After two years since the release of the last major upgrade to the Palm operating system for mobile devices, CNet’s News.com notes that Palm OS may be losing its mojo with software developers.
Some larger developers of mobile applications are looking elsewhere when launching their new multimedia applications and both Symbian and Windows Mobile emerge as the operating systems of choice.
PalmSource, the developer of the Palm OS, can still count on thousands of loyal developers to create applications for the platform, but companies like Sling Media, Google and TiVo have held back their initial support for the Palm OS in favor of Windows or Java-based applications despite Palm’s heft in the U.S. market.
PalmSource’s reliance on third parties to implement many multimedia features appears to be a factor behind the decisions of developers and as a result, some newer mobile applications that require bandwidth or Java support are not making their debut on Palm devices.
To conclude – Palm developers around the world, join the rising wave of Symbian OS. You’ll be welcomed! 🙂