Gabriel,
What is the status for units available at a discount to program members? I
still haven't found the spot where I can order those from your web site. Am
I missing something?
Thanks,
Kevin
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Gabriel Acosta-Lopez [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Wednesday, March 03, 1999 10:24 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: New product releases and developers
>
>
> To our Palm Computing platform developers,
>
> As part of our continued commitment to being as open with you
> as possible,
> we would like to let you know what we tried to do for
> developers for the
> recent Palm V(TM) and Palm IIIx(TM) connected organisers.
>
> We had planned a number of things including:
> 1. Releasing early information about the move to Dragonball EZ.
> 2. Do internal sanity check testing on a large number of existing
> applications.
> 3. Give some limited access to hardware.
> 4. Notify our developers before the general press releases went out.
> 5. Have Palm V and IIIx units available at developer rates
> for immediate
> purchase.
> 6. Have information in the Developer Zone about the new units.
>
> Of these items we were able to do:
> 1. Last August we released a special version of the
> Dragonball EZ ROM, a
> version of Palm OS(TM) Emulator, and compatibility notes.
>
> 2. We tested a large number of applications, focusing on
> applications that
> had participated in our Palm Computing Platform Solution
> Library program.
>
> 3. At the Palm Computing Platform Worldwide Developer
> Conference we had a
> number of prototype Dragonball EZ units available for
> developers to use.
>
> Unfortunately, we were not able to complete 4, 5 and 6 in the
> time that we
> would have liked. This was due to a series of unfortunately
> timed illnesses
> and one early baby. Please be assured that we will work on
> making future
> product launches go more smoothly for you.
>
> I would also like to update you on the status of 5 and 6:
>
> 5. We will have units available for U.S. program members to
> purchase at the
> developer discount by the end of next week. As for members
> outside of the
> U.S., we are investigating how to extend the developer
> discount program to
> you.
>
> 6. We have now posted an update to the documentation that includes
> information on new APIs. We will also post a page that summarises the
> differences by the end of next week.
>
> There have also been concerns about the value of our Solution Provider
> Program. We are looking at those concerns, and we are
> continuing to add
> features that increase the value of the programs. As an
> example, by the end
> of next week we will have a new Development Resources Seeding
> program that
> will include all the debug and non-debug ROMs. We will also use this
> program to seed the Palm VII device ROMs and tools. Look for
> information on
> this members only program by the end of this week.
>
> We thank you for continuing to support our platform.
>
> Respectfully
> Gabriel Acosta-Lopez
> Director Platform Development Services
> Palm Computing(R) - a 3Com(R) Company
>
>
>
