Quickies: Palm Ads, Movies, Stowaway, PUGs

Posted By: As Listed Saturday, May 18, 2002 8:27:31 AM

Palm Inc. launched a magazine advertising campaign this week aimed at convincing CIOs that Palm handhelds are the best choice for the workplace. The ads focus on Palm handheld's ease of use and lower cost of ownership than its competitors. -Ed

Lions Gate Entertainment, an independent movie studio, and Pocket PC Films have signed an agreement to distribute movies for both the Palm OS and Pocket PC platforms. -PR

TapSpring has an adapter that will let old Stowaway folding keyboard for the Palm V series be used as a PS/2 keyboard. The adapter costs $20. -Harry

The Utah Palm User Group's kick off meeting is Monday May 20th in the Lecture Hall of the Salt Lake County Library at 7:00 pm. Contact Charles Christensen with any questions. -Chris Jenkins

The Silicon Valley Palm Users Group will be hosting their first Palm 101 Training on June 20, 6:30 pm to 9:00 pm. -John Waller

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where did this come from?

I.M. Anonymous @ 5/18/2002 6:45:37 PM #

"Lions Gate Entertainment, an independent movie studio, and Pocket PC Films have signed an agreement to distribute movies for both the Palm OS and Pocket PC platforms. -PR"

There's no story link, and no press release or other information to this effecton the PPC Films site...

RE: where did this come from?

Ed @ 5/18/2002 10:20:35 PM #

Here's the press release:
http://makeashorterlink.com/?Q5F5215E

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News Editor

Palm OS?

I.M. Anonymous @ 5/19/2002 2:03:22 AM #

Went to the site for the movies. I didn't see any mention of the Palm OS. All I saw was talk of PPC and other Windows based products. It specifically mentioned Media player format. Oh well. I guess they're missing the market, considering most handheald users have the Palm OS.

Zzzzz,
Tip DS

RE: Palm OS?

I.M. Anonymous @ 5/19/2002 3:01:44 AM #

Give it some time and they'll probably have something available, they just announced they were going to support Palm.

Not many people want to watch low framerate, pixelated 106x160 video on their Palm device. When Xscale and higher rez screens become the norm then this will make more sense.

RE: Palm OS?

I.M. Anonymous @ 5/19/2002 7:05:39 AM #

Who the hell wants to watch movies on a 2" x 2" screen? I can stand watching em on a laptop - sure ain't ever gonna buy one to watch on my Palm... get real.

RE: Palm OS?

I.M. Anonymous @ 5/19/2002 1:45:34 PM #

And who wants to read novel in 2 by 2 screen anyway? mind boggling.

come to think of it, I should have keep that paper organizer.

Movies on a Palm? :-/

Foo Fighter @ 5/19/2002 3:34:37 PM #

Umm..am I missing something here? How are we going to watch movies on a Palm device without any audio? Are we going back to silent movies?

Given the current hardware, watching videos on a PocketPC may be viable, but on a Palm? I don't think so.

RE: Movies on a Palm? :-/

I.M. Anonymous @ 5/19/2002 6:51:06 PM #

On a Clie, perhaps? While I'm sure I'm stirring up a hornet's nest here, if someone does want to watch movies on a Palm OS device, Sony's the only company with units that have the hardware capability to do it (at least for now).

Note: I, personally, have no interest at this point in watching movies on a 2"x2" screen. However, for those who do--more power to them.

RE: Movies on a Palm? :-/

I.M. Anonymous @ 5/19/2002 11:01:05 PM #

And what exactly qualifies the Clie over ALL other Palm OS devices?

'On a Clie, perhaps? While I'm sure I'm stirring up a 'hornet's nest here, if someone does want to watch 'movies on a Palm OS device, Sony's the only company 'with units that have the hardware capability to do it '(at least for now).

'Note: I, personally, have no interest at this point in 'watching movies on a 2"x2" screen. However, for those 'who do-- more power to them.

RE: Movies on a Palm? :-/

bcombee @ 5/20/2002 12:23:48 AM #

The NR-series CLIEs are best qualified for three reasons:

1) Support Memory Stick, so you can store a reasonably sized movie on the device

2) 66MHz processor with picture decompression acceleration libraries

3) source hardware that can playback MP3-format music without loading the CPU

These all add up to be the best Palm OS hardware for video playback, at least until the ARM-based machines arrive.

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RE: Movies on a Palm? :-/

I.M. Anonymous @ 5/21/2002 11:13:29 AM #

Hey I saw the NR70V steaming the vid from the cam to the display... now if the pic decompresion doesn't
load down the cpu and the screen could display landscape full screen then you are that much closer to
movie screen aspect ratio... just a thought...what do I know I still love my palmV...