Not to bash the Accecs unit but they are not local (they're in New Zealand) and electronics need some serious modifications to fit in their proprietary enclosure that screws into the top of the unit. There may be a lot of tooling involved depending of what you need to implement. Cutting molds is not very cost effective if you're not shipping tens of thousands units.
Ben, tell me again why Metrowerks is not shipping a OSX version of Codewarrior for Palm? I'll give you the same answer for not supporting 3rd party add-ons for low-volume licensee units. (and why my company never could commit to making a Springboard module). ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ben Combee" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Palm Developer Forum" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, October 06, 2003 11:28 AM Subject: Re: Universal Connector????? > At 10:21 AM 10/6/2003, Dave Lippincott wrote: > >I don't think PalmOne has yet realized that there is commercial/industrial > >market for their products or at least don't understand the slow adoption > >rate these companies have. I hope they realize that it can take years for a > >potential industrial customer to adopt hardware and software into a > >manufacturing market. The inexpensive Palm units have a great appeal to > >these types of customers. > > PalmOne may have not, but there are Palm OS licensees that do understand > this -- Symbol and Acceca. Symbol's had a well-supported and stable > product line for a while, while Acceca's new Mezura device looks to be > perfect for lots of industrial applications. No, they aren't as > inexpensive at PalmOne devices, but they come from companies that > understand that market, a market in which PalmOne hasn't shown a big interest. > > The Meazura isn't too expensive for its job ($349 according to > http://www.palmsource.com/handhelds/#aceeca), and it supports a lot of > standard industrial protocols. It's not small or pretty compared to a > Tungsten T|T3, but its nicer looking that most industrial controllers. :) > > -- > Ben Combee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > CodeWarrior for Palm OS technical lead > Palm OS programming help @ www.palmoswerks.com > > > -- > For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/support/forums/ > -- For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/support/forums/
