I agree completely - it is a hugh job to develop and support an app for
these disjoint platforms.
We too thought up front that we would support all of these platforms and
figured that Codewarrior, which appears to support all of platforms we were
interested in would be great. We did not figure on the APIs being
completely different (not even close). Palm OS even has it's own set of C
"standard" functions (strcopy, etc).
What did we do? We found in some trade analysis publications that Palm OS
is over 87% of the PDA sales in 2000, up from 83% in 1999. And that the
competitors are at best in the 2% to 3% of the market share. We decided
that we are not interested in these tiny markets and put our focus into Palm
OS (and, due to testing and other corporate reasoning, windows 9x platform)
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Easy Business Software
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Shaikh Khurram Saghir" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Palm Developer Forum" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, August 07, 2001 7:20 AM
Subject: Re: from subramanian
> Richard is right, I can tell you the answers but whats the use you'll not
be
> able to get much from them. You'll require almost a year to get aquainted
> well with any of the OS. I think you should start with a project plan.
> Divide your work among your team members and take off. But if you insist
>
> Palm OS
> Hardware: There are many PDAs from Palm. You should choose the one that
you
> would like to use in order to connect with internet (There are many ways
by
> which one can connect with internet :-).
> Development Tool: I am using Codewarrior but some time back I simply
counted
> tools available for Palm OS on www.palmos.com and the number bypassed
twenty
> five burp.. :-b
>
> Win CE
> Hardware: Same as in case of Palm. However pocketpc seems to be the most
> popular (correct me) at this time. Look for the connectivity option before
> buying any.
> Development tools: As far as I think you can use MFC for it. I have seen
> some third party RAD tools also but I don't know about them much. Look
> before you leap I have seen developers cry programming it :-D
>
> Epoc
> Hardware: Search for Psion Series devices
> Development tools: Symbian provides SDK for it.
>
> Ofcourse you can go for java also to program all the three devices. I hate
> to tell you about VMs, go ahead look for them yourselves there are a lot
of
> implimentations. Look for features that you would like to have in your
> project and whether they are provided by tools you have choosen or not.
>
>
> I have written overview of the overview here :-D I don't want to confuse
you
> but team effort is required here you can't do anything alone here.
>
> Khurram+
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Richard Anderson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: Palm Developer Forum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Tuesday, August 07, 2001 1:52 PM
> Subject: RE: from subramanian
>
>
> > Have you actually made any effort to look yourself ???
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Subramanian Babu [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > > Sent: 07 August 2001 09:12
> > > To: Palm Developer Forum
> > > Subject: RE: from subramanian
> > >
> > > thanks for your reply. so what is the solution for this. i neeed
> > > information
> > > like what is the software and hardware requirement for each one, and
all
> > > the
> > > possible alternatives. can you suggest me where do i find stuffs
realted
> > > to
> > > these.
> > > with regards
> > > subramanian
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of
Shaikh
> > > Khurram Saghir
> > > Sent: Tuesday, August 07, 2001 12:36 PM
> > > To: Palm Developer Forum
> > > Subject: Re: from subramanian
> > >
> > >
> > > > and java script for Palm OS application,WIndows CE and EPOC. i dont
> know
> > >
> > > :-D You forgot the RIM black berry devices :-D
> > >
> > > > what is the fundamental requirement for all these. what is the
> hardware
> > > and
> > > > software needed. can you please assist me in this.
> > >
> > > :-) Each one is a totally different OS and their requirements differ
> from
> > > each other to such a level that even an application written in java
for
> > > wince/epoc will not run here on palm os and vice versa. This is not
the
> > > work
> > > of a single person you'll require a full blown team consisting of
people
> > > who
> > > have expertise in Palm OS, Win CE and Epoc. Programming these devices
> mean
> > > rework from the scratch every time as they don't have much in common.
> You
> > > have to take care of a lot of other things specific to each platform
> > > which'll be taken care by the respective domain expert.
> > >
> > >
> > > Khurram+
> > >
> > >
> > >
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