PalmSource is going to have the newest edition of the Palm operating system, Palm OS 6, ready for manufacturers just before the end of this year, which means that with any luck the first Palms with the new OS should start showing up spring of next year (it takes manufacturers a few months to customize the OS for their devices). Some of the improvements expected for Palm OS 6 are better support for wireless networking, the built-in capability to switch between portrait and landscape modes (something a handful of Palm handhelds can already do), and improved multimedia and graphics capabilities.
