I would recomend Java MIDP actually. Yes, it is a bit more pesky to work with on the Palm OS but once you get a build process in place it something you won't really need to mess with any more. You can download the IBM Java toolkit form Palm's developer site. If your only writing a simple data application then it should be quite trivial and you would then have code that should work without a hitch on other devices such as Symbian, Windows CE and Pocket PC.
 
For J2ME developement I use Eclipse: http://www.eclipse.org
It's a very robust development tool and it is also free.
 
To help with packaging the Palm Java midlet I use a tool called J2MEPolish: http://www.j2mepolish.org/
This tool can automatically create a native Palm executable file via the IBM development tools.
 
Code Warrior is a commercial product used for C/C++ for Palm but it's an IDE that has seen it's day come and go.
The PODS development environment is based on Eclipse and is free from Palm so this is a better option if you want to do the project in C/C++ but really C would be the best bet as thee are no C++ class frameworkd available anymore for Palm.
 
For portability, Java is really the only way to go. Also the API's are much easier to work with than standard Palm API's.
 
Hope that helps.
 
Jim
 
"Vishal Sudheer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...


Hi,

  I am new to wireless application development. My application
development is mainly based on C++ on Linux and Windows
platforms. Now I was asked to develop a few applications, mainly
database applications. The purpose of this applications are to
pull data from ftp server and display it on the hand held devices.

  What language should I use for this kind of applications ?
If I opt for Java, can I port application to other OS like
Symbian, WinCE etc? And what about C++/C?

  Thank you.

Vishal




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