>I was wondering if the new HandEra
>APIs for a virtual graffiti area and the different
>screne size will be adopted into the Palm branded OS.
Possibly. Sometimes we fold in APIs that licensees have first shipped,
like VFS, but sometimes it isn't appropriate for the OS or the long-term
state of the platform, and we do something similar or else allow it to
remain a licensee value-add. Stay tuned.
>2) I'm wondering if there will be better access to
>programs on the memory card, like the MSMount program
>that is out there.
Just checking - you do know that 4.0 devices with VFS such as the m500 can
run applications "from the card"? (At least as far as a user is concerned.)
I believe that MSMount does more than that, by pretending the databases are
internal and read-only, but just making sure you realize that apps can be
run from the card from a UI perspective. (They don't actually run from a
card any more than a desktop app runs from a hard drive; they're loaded
into internal memory like a desktop OS does, but that's a programming
detail.)
>Also, are there any plans of making Palm OS 4.0
>available for older machines?
That's a marketing/business question that I'm not qualified to answer.
Technically there's no problem, but will it be a product that is sold? I
don't think they've made any announcements, so neither can I.
-David Fedor
Palm Developer Support
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