Palm is promising to have new phones running its next generation OS by the middle of 2009.  Work on the operating system itself should be done by the end of this year.  All I can say is that I hope that Palm keeps their word.  We have been hearing rumors about ‘Nova’ for what seems like forever.  Although, 2 years in the tech world, is pretty close to forever.  Palm has also said that the new operating system should be backwards compatible with software currently running on their ‘Garnet’ OS.  I have always been a fan of the Palm OS.  I have a Centro now, and absolutely love it.  Its easy to use, and does not have the ‘crashing’ issues other mobile OS experience.  From a business standpoint, Palm is banking on this new OS to help keep it competitive with RIM and the iPhone.  No word yet on which carriers are interested in selling phones with the new OS.  Its still pretty early in the process.

Via Brighthand