That's disappointing. When I look at the database of new and upcoming phones that use the "Standard" (non-touchscreen) OS, I see quite a list. Take a look at http://pdadb.net/index.php?m=pdalist&list=smartphone and see how many are "standard" devices. If this is a "dead end" platform, then someone forgot to tell Motorola, Samsung, HTC, LG, etc. who are releasing new WM6.X standard phones in 2009.
It certainly sounds like you have made up your mind not to fully support the Windows platform and to pursue other opportunities (like contract programming for iPhone). OK... personally, I don't think everyone is going to consolidate to the Pre & iPhone and the Windows platform will survive. Although it's delayed, v6.5 is looking pretty good. Anyway, I'm not here to talk about NSBasic market strategy. I'm looking for an alternative to NSBasic that supports the non-touchscreen devices and wondered if any NSB/CE users have had success with alternatives. I've not tried basic4ppc - are there gotchas or limitations that I should know about? --- In [email protected], "George Henne" <g...@...> wrote: > > We looked hard at doing a version for non touchscreen devices about 2 > years ago. At the time, Microsoft seemed to be touting the future of > smartphones as non touchscreen devices. > > Then came the iPhone. > > The flagship devices from all major manufacturers are now touch screen > devices. Even Blackberry and Nokia have rushed touchscreen devices to > the market and are doing well with them. The new Palm Pre and Google's > Android devices are also touchscreen. Windows Mobile 6.5's new features > are all touchscreen oriented. > > Our feeling is that touchscreen devices will continue to take > significant market share from non touchscreen, and the non touchscreen > is a dead end. > > We decided it would be better to concentrate our resources on where the > market was going. > > >I've been using NSBasic/CE for several years now. I have an app that has > >been quite popular and I've been relatively happy with the product. > > > >However, one of the most frequent questions I get is "why can't I run > >your app on my <non-touchscreen PDA/phone>?" > > > >I don't see NSBasic making any steps to create a product for the non- > >touchscreen world. Perhaps it's time to move on. I'm going to be taking > >a close look at Basic4ppc and a few other alternatives in an attempt to > >rewrite my application to support all users. > > > >Anyone else had similar thoughts and made the leap to another platform > >because of a lack of support for that category of devices? > > > > > > > > > > > >------------------------------------ > > > >Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "nsb-ce" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nsb-ce?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
