In the too little and about 5 years too late department, they’re also expected to launch a new OS at CES where you might get to hear what it sounds like when the entire blogosphere yawns at the same time.
The company apparently wants to create devices that “make smarter use of data about you,” but until we have a Nova-powered phone in our soft, supple hands, that little gem of marketing doublespeak really doesn’t mean squat to us.
While I share Engadget’s passion for the promise in the first part of that sentence and would love to see a manufacturer make good on that, Palm’s inability to deliver over the past few years has earned them the harsh skepticism in the second part of the sentence. I guess we’ll know in a few weeks. Here’s hoping they can turn it around in a smartphone market that has gotten exponentially more competitive since they last dipped their toes in the water.