Tag Archives: Palm OS

PalmInfoCenter has an entry for a Palm OS version of Trek. Ah, nostalgia.

Posted on March 24, 2006 by Steven Fisher | Comments Off

Palm Development Tools Still Suck

Posted on December 29, 2005 by Steven Fisher

I wrote this in November 2004. It remains just as applicable to this day. I wanted to make a few comments on the state of Palm OS tools and such, and I didn’t want to post them publicly because they’re … Continue reading →

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Palm Preparing for Linux Development: Open jobs listings on Palm’s website indicate the company is preparing for Linux development for a new generation of Palm devices. This is a positive sign that the company is already preparing for developing new … Continue reading →

Posted on August 30, 2005 by Steven Fisher | Comments Off

Palm and PalmSource…Together Again?: “This is just a rumor at this point, but there’s scuttlebutt that smartphone and PDA manufacturer Palm (formerly PalmOne) may acquire PalmSource, the creator of the Palm OS.” (Via PC World’s Techlog.) I am very skeptical … Continue reading →

Posted on August 30, 2005 by Steven Fisher | Comments Off

T5 – trying to update

Posted on August 27, 2005 by Steven Fisher

I finally found all the pieces of the T5 and tried to apply the 1.1 update to make it usable. Shortcut.9 reveals Mon 09/27/2004 1:47a, so I do indeed need the update. The T5 is about as fresh as it … Continue reading →

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ActiveX not a requirement of Google Maps

Posted on August 23, 2005 by Steven Fisher

Although I pointed this out to Tamsblog, there’s been no correction, so I suppose I should post something quick to this effect: Tamsblog contributor Alexander Gratz asserts incorrectly that Google Maps requires ActiveX: If you try to load the page … Continue reading →

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Make it stop

Posted on August 15, 2005 by Steven Fisher

[http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20050811-5200.html|More reports] of a Treo running Windows. A video supposedly proves it. Come on. Am I the only person who realizes how easy it is to make a fake video? I don’t mean faking the screen frame-by-frame. But the Palm … Continue reading →

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Credit where it’s due

Posted on August 13, 2005 by Steven Fisher

Thanks to Ben Combee’s suggestion, I’ve now got CodeWarrior Palm 9 compiling at the command line. I’ve explained the process here.

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CodeWarrior’s command line build

Posted on August 13, 2005 by Steven Fisher

I finally worked up the courage to try to add scripted building to my project again. I originally wanted to use the command line tools, but that didn’t work. So I decided this time to try the IDE. To make … Continue reading →

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Palm OS Needs Love

Posted on August 4, 2005 by Steven Fisher

If you know a lot about Palm OS, Wikipedia’s Palm articles need some attention: Palm OS, Palm, Inc., PalmSource, Inc. and Palm (PDA).

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