Quickies: Comdex, 8MB Zire, DLLs, Wireless Game & More

Posted By: Ryan Wednesday, November 13, 2002 10:24:43 AM

COMDEX Palm OS Guide: Softtrends has announced immediate availability of ExpoAgenda for Palm OS, an independent guide and event planner for Fall COMDEX® trade show starting on November 17th. ExpoAgenda comes fully configured with events and booth information for the trade show and user can add additional events.

8MB Zire: Tokyo La Palm Tech-Lab in Japan posted a report that it has upgraded the RAM to 8MB on the Palm Zire. Tony Rudenko of PalmPilotUpgrade, does the same in the US for $59. Also check out this Clie Game Mod.

Porting Win32 DLLs to Palm OS
Porting existing Windows DLLs to Palm OS has historically been a tedious process. Now, let Martyn Honeyford introduce you to an interesting technique that makes this process easier by using Perl. He demonstrates a Perl script that analyzes existing C source code and automatically generates many of the source files required for porting. Read more in this detailed article from IBM Developerworks.

First Ever Wireless Card Game Tournament
On Saturday, November 16, 2002, DreamQuest Software will conduct the world's first-ever wireless card game tournament. The tournament will begin at 4 p.m. PST in DreamQuest Software's free Internet lobby. Entrants will play either DreamQuest Software’s Championship Hearts or Championship Spades, both of which were recently honored by Pocket PC Magazine as the best card games for PDAs, and compete on cell phones or PDA handhelds equipped with wireless access to the Internet. Competitors will challenge each other for prizes donated from Nokia, Handango and others. The Grand Prize winner will receive a Nokia 9290 Communicator as featured in this summer's blockbuster movie, Minority Report.

"The future of wireless gaming begins here, as we hope our tournament will clearly demonstrate that card games don't have to be limited to just your desktop PC or around a dining room table," said Christopher Williamson, DreamQuest Software's president and CEO. "Based on the number of players who have already registered for this tournament, we expect to offer a fun and exciting evening complete with lively competition from players all over the world!"

Sacramento Palm Users Group Meeting
The Sacramento Palm Users Group will be meeting this Wednesday, November 13th, from 7:30pm to 9:00pm. This meeting promises to be great, with some new hardware information, a few great software products, and a great raffle! We will have a HandEra 330 to give away to one lucky winner, along with a few other products! Come to our meeting, learn a few things, and you might just walk away with a new handheld!

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Zire Upgrade

Beavis @ 11/13/2002 10:55:41 AM #
Why spend $100 on a Zire then another $60 for a memory upgrade when you can buy a new Sony Clie PEG-SL10 for $129 and get 4 application buttons, memory expansion and a hi resolution screen?

RE: Zire Upgrade - What?
mikemusick @ 11/13/2002 10:58:25 AM #
I was going to say nearly the same thing... for $149 you get an m125 with 8MB and four buttons.

I meant to say "What's the point?"
mikemusick @ 11/13/2002 11:00:50 AM #
:-/

RE: Zire Upgrade
PacManFoo @ 11/13/2002 11:21:19 AM #
Well if you've already bought the Zire or recieved one as a present then this might be something people will want. Why spend another $129, $149 when you can upgrade for half the price?

RE: Zire Upgrade
Haber @ 11/13/2002 12:24:31 PM #
While the ability to upgrade the Zire in itself is neat, I guess it's for people who aren't savvy enough to purchase or acquire a M105 model. I don't see how receiving a Zire as a gift would make any difference, it should be returnable and exchangable. And aren't the more technically adept the ones who purchase memory upgrades? Are these the people who are purchasing or keeping their Zires?

RE: Zire Upgrade
SuccessWizard @ 11/13/2002 3:24:49 PM #
There's more than just price here. The Zire is pretty nice over all. The two buttons aren't really an issue to most $99 buyers. It feels good in your hand form-wise too.

It's nice to know you can upgrade if you decide you like it rather than junking the $99 unit and buying a new one. The upgradeability will help smart retailers sell more as people want to know they have options out there.

Finally, the Zire is easy to display as it recharges and the connectors aren't on the bottom -- making display mounting much easier!

Mike Lohsl
Palm & Pocket PC Advisor

www.successwizard.com

RE: Zire Upgrade
dsaroff @ 11/13/2002 6:33:54 PM #
I should mention we keep calling it a $99 palm, but I was in Circuit City recently and they were selling it for $89!

RE: Zire Upgrade
cbulock @ 11/14/2002 1:21:06 AM #
$99 is the suggested price and the price Palm is selling it for, so it is the generally accepted price. But, it can be found many places for less.

Trasaltion Please!!!

LazyT @ 11/15/2002 2:37:00 AM #
Is there anyway we can get that Mod page trsilated in to english??? id love to have thes coooool buttions & jog dial!!!

Thanks
:-)

-Lazy
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http://opi.yahoo.com/online?u=imuptodate&m=g&t=2">

Expo Agenda - broken link

donburr @ 11/15/2002 6:51:59 PM #
I'm trying to download the COMDEX Schedule for ExpoAgenda, since I will be leaving for comdex shortly. Unfortunately the link seems to be broken. For one thing, the program's name apparently has changed to "OurAgenda". I was able to download the program successfully; however, I don't see an obvious link to a "Comdex schedule" on the page. What I do see, however, is a link for "Download event lists"... however, when I click it, it returns a page not found error. Does anyone have the Comdex event list and is willing to e-mail it to me? (I will post a copy on my web site and leave the URL here so that others can get at it) Or is it somewhere on the SoftTrends web site, and I'm just not looking hard enough? Help!!


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Donald Burr of Borg <dburr@borg-cube.com>

A better Palm app for Comdex info

donburr @ 11/16/2002 11:49:29 PM #
Still haven't been able to get the ExpoAgenda site to work... it continues to respond with a 404. BUT... I found a much better source for the Comdex info I needed... straight from the horse's mouth, so to speak. Comdex itself has a PalmOS download on their web site, and here is the direct link:

http://www.comdex.com/fall/about/index.php?d=attendee&s=palm

Lots of good stuff there. I recommend not only downloading the PalmOS program, but also to download and print the PDF maps (Or keep them on your laptop, but printing is suggested unless you like lugging your laptop with you across the show floor) That way you'll be able to find where the booths are that you want to go to. :-)


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Donald Burr of Borg <dburr@borg-cube.com>

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