>> The various device manufacturers (Palm, Handspring, Symbol, etc.) are in
>> control of how and when they roll out new OS revisions to their customers.
>> I don't think anyone has announced specifics yet.
>
> question is Dave, we know we can upgrade our own devices using the 3.3
> update utility.. but *when* will Palm be offering their operating
> system upgrade to 3.5? (similar to the 3.3 upgrade)?
As far as I know, they haven't announced specifics yet, and I'm not at
liberty to make announcements for another group or company. I too had
thought this would have happened earlier, but I guess my crystal ball
wasn't working right.
> there is also the issue of existing 3.5 devices and the file
> known as the "System" file - after each reset (soft) this thing
> grows by 1-2K, would you like to shed some light on this issue? :P
I'm not positive, but this could be the issue discussed on this list
earlier: that when feature pointers are allocated, they're not
automatically cleaned up after a reset like they should be. I've been told
that'll be addressed in a patch, but I don't know details on that either.
Look through your storage heap for objects with an owner ID of
dmOrphanOwnerID (which is currently 3). Is that where the storage space is
going for you? But don't blindly delete them all since that'd kill all
registered features, both the pointer-style and the normal ones. (Well, if
you did so, make sure to reset right afterwards. And disclaimer: back up
your data before you mess with the OS's structures, no warrany express or
implied, I could be wrong, etc.)
-David Fedor
Palm Developer Support
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