PalmSource has unveiled its latest operating system, Cobalt 6.1, designed with a specific focus on wireless functionality. What does that mean to you, consumer? Not much at the moment, but baseline wireless feature sets mean that it will be a lot easier for handset manufacturers to offer powerful multi-network phones and PDAs without jumping through a lot of individual development hoops. Down the road, that means most Palm-powered devices should run the full spectrum of wireless networking choices: GSM/GPRS, Wi-Fi, and Bluetooth should pretty much be considered standard fitting for most Palm devices in the future.
There are other enhancements in the OS, too, like built-in SD/IO support, a new user interface, and Chinese Language support, but if you want to nerd out on all that, I’ll leave you to it.
Sadly, the introduction in Munich didn’t showcase the new Treo 650, so we’re still in the dark about that. Wouldn’t that be a great platform for PalmSource to show what can be done with its OS, though?
PalmSource Introduces Palm OS Cobalt 6.1 [PalmSource via TheReggie]
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