull the Palm OS out of the dark ages and into the 21st century. In addition to ALP v3.0, Access is releasing ALP mini which is a similar OS for low-end smartphones or non-phone devices like PMPs, MIDs, UMPCs, Internet tablets, and the like. NTT DoCoMo of Japan has already taken interest in ALP and will be using the new platform as early as the latter half of 2009. There aren’t too many technical details but there is a very rich list of features for you as well as more screen shots after the jump!
Telephony and Communications
- Full-featured telephone application with speed dial,
call forward/wait/hold/bar, & multi-party conferencing - OMA Device Management v1.2
- Multihoming on GPRS and 3G networks
- IMPS, SMS, MMS, Cell Broadcast, IMAP4, POP3
Input and Navigation
- 12-key keypad with 5 way input and navigation support
- Stylus based touch screen input and navigation support
- Finger touch input and navigation
- Accelerometer support
Desktop Software and HotSync Software
- Manage personal information on a Windows XP or Vista desktop computer with the ACCESS™ Desktop or Microsoft Outlook to add, edit or delete contact records, calendar events, memos and tasks and synchronize using HotSync software, which now supports OMA DS v1.2 (SyncML)
- Backup and restore information between the device and desktop as well as install native, Palm OS, Java applications and media files with HotSync
- PIM synchronization over the air directly with operator synchronization services
Tools
- A complete and integrated suite of free application development tools are available to ACCESS Linux Platform application developers through the SDK provided as part of the ACCESS Developer Network program.
Wireless and Connectivity Protocols
- Telephony radios (including 3G) are easily integrated
with the ACCESS Linux Platform telephony framework - TCP/IP
- WiFi (802.11g)
- Bluetooth® Technology 2.0 + EDR Technology
- USB
- IrDA
- Serial
Application Environments
- Native application development for the ACCESS Linux Platform includes GTK+ and the Hiker Application Framework™
- Garnet™ VM allows properly written Garnet OS (formerly Palm OS) applications to run unaltered on an ACCESS Linux Platform mobile device
- Java VM, JV-Lite™2 Wireless Edition software, including popular JSR modules including JSR 179 (location), JSR 135 (mobile media), and JSR 185 (wireless profile)
Language Support
- English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, and Japanese
Additional locales and languages can be added
Security
- OMTP compliant security policy framework
- VPN framework
Media Framework Components
- Media selector
- RTP/RTSP streaming
- MP3, AMR-NB, AMR-WB, AAC, MIDI, MPEG4-SP, H.263, H.264, WMA/WMV v9
- OMA DRM v1.0 Forward lock, Combined and Separate Delivery
Hardware Requirements
Performance
- 400 MHz ARM 9 or greater
Display
- 240 X 320 display QVGA (optimized for the platform)
- 320 X 480 display HVGA
- 800 X 480 display Widescreen (maximum)
- 65k color support (minimum)
- 256k color support (maximum)
Memory
- 128MB RAM (minimum)
- 128MB Flash EFIGS (minimum); two-byte localization
or a 3G application suite may require more memory
Native Applications
- NetFront™ Phone
- NetFront™ Contacts
- NetFront™ Calendar
- NetFront™ Memos
- NetFront™ Tasks
- NetFront™ HotSync™ Manager
- NetFront Browser
- NetFront™ HandMail™
- NetFront™ SMS+
- NetFront™ iMessenger™
- NetFront™ Music
- NetFront™ Videos
- NetFront™ Photos
- NetFront™ Camera
- NetFront™ Document Viewer
- Utilities
- NetFront™ Clock
- NetFront™ Calculator
- NetFront™ Recorder
- NetFront™ Home Screen
- NetFront™ File Manager
[Via Access]
Tags: Access, ALP, ALP mini, ALP v3.0, Linux, New Palm OS, NTT DOCOMO, Palm, Palm OS
Looks like my Nokia Internet Tablet could run it.
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Al, I just wondered if a Maemo box could run this. Looks interesting… Of course, Maemo will run Qt apps and then some, but a decent looking alternative. I’ve said for years Symbian should make a lite stripped down non multitasking version instead of S60 instead of S40. This just might have wings, especially if its cheap to free for OEM’s.
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would i be able to run this on my T|X?
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It looks great..can’t help but feel like it looks similar to the OMNIA interface though.
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Maybe this could mean the first ROM hack for the Treo 650…
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I see the same old tired screenshots that could be renders or photoshop jobs, but no real demo video of the OS in action. Until they actually show it, I call bullsh!t. And I stick by my prediction that it will never exist in the wild. It’s all some Matrix/Agent Smith trickster hooey.
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@RAS I pulled these screen shots straight from the Access webpage. No reason for them to put up fakes on an OS they’re developing.
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What would be interesting is if there will be any resources to port/recompile apps for other mobile linux based platforms (Looks down on my desk at my T-Mo G1)
Or maybe a Garnet VM for Android too - these ecosystems could be complimentary much like the varied Linux distros.
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…or how about my Zire71?
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JL, you hit the nail on the head! Nokia and Symbian S60 are the global leading smartphone OS because of support for other platforms like Ruby and Qt, just to name a couple. ALP must take advantage of its roots and figure ways to bring Linux apps from other distros to its userbase. Virtual Machines or alternate platform frameworks like Qt will give ALP a major boost.
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At 1250.00 dollars a share who cares what you think is going on… the price is steady pushing forward while everybody else is in retreat.
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no support for 24-bit color screens? I guess that’s a little better than WinMo’s 16-bit, but still disappointing.
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Please dont call this the next PALM OS because access said that they are not going to put this on their next gen palm devices. This is just for companies like NTT Docomo to use as a proprietary OS for their phones. I don’t expect this to come to the US.
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Would a Palm Centro be able to run this?
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