I believe the "U" means unlocked.

@Bob, you must be recent at Access. There was an effort for PalmOS on Linux that PalmSource dropped after Cobalt and before ALP.

Not discussed much because the fanboys were a little too gaga about the BE folks UI in Cobalt (and very intent on their LJP gaming).

You may have three ALP devices in your proximity but I haven't heard of any carrier picking them up. Orange dropped the Sammy not too long ago. Does that mean there are now two?

Ryan, I do not understand how you can blame Palm for the massive and continuous failures of their spin-off PalmSource, and its successor Access. Those Foleos (more like the hideous ALPo IM icon) belong entirely to the software company, not the hardware company. They dropped the ball on Palm, they abandoned Cobalt because nobody would license the pretty BE GUI with no insides, they abandoned their PalmOS on Linux effort. Look at how successful ALPo is.

Palm couldn't do much of anything until they got a license from Access that permitted them to touch the OS. That was late 2005. They are on schedule for an SDK at the end of this year according to publicly available information. Building a smartphone OS is voodoo, further complicated by carriers.

All Palms have touchscreens except the 500v, which is available only outside USA.

Stop rearranging the players and fooling with history engadged. PalmSource (now a part of Access since late 2005) failed to deliver updated OSes to Palm. Nobody wanted Cobalt, PalmSource abandoned it and turned their sights to PalmOS on Linux. That too was abandoned when Access bought them.

It was only after the Access acquisition and a new contract between Palm and Access was worked out that Palm finally had any legal ability to go it on their own with a new OS. Now that we think we know they have had a UI team for a bit, they might actually deliver product on the schedule that has been alluded to. OS late 2008, products first half 2009.

Thanks again engadget for celebrating Bill's "retirement" and having this contest.

XP and Office 03, but I do have a soft spot for DOS, Win 3.1 and VB.

Thanks engadget for having this contest.

I'd have to say XP and Office 2003 like so many others have said. I do still have a soft spot for Win 3.1 and VB.

Happy "retirement" Bill.

Whatever happened to Ford's investment in Think? IIRC that was back in 2001.

White wires advertise the brand, us with no-name earbuds are ignored by the thug-inclined because they do not know what is on the other end.

Thanks for four fun years engadget!