PalmSource Rescheduled to February
Palm Inc. has announced that the PalmSource developer conference has been rescheduled to February 5 through 8. It will still be held at the San Jose Convention Center. It will give additional information on the new Palm OS subsidiary, OS 5, and show off new handhelds from licencees.
Last month, Palm postponed the conference in the wake of the September terrorist attacks.
Registration for the rescheduled event will reopen on October 15. A reduced rate for early registration is available until November 11, and a special discount is available for PalmSource alumni.
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Looks like the "Cadillac" Model is $750. WOW!
http://www.pocketpcfanatic.com/ipaqh3870.asp?REFERER=84348
iPAQ H3870 64MB Color Pocket PC 65,536 Color
"Bluetooth Technology"???
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Bluetooth
Yawn
They made this prediction even after looking at Pocket PC 2002 and the new handhelds that will be released using it. They appear to think that these won''t be enough to increase Microsoft''s share of the market and certainly not enough to overshadow the Palm OS for at least 4 more years.
IDC analyst Alex Slawsby says this is because corporations have been less aggressive in adopting handheld computers than predicted. Microsoft has done everything it could to make large corporations like their OS and they weren''t interested. This isn''t my opinion, it''s Slawsby''s.
That gives Palm Inc. at least 4 years, which is about 3 more that will be necessary to come out with OS 5 on ARM chips, which will negate even the percieved Pocket PC advantages. Ignore what the doomsayers and MicroSerfs say, the Palm OS will continue to dominate the handheld market through at least 2005.
p.s. Did I mention that the Palm OS will continue to dominate the handheld market through at least 2005?
RE: Pocket PC 2002 launch set for Thursday
I think palm need to work really really hard to gain enterprise customer now as most wireless consulting firm are telling their customer to switch to WinCE. I don''t want to see Palm die! But if they don''t put their act together I may have to switch to pocketpc in the future.
RE: Pocket PC 2002 launch set for Thursday
Unquestionably in error
First of all, the PalmOS SDK is free. That''s $0. Microsoft''s tools I believe are free, but you can''t use them unless you already have Visual Studio ($1000). Secondly, the language of choice for PalmOS development is C or C++. Not so with Microsoft''s Pocket PC. It appears that the language of choice for them is Visual Basic. By the way, Visual Basic is a proprietary language invented my Microsoft (just in case anyone was unaware). As a programmer, I really hope I can make it through my entire life without learning VB. I think it will be much more fulfilling this way. In continuation, the Palm SDK includes a PalmOS version of the gcc compiler which runs on ANY OS (gcc is the GNU C Compiler commonly found on most UNIX/Linux systems). Not so with Microsoft.
So, in conclusion, Palm people are GREAT, not "****y" (whatever that means). Many programmers, myself included, enjoy programming PalmOS apps for free use. Consider us philanthropists. The way Microsoft conducts itself, there is no room for Open Source Software, or free contributions to the community. There is no community for that matter, there''s just the Microsoft and the trapped millions who fall for their crap.
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--Former Palm shareholder
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It is wrong, I just download the eMBedded Visual tools from Microsoft, it is free and standalone, it comes with Visual Studio IDE, VC++, VB compiler for free.
On the contrary, I purchase the CodeWarrior 7.0 for HK$3,000. I need to take time to learn the change between SDK 3.2 and SDK 3.5.
Besides, programming in Windows CE is similar to programming windows 98, it is so easy for a Windows programming to switch to program Windows CE. I can predict that time will change.
John
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Chris Scullion
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http://www.cewindows.net/peripherals/
pccardwirelesslan.htm
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so much for believing in Bluetooth and wireless technology.
RE: Wireless
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...each has a 206-megahertz processor, 64 megabytes of memory and a mouth-drying price tag of $600.
Unfortunately, the iPaq is still expansion- challenged. It now comes with an S.D. slot, but you still need to buy a bulky, $50 slide-on sleeve if you want to use Compact Flash cards.
Pocket PC''s now understand the Palm''s Graffiti alphabet (but, for some reason, with far lower accuracy than on Palms).
