I can shed a little light on this issue. Through my conversations with
people at Palm, I have come to understand that they have, basically,
undergone a reorganization. There are three sections: the OS, hardware
devices and Palm.net. The contacts we are associated with as developers is
the OS. They have no say over what is announced to the developers and when
pertaining to the other groups. In other words, the OS group is keeping us
up-to-date, giving advanced warning about new OS', etc., and we need to
begin recognizing that the units themselves are now completely separate from
the operating system.
So, with that in mind, although I don't know for certain, I would assume
they are using the Dragonball EZ, OS3.1, and it is probably similar to the
Palm V which may or may not handle new physical OS' but will handle flash
upgrades.
Elia
-----Original Message-----
From: Scott Johnson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Monday, July 19, 1999 8:23 AM
To: Palm Dev Forum
Subject: Questions on new Palm IIIe
So a new Palm device has hit the streets following the usual amount of
advance notice for developers. Some tech questions:
1. Which processor - Dragonball or Dragonball EZ?
2. When will the ROM be made available to developers? (If it's not the
same EZ build as in the Palm V and Palm IIIx.)
3. The chart at http://www.palm.com/products/family.html states that the
IIIe is the only member of the whole Palm family that is NOT
"upgradable." What does this mean? Does it mean the ROM cannot be
reflashed with a new OS such as the upcoming OS 3.3 upgrade? Why?
4. The chart says the IIIe is also not "expandable." What does that
mean? I can see it lacks the IIIx expansion slot (that's fine) but how
is the IIIe any less expandable the the original Palm III?
-slj-
