How can 0.00% of people be developing for Symbol products, I know at least
two people who develop for Symbol in England alone ???
Rik
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Aaron Ardiri [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: 17 November 2000 15:01
> To: Palm Developer Forum
> Subject: Re: Anyone still making programs compatable with OS 2.0?
>
> > >From an old MetroPUG (www.metropug.org) poll (sorry for the lack of
> > formatting):
>
> ok.. you asked for it :))
>
> Donkie Kung Jr
> ==============
>
> Logging: 2nd July 2000 -> 16th November 2000 (present)
> ----
> Palm Professional 44 1.34 %
> Palm III 149 4.54 %
> Palm IIIe 169 5.15 %
> Palm IIIse 9 0.27 %
> Palm IIIx 233 7.10 %
> Palm IIIxe 118 3.59 %
> Palm IIIc 604 18.41 % |
> Palm V 392 11.95 % | <-- gaming market
> Palm Vx 824 25.12 % |
> Palm M100 77 2.35 %
> Palm VII 20 0.61 %
> Palm VIIx 10 0.30 %
> TRG TRGPro 89 2.71 %
> Handspring Visor 41 1.25 %
> Handspring Visor Deluxe 327 9.97 %
> Handspring Visor Platinum - 0.00 %
> Handspring Visor Prism 9 0.27 %
> IBM Workpad c3 98 2.98 %
> IBM Workpad 30X 18 0.55 %
> IBM Workpad 20X 2 0.00 %
> Sony PEG-S300 19 0.58 %
> Sony PEG-S500C 13 0.39 %
> Symbol SPT 1500 1 0.00 %
> Symbol SPT 1700 1 0.00 %
> Symbol SPT 1740 1 0.00 %
> Qualcomm pDQ -
> Other 12 0.36 %
> ----
> Total 3280
>
> grep.. grep.. wc :) [dont ask me to do this again in a hurry] :P
>
> with Donkie Kung Jr, the top three devices (IIIc, V and Vx) take up
> 55.5% of the total count. now, there are still 44 Palm Professional
> device uses. its probably safe to assume only a few have performed
> the memory upgrade -> 3.0, but this is a TINY percentage :))
>
> we also need to consider that the SONY and new Visors were just
> introduced, and since this report goes back to July - those figures
> are not proportional.
>
> > My baseline is OS 3.0. For my own product, I've had only 1 inquiry to
> > support OS 2.0. There's no way of determining how many people ignored
> my
> > product because I didn't support OS 2.0, but based on this data, I don't
> > think it was a significant number.
>
> my baseline is 2.0 - unless i need to use a 3.0 specific call. there is
> already many instances in my code that says (if 3.5+, do this) - as i
> found a number of inconsistencies between 3.0 -> 3.1 -> 3.3 -> 3.5
> (just minor, but they are there).
>
> the introduction of the Visor was really a nail in the coffin. if it
> was not for these types of devices (non flashable) - we would be able
> to set the standard to at least 3.3 (people can get that upgrade for
> free).. but, its a decision that has been made :))
>
> but then again, even if there was an upgrade available, how many people
> will actually bother with it (3.0 works for most people on III devices)
>
> 3.0 is the absolute minimum if you intend to develop. support 2.0 if
> you can, and if you dont have to twist your arm to do so :)) Palm does
> not sell devices running 2.0 - so you can use this as a baseline too.
>
> cheers
>
> // az "flu, oh flu... go away.."
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> http://www.ardiri.com/ <--- free games!
>
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