The Today screen — a summary of appointments and to-do items — now shows blue text superimposed on a photo, which you can replace with one of your own, using a free program from Microsoft''s Web site. As you can imagine, the result is very difficult to read. When you miss a meeting, don''t expect your clients to nod understandingly when you explain: "I''m so sorry. Your address was hidden by a tree branch."
Worse, Microsoft has enthusiastically piled on new features without cleaning up the old ones. You still can''t write an appointment directly onto your calendar screen, as on a Palm; you must tap New, open a dialog box, write the appointment''s name, open a menu, tap a starting time, and then tap O.K. And to find a certain program, you still have to check as many as three places: the Start menu, the Programs screen or the redundant Home screen provided by each Pocket PC manufacturer. No single screen lists all programs.
Nor have Microsoft''s designers learned to distinguish important everyday functions from glitz that nobody outside the trade-show circuit would use. Sure, you can now conduct multiple chat sessions simultaneously, but just shifting an appointment by half an hour is a five-step process. You can watch streaming video from the Internet on your palmtop, but you still lose style sheets, font choices, headers and footers, links, tables and other information in Word files copied from your PC.
But for ordinary mortals, mini- Windows is still Windows, complete with dire warnings not to move or delete certain files and user-hostile error messages ("Cannot open help file `msreader.htm#Main-Contents'' "). Microsoft remains steadfast in its belief that all the functions of a PC can be crammed into a palmtop, a philosophy that could not be more at odds with the "simplified for pocket use" design mantra of the more popular Palm operating system. As it gets to work on Pocket PC 2003, maybe Microsoft should start thinking less about the PC and more about the pocket.
RE: Pocket PC 2002 launch set for Thursday
ohmygod.
PS. if you don''t like tapping, just get jornada, it come with voice command. Or get pocket informant for something less radical.
A day in the life of a PPC user
Scene: man walking through airport.
"Open address list. No, close application. Open address list! Close application. OPEN THE ****ING ADDRESS LIST YOU GODAMN PIECE OF ****!!!!! No officer, there''s no problem. Yes, I''d be happy to come with you."
RE: Pocket PC 2002 launch set for Thursday
It''s all about options my dear, options.
More Microsoft news
Here''s one on their new upgrade policy:
http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2815189,00.html
(I can''t get it all on one line, sorry)
Here''s another one that discusses how they bundle software:
http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nf/20011003/tc/13930_1.html
(again, you''ll probably have to add that last ''l'' on to view the article)
For all of you Pocket PC users out there, this is what you have to look forward to. Have fun with your Big Brother.
RE: More Microsoft news
Maybe if Ed would turn off the hard returns in the text area on the comment page that wouldn''t be a problem any more:-)
Thanks,
Scott
WHY DO WE SEE THIS INFO POSTED ON PALM INFO SITE????
RE: I agree
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http://www.pencomputing.com/frames/casio_e200.html
warning: Plenty of juicy picture of small and thin gadget.
http://www.pdafrance.com/bancessai/
pocketpc/casioe200/e200_b.html
RE: WHY DO WE SEE THIS INFO POSTED ON PALM INFO SITE????
RE: WHY DO WE SEE THIS INFO POSTED ON PALM INFO SITE????
techno paleolithicum?
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RE: WHY DO WE SEE THIS INFO POSTED ON PALM INFO SITE????
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> to Palm fan sites to try to convert people to PPC
It is related to their feelings of sexual inadequacy.
RE: WHY DO WE SEE THIS INFO POSTED ON PALM INFO SITE????
This is jsut from Yankowsky yapping about simplicity and how superior Palm is compare to pocketPC. Now is pay back time. And it is pretty fun watching all the marketing jingle turn against itself and implode.
RE: WHY DO WE SEE THIS INFO POSTED ON PALM INFO SITE????
I hope Ed will delete the PPC bombardment. (And this is from someone who is switching from Palm to PPC!)
RE: WHY DO WE SEE THIS INFO POSTED ON PALM INFO SITE????
What's the deal w/ Outlook?
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