Palm OS emulation coming to the Pre and webOS?

Dedicated Palm OS users, it looks like your long, solitary walk through this world might not end in tragedy or violence. According to Dieter over at PreCentral, during a new video demo of the company's forthcoming phone, an icon of what appears to be an older Palm device with the label "Classic" below it can be seen within the webOS launcher. Since we know they've got a forthcoming announcement today at the Web 2.0 conference -- and we can be pretty sure Palm won't be dropping price or release date information without Sprint around -- it looks like this might be what all the fuss is about: support for legacy Palm OS apps in the new operating system. Of course, right now this is speculation mixed with hopefulness, but we should know in a few hours when Palm's SVP of application software and services Mike Abbott gives a keynote at the conference. Until then, just hold tight.

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 1st 2009 3:43PM]

i hope this isn't what they are announcing. i want to hear something more exciting like the price, date of release, or more about the app store and the types of apps that will be run on the web OS

[SoCoolCurt Posted Apr 1st 2009 7:15PM]

"and we can be pretty sure Palm won't be dropping price or release date information without Sprint around"

i think we all want that info but i doubt it's going to happen anytime soon. im just marking my calendar for June 30th for the Pre so unless it get's delayed, i can't be disappointed with waiting for it.

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 1st 2009 5:48PM]

I think you guys may have gotten pwned....

[SoCoolCurt Posted Apr 1st 2009 7:19PM]

well i hope it's true, cause that would be awesome. all those great apps supported from day 1. that would make moving to webOS and Pre easy for anyone.

i still won't get too excited about it though, cause even though it looks legit, im inclined to not believe anything i hear for the next couple of hours considering the date.

[SoCoolCurt Posted Apr 1st 2009 7:20PM]

and if it supported PalmOS apps, that would give me tethering through PDANet from the gate. hope it's true.

[jonshipman Posted Apr 2nd 2009 8:48AM]

I've heard that it won't have access to hardware. So you're limited to things like that.

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 1st 2009 9:09PM]

Yes pweaze.

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 2nd 2009 3:02AM]

It's True! See www.palminfocenter.com for the deets. Way to go Palm. This gets better all the time ... uh, except there's no phone yet. :-\