The MSM4000 chip should have a very powerful RISC processor in it capable of running most any of the operating systems. WINCE is one of them. Symbian could be another of them, as well as Palm OS, Geoworks, etc. the processor is a modern day 32 bit RISC processor, so most any of them can be ported.
I think if you put the high points of what is needed, place power savings (battery power) first, system ease of use second (including user added code, user applications, etc.), OS size third, and then a list of others after that. the pdQ OS was chosen because it's code size was small, it was designed to use the least battery power, and the user can link up any applicaiton they want themselves, allowing for the biggest following in user applicaitons code support. Note that in the pdQ, the processor that runs the Palm apps and the one that runs the phone are two different processors. I feel that mixing the two is a serious mistake and should NEVER be done. |
