Some time ago when people asked about a Palm OS 5 Emulator, Keith (IIRC) said that there are no plans for a OS 5 version, but when Palm OS 6 comes, there will be an Emulator for it.
I hope this wasn't forgotten and that it could be done (if at all possible)...


Nikolai F.

At 15:32 27.10.2004, you wrote:
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On Wed, 27 Oct 2004 22:19, Nikolai Filipov wrote:
> I want to comment on the Tungsten C Simulator for example.
> The real device doesn't have a Graffiti area, which leads to some
> differences in the user interface (no taps in that area, etc).
>
> Why does the Tungsten C Simulator have a Graffiti area then? This makes
> some bugs (which happen on the real device) non-reproducible on the
> Simulator, which I'm sure no one wants...
>
> A side question, are skins for any of the Simulators being planned (so that
> the Simulators look at least somewhat similar to the real devices), or is
> that something for the distant future (or maybe won't ever be implemented)?

IMO the emulators were a much better idea.  They were more portable (i.e.,
they actually _got_ ported to platforms that aren't Windows), and they
carried the bugs of the OS, since the bugs would be in the ROM.  Carrying the
bugs of the OS is a good thing, because it's the _only_ way you can work
around them unless you have the real unit.

I hope that PalmSource recognise their mistake and switch back to using
emulation.  It shouldn't even be particularly hard, since ARM emulators
aren't exactly uncommon.  The GBA emulator was out maybe a week after the
device appeared.  GBA emulators now work on every desktop platform.  Is it
really so hard to do the same for a PDA?  Surely not.

TX

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