Re: Aceeca - Linux or Palm or WinCE or...?

2010-02-05 Thread Dmitry Grinberg
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On Thu, Feb 4, 2010 at 8:25 PM, Eric Bresie  wrote:

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> On Thu, Feb 4, 2010 at 7:53 PM, David Kenny wrote:
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>> Codewarrior is windows based..not Linux..missed the point.. try using a
>> Linux OS to write a Palm app..its almost not possible. so why does Palm
>> choose to restrict the potential developer market?
>>
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> I thought Codewarrior for Palm device was no longer available...
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Re: Aceeca - Linux or Palm or WinCE or...?

2010-02-04 Thread Eric Bresie
On Thu, Feb 4, 2010 at 7:53 PM, David Kenny wrote:

> Codewarrior is windows based..not Linux..missed the point.. try using a
> Linux OS to write a Palm app..its almost not possible. so why does Palm
> choose to restrict the potential developer market?
>

I thought Codewarrior for Palm device was no longer available...
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Re: Aceeca - Linux or Palm or WinCE or...?

2010-02-04 Thread Luc Le Blanc
David Thacker wrote:

> Alex Topschij, Aceeca CEO, did in fact post a couple responses in
> the comments section of the (copied) story on Engadget, but you
> have to hunt for them pretty hard.

Even harder now that Engadget has turned off comments after some rude ones 
(possibly on other topics.)


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Re: Aceeca - Linux or Palm or WinCE or...?

2010-02-04 Thread David Kenny
Codewarrior is windows based..not Linux..missed the point.. try using a 
Linux OS to write a Palm app..its almost not possible. so why does Palm 
choose to restrict the potential developer market?


no taking care for phone in a harsh environment isn't possbile. I would 
guess you don't work in 30+ foot ladders and in a dusty enviroment.. yes 
dropping a phone off a 2nd story happens unless you only working in an 
office not not fixing someone roof..yes I fix peoples roofs.. at $300 a 
phone forget it!. so take your phone and throw it against the brick 
wall..will it live..no..then it won't work for me..it might for you, but 
not me..sorry my last 2 phones..1 died because the mic's quite working 
properly the 2nd the I destroy the external display..I slide a table saw 
corner in the display..cracked the LCD.. I used the phone until the 
battery stopped taking a charge then moved to a GZone..2+yrs ago..so its 
possible..so take a step out and see how contractors use a phone, yes 
non office workers..when I worked in an office..I have those phones..


sorry delivery driver needing a rugged phone..you don't understand 
needing a rugged phone! think 10X this rugged!
if you cannot throw it against a brick wall, and it still working 
noraml, its not rugged! MIL SPEC! i'm not joking here!!


I wish Palm would think about having something Linux based..the 
programming is MUCH EASIER..
you develope palm apps for a living. ever write an app the runs on 
WINDOWS, LINUX and A handheld?  NO compiling needed? nothing special 
needed? just copy the files from development to the target?
yes the app I wrote for my Nokia N810 works as on on Linux desktop and 
I'm sure it would run on a Windows desktop. with no code changes..It 
uses python2.6, pyqt and sqlite.


I agree about the paper receipts..I would just use pencil and paper to 
track the jobs and works then sent formal receipts later.


but this doesn't address why palm aren't rugged. there are PC that are! 
sure palms and pc aren't the same thing but to suggest that palm cannot 
be rugged and cheap..I don't but it.


so what's the next non phone after Palm Tx? separate the 2 function..the 
PDA stay safe..the phone..it might have to live having the crap beat out 
of it..put another way I don't need a PDA that I can beat the crap out 
of but its the phone as well..all bets are off.it'll get the crap beat 
out of it.


thanks to taking the time to anwser.

-dkenny

Benjamin wrote:

On 2/3/2010 9:46 PM, David Kenny wrote:

too bad Palm missed the market..they used to have a great product.
it almost impossible to develop palm apps using Linux platform..bad 
move..

does the webos support python? pyqt? pyside?


I found that you have to use Codewarrior to even write a Palm app 
easily.  Otherwise I found it near impossible.  Pretty easy to do 
using Codewarrior.  Palm Programming Bible is a must.  I do Palm 
development for a living.



its also a shame that almost all new devices are a PDA/phone..ever stop
to think of what happens when you break the phone? My current Gzone is
the only phone I've owned that's lived more 1yr and I wouldn't think
twice about replacing the battery instead of the whole phone. the rest
died or broke or were broken. there are very few mil spec phones and no
mil spec PDA's on the market.


