Nevermind that the horse is already out of the barn on this one. Not only do
no pre-3.0 Palm devices have serial numbers, but neither do the Visors (at
least the first round, I don't know about the Prism or Platinum) or the
m100. I also seem to remember hearing something about the early V's and the
Sony Clie also being sans serial number.. so you are eliminating a huge
number of existing machines if you "require" a UID.
The other side of that is that we have an easily extendible, real-world
example of what happens when you try to etch an ID number into something
like a CPU.. just ask Intel about their plan to include such a thing in the
Pentium III... the public at large wouldn't stand for it.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Nesse, Rustin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Palm Developer Forum" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, October 30, 2000 10:46 AM
Subject: RE: Sigularity of each Palm device
> Especially if there is the capability to track the UID through a
> wireless internet connection. But that aside, a UID would provide an
> easy to retrieve key for copy protection code encryption. Of course,
> if someone else were to retrieve that UID programmatically, then
> reapply it directly to the code...crack! (Actually a keygen, but at
> the very least, it might give you more time to market and sell your
> software).
>
> -Rus
>
> >Since many people ask this question, maybe this is something
> >Palm should
> >address. With a device made to beam information to other
> >devices, it seems
> >like a good idea to have a unique identifier. Of course there
> >is the privacy
> >issue.
> >__________________________________________
> >Guy Duplantier
> >Software Developer
> >AEC Software, Inc.
> >703-450-1980
> >__________________________________________
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf
> >Of Patrick
> >Ouellet
> >Sent: Monday, October 30, 2000 9:20 AM
> >To: Palm Developer Forum
> >Subject: Sigularity of each Palm device
> >
> >
> >Is there some kind of serial number retreivable
> >via programming for each palm...
> >
> >Or any unique number for each palm device made
> >
> >I need to have a unique key for each of the palm I install my apps on.
> >The best would be some kind of serial number or something like that.
> >Anyone have a clue ??
> >
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