PDAPerformance has released LineUp for Palm OS, a widget environment based on their Saguaro platform. LineUp lets users download customized mini applications somewhat similar in concept to Apple dashboard widgets and Microsoft gadgets. However, LineUp differs as it acts as a environment all its own that allows you to view one widget at a time.

What’s in LineUp.

• Saguaro components
  • Cooperative multitasking API
  • BaseHelper API (String, Character, and Math utility functions)
  • Memory Manager for advanced allocations
  • Window Manager
  • Window Compositor
  • Input/Touch-screen Driver
  • High-performance MojaveGL™ Graphics Library
  • Pixel shader library
  • Cursor Manager
  • Internet library supporting HTTP POST and GET requests (built on NetLib)
  • ShellBase API
  • PrefFile Manager
  • Theme Manager
  • Platform-independent Resource Manager
  • Misc. UI dialogs/components
• LineUp-specific extensions
  • Custom Shell
  • Widget / NavBar Manager
  • Common control library

System requirements.

• Palm OS v5.0. (Palm OS v5.2 or higher recommended.)
• 320×320 resolution display (or higher).
• 100 MHz StrongARM/XScale ARM processor or faster. (300 MHz recommended for best performance.)
• 2MB dynamic heap memory. (4MB recommended.)
• 2MB of storage memory (RAM) to install LineUp. Additional memory may be required depending on the widgets you decide to install.
• 4MB of free storage (RAM) memory to operate LineUp.
• For NVFS-based handhelds, 4MB of free DbCache memory is required.
• For some widgets, Internet connectivity (via Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, or cellular data service*) may be required.

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Shout out to the neighborhood FedEx driver! We were just delivered a brand new Motorola Q9 with Wi-Fi. This particular version is AT&T branded, and the 3G bands on here are 850/1900 MHz. This sure as heck looks like it’s headed to AT&T, right? The physical device is exactly the same, except the bezel around the phone is now completely chrome instead of a darker, unpolished silver. Obviously, the main difference is the inclusion of Wi-Fi, something it appears AT&T is fully committed to adding to most of their high-end smartphone handsets. We’re currently blazing at HSDPA speeds (yes, the H indicator shows up now instead of just 3G), and when on Wi-Fi, we’re gone in 60 seconds like Nick Cage! Want to check it out? You know you do!

UPDATE:

Can’t believe we missed this! The brand new Motorola Q9 with Wi-Fi we just got? Yeah, that has Windows Mobile 6.1 on it! We’re getting the video up soon, but for now, check out our full Windows Mobile 6.1 gallery, and the new things we found!

• Copy / Paste (finally!)
• Domain Enroll in Settings (Enrolling in a domain will connect your device with company resources.)
• New home screen (pan left and right to check out missed calls, notifications like email, sms, etc.)
• Change Master Security Code
• Added text input settings
• Recent Programs when pressing Start menu
• Threaded SMS!
• When you compose an email, or SMS, and start typing the name of the contact in the “To:” field, the contact names finally pop up like Windows Mobile Professional!

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In an already interesting article chronicling the last 10 months of the second coming of Michael Dell at his namesake, Forbes mentions two more interesting upcoming products: A suicide chip for stolen laptops that remotely nukes the hard drive, and a smartphone co-produced with Quanta that has “video, an MP3 player and Internet access and [will] be unleashed on the world early next year.” It’s a little off the initial release projection–nowish–but Forbes’ tidbit indicates the rumored project’s still alive and in the oven. Obviously, it remains mostly a blank slate of speculation–what’s the OS going to be? Still WinMo6 or will Dell mix it up? Will it have a touchscreen, QWERTY or both? The list goes on. One thing’s for sure, it’ll be a certifiable test of the new design chops Michael Dell’s been pushing so hard, which we hope are up to the task since there’s nothing worse than a poorly designed smartphone. What do you think should go into a Dell smartphone?

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