Take better care of your phones.  I have all my past phones lined up 
side by side on my dresser.  Sure I only use my Pixi and the Centro is 
still used as a PDA to test apps.



in the article they mention a ruggized
device..to what standard? and at $500...pencil and paper is looking
better..


$500 is cheap for a ruggedized Palm.  Janam makes ruggedized Palms and 
the Janam is about $750.  They are used by delivery drivers and such 
to print receipts on the go and such.  It is pretty much a bargain.  A 
pencil and paper receipt aren't very professional in my humble 
opinion.  I am looking forward to the new Aceeca Palms.  They are 
needed for the industry we make software for.


That PDA 32 sounds good too.  I am not sure how powerful it is or if 
it could replace a TX or E2, but I hope it is.  E2 and TX are too 
fragile for point of sale applications and they are getting hard to 
find anymore.




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Re: Aceeca - Linux or Palm or WinCE or...?

2010-02-04 Thread Benjamin

On 2/3/2010 9:46 PM, David Kenny wrote:

too bad Palm missed the market..they used to have a great product.
it almost impossible to develop palm apps using Linux platform..bad move..
does the webos support python? pyqt? pyside?


I found that you have to use Codewarrior to even write a Palm app 
easily.  Otherwise I found it near impossible.  Pretty easy to do using 
Codewarrior.  Palm Programming Bible is a must.  I do Palm development 
for a living.



its also a shame that almost all new devices are a PDA/phone..ever stop
to think of what happens when you break the phone? My current Gzone is
the only phone I've owned that's lived more 1yr and I wouldn't think
twice about replacing the battery instead of the whole phone. the rest
died or broke or were broken. there are very few mil spec phones and no
mil spec PDA's on the market.


Take better care of your phones.  I have all my past phones lined up 
side by side on my dresser.  Sure I only use my Pixi and the Centro is 
still used as a PDA to test apps.



in the article they mention a ruggized
device..to what standard? and at $500...pencil and paper is looking
better..


$500 is cheap for a ruggedized Palm.  Janam makes ruggedized Palms and 
the Janam is about $750.  They are used by delivery drivers and such to 
print receipts on the go and such.  It is pretty much a bargain.  A 
pencil and paper receipt aren't very professional in my humble opinion. 
 I am looking forward to the new Aceeca Palms.  They are needed for the 
industry we make software for.


That PDA 32 sounds good too.  I am not sure how powerful it is or if it 
could replace a TX or E2, but I hope it is.  E2 and TX are too fragile 
for point of sale applications and they are getting hard to find anymore.


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Re: Aceeca - Linux or Palm or WinCE or...?

2010-02-03 Thread David Kenny

too bad Palm missed the market..they used to have a great product.
it almost impossible to develop palm apps using Linux platform..bad move..
does the webos support python? pyqt? pyside?

i tried for months to learn to write a palm app..yes I know how to program.
It took me about 6 months to learn pyqt and python to write an app for 
my Nokia N810. yes I have another job so learning to program was done in 
my spare time. I never got that far with the palm developement. way too 
MS focused.


its also a shame that almost all new devices are a PDA/phone..ever stop 
to think of what happens when you break the phone? My current Gzone is 
the only phone I've owned that's lived more 1yr and I wouldn't think 
twice about replacing the battery instead of the whole phone. the rest 
died or broke or were broken. there are very few mil spec phones and no 
mil spec PDA's on the market. in the article they mention a ruggized 
device..to what standard? and at $500...pencil and paper is looking better..


-dkenny

Edward Jones wrote:
I was very interested when David Thacker made the announcement about 
the Aceeca Palm PDAs and went looking for more information and 
pictures to show the bosses but I was a little worried when going to 
Aceecas web site that they only show the MEZ1500 as running either 
Linux or Win CE? 
http://www.aceeca.com/home/mez_comparison_NEW-20090225.php


The only product that is listed as running PalmOS is the grey scale 
MEZ1000 which is no good for me. Worse still, the Aceeca site makes no 
reference to the PDA32 which is the one I am most interested in...


Can anyone (David?) confirm this?

Regards

Edward Jones



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Re: Aceeca - Linux or Palm or WinCE or...?

2010-02-03 Thread David Thacker
Ben,

I'll take this opportunity to correct your response.

Tam Hanna copied my original story about the Aceeca handhelds from my 
posting to the Palm Entrepreneur's Forum (PEF) mailing list, without my 
permission or attribution.  Other news outlets copied from Hanna's posting. 
PIC posted an article quoting Hanna's posting, even though I sent an 
original copy to PIC, but when I asked them about it, they recognized their 
mistake and modified their story accordingly:

http://www.palminfocenter.com/news/6631/aceeca-readying-new-palm-os-garnet-handhelds/

I don't really care that Hanna copied what I wrote, but I do care enough to 
set the record straight here.  The goal of my posting was to get the word 
out about the new Garnet-powered handhelds coming, so that is the important 
thing in my view.  [Would I have posted someone else's story without 
attribution?  Of course not.]


