As mostly a hardware manufacturer, I'm with you. Not only is software compatibility standard a moving target from device to device, but a small company like mine cannot keep up with the physical platform changes and the premature retirement of models that have just been adopted by the commercial market. I spend more time these days modifying code written post OS 3.5 to remain compatibility from new unit to new unit (strictly using API calls, nothing fancy) than writing new applications. Palm is severely hampering their sales in the commercial/industrial market by not maintaining at least 1 model past a year or two. The lack of a fully 2-way IO port on the low-end models doesn't help either. Hopefully the unit to unit inconsistencies will disappear with OS 6. It would be a bonus if licensee models begin to homogenize with PalmOne units too (I sony won't sony mention sony any sony names )
----- Original Message ----- From: "Jeff Diamond" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Palm Developer Forum" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, October 07, 2003 6:53 PM Subject: Re: Not getting Launcher/Menu buttons on a real T3... > Aaron, thanks so much for backing me up. > > Well, it's official - the Tungsten T3 is NOT OFFICIALLY OS COMPATIBLE. > It is a RENEGADE device. > > We honestly cannot come up with any general solution to not having the > location of the silk screen buttons. So our only hope is to hack some > code *If it is a Tungsten T3 Then...* and hand code the locations of the > silk buttons. > > Do you know how one can check to see if you're running on a T3? > =========================== > This reminds me of when they (Palm) broke the functionality of winExit > event, so I had to check for every single event that MIGHT cause a > winExit. Of course, I couldn't keep up forever and soon new devices had > events I hadn't heard of and everything broke. > > Why Palm would force developers into a device by device basis beats me. :0 > I just remember when Handspring kept changing the physical dimensions of > their Springboard until the hardware makers said "we're not gonna take > this anymore." We need a developer revolt until we get some basic APIs > that should have been in there since OS 3.5. > > - Jeff -- For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/support/forums/
