As someone considering learning to develop for the Palm OS, there are a number of reasons why I have acquired CodeWarrior 9.0:
1. It is a mature product, developed commercially from the ground up, and evaluated by a large user base over time, which means that the number of bugs in the product that are left for me to personally discover and waste my time dealing with instead of writing a useful application should be fewer than with a new release of something else that is in the process of change. 2. Product is friendly to Windows 98, including PILRC simulator, which minimizes the need for those not writing code professionally to purchase a computer with sufficient memory to handle Windows XE and deal with the need for endless downloads to bring a new OS up to date in terms of software fixes required for it. 3. There are many books, new and used, available through Amazon that focus on CW and the Palm OS. Finally, is it reasonable to expect Palm OS, with so many users in love with their Palm Pilots and similar products using that OS because of the software they are already using on it, perhaps developed specifically for it by them, to risk loss of the related appeal by putting major products on the market that can't run existing software, regardless of how it was developed, even if that is the original plan? The hardware advantages in terms of battery life are destined to disappear with advances in technology, at least in terms of providing any real impediments to use with regard to specific types of software. (Who cares if you have to plug the Palm in once every two weeks, and the palm PC into the charger once a week?) Once the hardware advantages are gone, why pay developers to migrate old applications to PODS if handheld PC's, or tablet PC's, will prove cheaper in the long run in terms of development costs, particularly in terms of ease of use with screen intensive applications given that these latter devices have always tended to have larger, coler screens? Of course, if you want to write a novel with a stylus on your telephone... I would expect that C/C++ must be recognized to have a large user base, if not a large base of new users in 2005, but then that is how software companies make their money, isn't it, with something new? Abandoning anything as popular as C/C++ and MW based software will drive many to consider other paths forward, including purchase of different hardware in terms of total cost of ownership with regard to enterprise based applications. (One might even see a significant market develop for used Palm devices capable of running old software.) Users like to know that the software they buy today, will run on the newer, better OS they purchase tomorrow, if they are to be expected to rely upon a single hardware family. It is the legacy of the PC world under Windows. MW isn't dead just yet, although it appears that that is the mindset of many. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Aaron Hansen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Palm Developer Forum" <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, September 13, 2005 1:00 PM Subject: RE: Product Development Considerations. In fact I would go a step further and say that new developers should start with PODS just because we will all eventually be using PODS. I wouldn't take the time to learn CW at this point since it's a dead horse. We are looking at starting the task of converting our CW projects to PODS for the next release. Sooner or later we will all have to "yank that band-aid off". ;) If you are new to Palm programming, I would suggest picking up a copy of Neil Rhodes Palm OS Programming (free plugs for you Neil). You can get used copies cheap off amazon.com if money is a concern, but even a new copy isn't very much by programming book standards. -Aaron >-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of >Scott Erickson >Sent: Tuesday, September 13, 2005 11:34 AM >To: Palm Developer Forum >Subject: Re: Product Development Considerations. > > >1) you can use stuff like check boxes and text boxs with PDOS > >2) the api does have stuff to use the camara > >3) yes, PDOS is as good as you will get for a free SDK. There >really arnt >any disadvanages in useing PODS. > >-- > > >Scott Erickson >Software Engineer, FB-4, Inc. >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >"pritam hasabnis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message >news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Hello All, >> Can anybody share there experiences related to >> generic generic Product Developement on >> Palm...Following are some of the features I would like >> to incorporate in it : >> 1. My application involves Dynamic Form Creation/Controls(like Check >> Boxes/Text Boxes/List Boxes). >> >> 2. Application should run Devices like Zire >> 72/s,Tungsten Series & so on... >> >> 3. It will incorporate Camera utility.. >> >> 4. Is PODS good Development Environment considering >> Product Development? >> >> Looking forward to your inputs...ASAP.. >> >> Regards, >> -Pritam. >> >> >> >> __________________________________ >> Yahoo! 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