Nova Palm OS on CES 2009?

Is Palm ready to become the darkhorse of 2009 with its new OS, Nova??

As they get ready for CES 2009, some information was leaked as to what they'll be presenting on the show:

• "the goal is to create products that bridge the gap between Research In Motion's (RIMM) BlackBerry devices, oriented to work and e-mail, and Apple's iPhone, oriented to fun."
  
• The article implies that the platform would be capable of acting as an OS for not only smartphones, but gameboy like consoles and e-book readers.
  
• Palm believes they can grab 2% of the market; that RIM will dominate the majority of share and the iPhone will have 10%.
  
• The OS would also help phones make "smarter use of data about you. For example, your smartphone could send you an e-mail the day before your next business trip, advising you on the weather conditions in your destination city."
  

At least they admitted that they won't be able to beat the giants (Blackberrry and the iPhone), therefore targetting what's left. It sounds bad that a company is willing to take in scraps, but I think this is one way of saying:

Undercommit, but overdeliver.

And if somehow they overacheive their targets for next year, that'll be good news for them and their stockholders.

Palm deserves a facepalm:41% short of projected revenues

I admit to the world: I wish I had a Palm phone! I'm a big fan of GTD and I believe that this is the right equipment for the job.

The iPhone is nice and all, but it has the same problem as Palm does (at least in the Philippines): it's too darn expensive. I thought that it would slash its prices just to compete, but noooooooo....

With iPhone, Nokia, and others going the touchscreen route, the first one who made it popular seems to be going down the drain.

"The revenue decline vs. the company's Q1 fiscal year 2009 and Q2 fiscal year 2008 is a result of reduced demand for maturing smartphone and handheld products."

WTH? A "reduced demand" for more high tech phones? Quit pulling the world's legs, Palm! Instead work on how to make your products sell more.

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