further down: "UPDATE: This article originally had an error in it. I said that while developers will have the option of using HTML, JavaScript, and CSS, they will also be able to use C++. This is not the case. Palm write to tell me that developers won't be able to code in C++, although they will be able to call device services from JavaScript.
This has left me very concerned about the future of games on webOS. Palm has so far kept mostly mum on the subject of games, and my attempts to draw them out at the announcement were unsuccessful. I'm hoping the company is just holding information back as part of plan to build hype as time goes by, but we'll have to wait and see." On 1/12/09, George Kontos <[email protected]> wrote: > Regarding running Palm legacy apps... > > http://is.gd/fB8F : > "...it does not have the ability to run legacy Palm OS applications. Palm > says it expects there to be a third-party Palm OS emulator released for > webOS, and I wouldn't be surprised if the people from StyleTap aren't > already looking into it. But Palm itself isn't going to write one. Instead, > it's going to encourage developers to port their Palm OS applications to > webOS, and says the process should be relatively simple if the software was > written in C++." > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Joel > Suplido > Sent: Monday, January 12, 2009 3:50 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [Treo] Brighthand previews the Pre > > http://is.gd/fB8F "It's not going to be all smooth sailing over calm seas, > though. The Palm > Pre is facing some tough competitors, including Apple, Microsoft, Google, > and RIM > (BlackBerry). But Palm is in a far, far better better position to face them > than it has been in > many years." > > > > > ------------------------------------ > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > >
