I'm starting to look into this too, and here's what I've managed to dig up
so far. (Any corrections by people who actually know stuff would be
appreciated!)
1. To do internet programming for the Palm VII, you must use the
Palm-supplied INetLib. While the lib supports many protocols, the only
useful one is HTTP, because that's the only one that Palm.net supports. All
Palm VIIs are hard-wired to palm.net's relay.
This is a shame, really, because the Palm VII is built around the Mobitex
network from BellSouth, which allows you to both push and pull info packets
to the device. This makes for very efficient use of bandwidth when creating
truly interactive applications. (I just wrote a chat program for the RIM
blackberry, also on Mobitex, and we're trying to figure out how to port it
to Palm. We'll probably have to do *polling*! ) Palm just hasn't figured
out what wireless is really about yet.
2. A better bet may be the wireless modem add-ons for the Palm V and III.
(We're looking at the Minstrel modem from Omnisky.) I haven't started the
port yet, but I think these modems will allow you to use the TCP/IP stack
built into these Pilots, and use sockets to talk directly to your
socket-based server.
At 11:29 AM 4/13/00 -0700, Tony Davis wrote:
>Hi all,
>
>I'm new to Palm Application development.
>The Palm application that I have in mind needs to exchange data with a
>remote desktop(in another city) continuously.
>Can I achieve this through wireless media?(using wireless modem, cell phone
>connection,wireless net etc..?)
>If yes, what are the equipment/software that i have to purchase to develope
>and deploy such a solution.?
>Also can anyone give me a rough idea of the run-time cost of such a wireless
>connection?
>I have some experience using TCP/IP sockets.Can I use sockets for
>programming?
>
>Please send a detailed answer because dont know much about Palm or
>Communication.
>
>Waiting for some kind advices,
>Tony.
>
>
>
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