We only caught a
brief early glimpse of ALP at 3GSM this year before they quickly snuck away all the gear, but PDAStreet claims that ALP has hit 1.0 in its dev cycle, and has screencaps and a lot of info we've been waiting for to make the case. First up, hardware: it should run on current generation devices, requiring at least a 200MHz ARM9 CPU (400MHz+ recommended), 64MB RAM and 64MB flash memory, and has support for input via QWERTY, 12-key with 5-way d-pad, and touchscreen (obviously) or digitizer (interesting!)with four or five hard keys. Interestingly, supported resolutions include QVGA (240 x 320), HVGA (320 x 480), and WVGA (800 x 480) -- where's the 320 x 320 Palm OS Treos have had since the 650? We dunno. ACCESS still hasn't announced any licensees, but unless ALP switches up and adds a square aspect ratio, it doesn't look like we'll see this running on any Treos as we know them today. Oh, app list after the break.
[Via
Download Squad]
ALP apps, many of which are like totes obvs:
- Phone
- Contacts
- Calendar
- Memos
- Tasks
- HotSync
- NetFront browser
- HandMail
- SMS+
- iMessenger
- Music
- Video
- Photos & Studio
- Camera
- Documents
- Utilities (Clock, Calculator, Recorder, Home Screen, Flight Mode)
Of course, as we learn what these strange new programs do (and don't), we'll undoubtedly be posting to Engadget Mobile.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Randy @ Feb 16th 2007 1:56PM
My guess is the lack of a 320 x 320 resolution is probably a polite way of letting existing Treo owners know that they will not be flashing your phone to use ALP. Bummer.
alan westbrook @ Feb 16th 2007 4:54PM
I'm pretty sure that Access would have released an announcement if the software was at version 1.0. What would be the point of not doing so?
If they support all those other resolutions, why wouldn't it just scale to 320 x 320?