Comments on: Pre's Classic Palm OS Emulator Demo'd
In the five minute clip we take a look at a couple of Palm OS apps running in the emulator environment and discuss how some of the functionality will work on the Palm Pre. Also shown is a demo of an unmodified build of Epocrates, a popular medical application. Click on for the video.
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No wonder they don't care about styletap
Pretty Slick
Speaking of the SDK, anyone read anything into the mumbling answer to how deep the developer went outside MOJO?
Overall, it makes me ponder to whom Palm actually listened after being pretty unequivocal they weren't taking active part in a solution to the legacy question at all, let alone before hardware release.
I like the drag and drop loading in USB mode. I guess that's how users would deal with perpetually updated apps like (shudder) Agendus.
End of Contract with Sprint- to become a "Pre-vert" or go Android?
RE: Pretty Slick
Well I guess this is the wisdom of being tight lipped about everything. Even when Ryan spotted the 'classic' app they would say nothing until it's anounced. If it was an afterthought it doesn't really matter.
Nice way to revive the Pre hype
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TealOS on Pre?
A Pre inside a Pre!
RE: TealOS on Pre?
wtang wrote:
Hmmm... run TealOS in emulation mode on the Pre? Think it'll work?
A Pre inside a Pre!
LOL. Dang, should'a paid for TealOS while I still had the chance.....
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migrating existing Palm data
I understand draging the .prc file if you use the Emulator, but what if I do not want to use the Emulator, how does my Palm Desktop data migrate to the Pre ?
RE: migrating existing Palm data
Personally, I still reckon Palm will have some form of webOS desktop sync, and you'll be able to import your Palm Desktop data into that. But those odds admittedly get longer every day that goes by without an annoucement from them...
RE: migrating existing Palm data
My guess would be some kind of bundled or downloadable utility to export all of the PIM data from the Hostync folders on your desktop to the "cloud" then down to the Pre....I wouldn't even rule out Palm throwing in a little fee with the process, but I do expect them to address this eventually. But I don't think it'll be a non-cloud WebOS desktop syncronization. I think it'll be a one-time utility thing to "cloudify" your PIM data and that's it. Palm only wants desktop connectivity via USB MSC for media & legacy Palm OS apps from here on, obviously.
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RE: FYI re PalmOS emulation
Very recent, well-coded Palm OS apps from the past year or two (DTG 10, PTunes 4 or 5, Kinoma, recent Astraware games) may likely run better on a newer OS 5.4 device. But older stuff from '04 or earlier will likely run better on an OS 5.2 device (Warfare Inc would be the best example I can think of). Keep in mind that OS5.2.8 is not Garnet but rather plain ol' "OS5", which we last saw on a Palm device in 2004 (Zire 72 & Zire 31)
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Classic Emulator in Action
No word on how Classic will handle Hotsync User ID/licensing/registration issues (potentially messy). No hardwired Hotsync mode either but we all expected that, just like the Access Garnet emulator for the Nokia N-series devices.
http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/02/palm-pre-classic-emulator-demoed-on-video/
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