Codewarrior is windows based..not Linux..missed the point.. try using a
Linux OS to write a Palm app..its almost not possible. so why does Palm
choose to restrict the potential developer market?
no taking care for phone in a harsh environment isn't possbile. I would
guess you don't work in 30+ foot ladders and in a dusty enviroment.. yes
dropping a phone off a 2nd story happens unless you only working in an
office not not fixing someone roof..yes I fix peoples roofs.. at $300 a
phone forget it!. so take your phone and throw it against the brick
wall..will it live..no..then it won't work for me..it might for you, but
not me..sorry my last 2 phones..1 died because the mic's quite working
properly the 2nd the I destroy the external display..I slide a table saw
corner in the display..cracked the LCD.. I used the phone until the
battery stopped taking a charge then moved to a GZone..2+yrs ago..so its
possible..so take a step out and see how contractors use a phone, yes
non office workers..when I worked in an office..I have those phones..
sorry delivery driver needing a rugged phone..you don't understand
needing a rugged phone! think 10X this rugged!
if you cannot throw it against a brick wall, and it still working
noraml, its not rugged! MIL SPEC! i'm not joking here!!
I wish Palm would think about having something Linux based..the
programming is MUCH EASIER..
you develope palm apps for a living. ever write an app the runs on
WINDOWS, LINUX and A handheld? NO compiling needed? nothing special
needed? just copy the files from development to the target?
yes the app I wrote for my Nokia N810 works as on on Linux desktop and
I'm sure it would run on a Windows desktop. with no code changes..It
uses python2.6, pyqt and sqlite.
I agree about the paper receipts..I would just use pencil and paper to
track the jobs and works then sent formal receipts later.
but this doesn't address why palm aren't rugged. there are PC that are!
sure palms and pc aren't the same thing but to suggest that palm cannot
be rugged and cheap..I don't but it.
so what's the next non phone after Palm Tx? separate the 2 function..the
PDA stay safe..the phone..it might have to live having the crap beat out
of it..put another way I don't need a PDA that I can beat the crap out
of but its the phone as well..all bets are off.it'll get the crap beat
out of it.
thanks to taking the time to anwser.
-dkenny
Benjamin wrote:
On 2/3/2010 9:46 PM, David Kenny wrote:
too bad Palm missed the market..they used to have a great product.
it almost impossible to develop palm apps using Linux platform..bad
move..
does the webos support python? pyqt? pyside?
I found that you have to use Codewarrior to even write a Palm app
easily. Otherwise I found it near impossible. Pretty easy to do
using Codewarrior. Palm Programming Bible is a must. I do Palm
development for a living.
its also a shame that almost all new devices are a PDA/phone..ever stop
to think of what happens when you break the phone? My current Gzone is
the only phone I've owned that's lived more 1yr and I wouldn't think
twice about replacing the battery instead of the whole phone. the rest
died or broke or were broken. there are very few mil spec phones and no
mil spec PDA's on the market.
Take better care of your phones. I have all my past phones lined up
side by side on my dresser. Sure I only use my Pixi and the Centro is
still used as a PDA to test apps.
in the article they mention a ruggized
device..to what standard? and at $500...pencil and paper is looking
better..
$500 is cheap for a ruggedized Palm. Janam makes ruggedized Palms and
the Janam is about $750. They are used by delivery drivers and such
to print receipts on the go and such. It is pretty much a bargain. A
pencil and paper receipt aren't very professional in my humble
opinion. I am looking forward to the new Aceeca Palms. They are
needed for the industry we make software for.
That PDA 32 sounds good too. I am not sure how powerful it is or if
it could replace a TX or E2, but I hope it is. E2 and TX are too
fragile for point of sale applications and they are getting hard to
find anymore.
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