> and i have go the answers for the questions. Well, we cant say that their is no need to run the big application (more than 16 > mb) on Palms. It is because we cant do it, that is why think it is not possible. In future i percieve we need it :)
no, if we need that application on the palm, then someone will program it FOR palm, and it'll take less than100k of space. maybe up to1mb, but that's the maximum i'd say. it's just another dimension. you also cant plug your dvd drive you use in your pc to your palm, nor can you connect your palm to your mondern flatscreen. > 1. Does this mean that Palm OS in itself isnst enough mature to handle them? > Has it something to do with the processor speed as well ? the palm os IS mature. but it was not concipied for having a codewarrior demo with 36 mb installed on it. > 2. What about the other Palm OS competetors, how far can they handle the application? palm os competitors... there are: WinCE - that's not "real" windows either. you maybe can copy and paste word and excel documents between desktop and wince device, but you cant copy and paste a desktop application and expect it to run on the ce device. it's another platform. not concipied for such use either. then there would be the sharp zaurus running linux, but it's not the complete linux either. and i doubt that any of those devices have more than 32Mb (maybe 64Mb). about the palm being a server: dont know what you need that for. the palm CAN be a server, it can handle connections. for example it can send and receive data via the infrared port. when one palm (or another device, ie a pc) sends data and one receives, then we got a client and a server. a real good software designer would maybe even get a palm to handle multiple (pseudo) connections, making it possible for more palms to connect to one infrared port (where in fact only one palm would be connected at a time, and the connection would be switched between the devices). but that's more than hardcore. as idries said: "A server" is a pretty vague requirement. there are: webservers, application servers, fileservers, and and and. if you really think you had a good idea ;o) then please specify what you really want to do. Markus Dresch (www.palmside.com) -- For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/support/forums/