Responding to Edward's questions about why this information doesn't come 
direct from Aceeca or why it doesn't show up on their website, that is 
definitely a valid question.

It took me months of back and forth with the Aceeca CEO to get permission to 
release the information I did.  To make a long story shorter, they 
originally announced the MEZ1500 with CE in the fall of 2007.  Their 
hardware design had some problems, and so they took a lot of flak for 
announcing the product before it was ready.  It's been a long road to get 
that product to market, and they've now swung the other way (in my opinion) 
in waiting too long before announcing that it is ready and that they have 
other new handhelds almost ready as well.  I don't think you'll see an 
announcement about the new devices on the Aceeca website until the day it is 
added to their online store.

Alex Topschij, Aceeca CEO, did in fact post a couple responses in the 
comments section of the (copied) story on Engadget, but you have to hunt for 
them pretty hard.


Regarding your ALP question, I doubt you will see ALP offered on the Aceeca 
devices.


One other exciting tidbit about PalmOS Garnet on the Aceeca MEZ1500 and 
PDA32: Aceeca has full OS source code and authorization from ACCESS to make 
whatever changes they see fit to improve the OS.

Regards,

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"Benjamin" <> wrote in message news:188...@palm-dev-forum...
> This was addressed earlier.  From what I understand, Tam Hanna was the one 
> who released the information and Aceeca was embarrassed earlier by not 
> making their release dates and was reluctant to issue a press release 
> until they are solid on the date.
>
> At least that is the information I received from reading this forum.
>
> I also look forward to using this device and my customers might like it 
> too.  Look forward to getting my hands on one of each unit to review.
>
> Benjamin.
>
> On 2/3/2010 1:49 AM, Edward Jones wrote:
>> I was very interested when David Thacker made the announcement about the
>> Aceeca Palm PDAs and went looking for more information and pictures to
>> show the bosses but I was a little worried when going to Aceecas web
>> site that they only show the MEZ1500 as running either Linux or Win CE?
>> http://www.aceeca.com/home/mez_comparison_NEW-20090225.php
>>
>> The only product that is listed as running PalmOS is the grey scale
>> MEZ1000 which is no good for me. Worse still, the Aceeca site makes no
>> reference to the PDA32 which is the one I am most interested in...
>>
>> Can anyone (David?) confirm this?
>>
>> Regards
>>
>> Edward Jones
>>
>
> 



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Re: Aceeca - Linux or Palm or WinCE or...?

2010-02-03 Thread Benjamin
This was addressed earlier.  From what I understand, Tam Hanna was the 
one who released the information and Aceeca was embarrassed earlier by 
not making their release dates and was reluctant to issue a press 
release until they are solid on the date.


At least that is the information I received from reading this forum.

I also look forward to using this device and my customers might like it 
too.  Look forward to getting my hands on one of each unit to review.


Benjamin.

On 2/3/2010 1:49 AM, Edward Jones wrote:

I was very interested when David Thacker made the announcement about the
Aceeca Palm PDAs and went looking for more information and pictures to
show the bosses but I was a little worried when going to Aceecas web
site that they only show the MEZ1500 as running either Linux or Win CE?
http://www.aceeca.com/home/mez_comparison_NEW-20090225.php

The only product that is listed as running PalmOS is the grey scale
MEZ1000 which is no good for me. Worse still, the Aceeca site makes no
reference to the PDA32 which is the one I am most interested in...

Can anyone (David?) confirm this?

Regards

Edward Jones




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Re: Aceeca - Linux or Palm or WinCE or...?

2010-02-03 Thread Edward Jones
Unless, of course, Linux = ALP the Access Linux Platform? Which asks 
more questions about compatability?


On 03/02/2010 07:49, Edward Jones wrote:

I was very interested when David Thacker made the announcement about the
Aceeca Palm PDAs and went looking for more information and pictures to
show the bosses but I was a little worried when going to Aceecas web
site that they only show the MEZ1500 as running either Linux or Win CE?
http://www.aceeca.com/home/mez_comparison_NEW-20090225.php

The only product that is listed as running PalmOS is the grey scale
MEZ1000 which is no good for me. Worse still, the Aceeca site makes no
reference to the PDA32 which is the one I am most interested in...

Can anyone (David?) confirm this?

Regards

Edward Jones




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