Re: Has independent Palm deveopment died?
- From: Sarah <sarah_sonderson@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 1 Jun 2008 22:24:36 -0700 (PDT)
On May 27, 3:00 am, Daniel James <wastebas...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
In article
<news:30c395f0-5940-47ae-9900-14544c662efb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
, Sarah wrote:
Do you know where to find out about sales numbers of "download" or
"shareware" software for java, symbian, MW?
Many of the freeware/shareware download sites give download numbers for
the various applications they can supply. That's probably where I'd
start looking.
I have done some work for a company that was active in this area, and
have seen the figures they compiled for their own use ... but
unfortunately the figures are confidential and also not very recent,
and I have no idea how they collected the data.
If you had an idea for an app for mobile/PDA, which OS would you go
with? Or should I ask, how would you decide which OS to go with?
Well ... if you are writing a new app (rather than porting an existing
app from a different platform) the first thing to do would be to see
which platforms support what your app needs. For typical PDA apps
you'll probably find that any platform will do, but if you need tons of
resources some platforms may be ruled out or may require extra work
(the newer Palm devices with VFS have limits on RAM image sizes, for
example).
You have to pick development tools with which you are happy. If you
like the gcc cross-compilers you can target just about anything, but if
you have a passion for Visual Studio you'll find yourself drawn to
Windows Mobile.
You also have to assess the size of the market. At the moment the most
numerous smartphone designs use Symbian or Windows Mobile (even some
Palm models use WM) with PalmOS distinctly in third place ... but
developments like OpenMoko and Google's Android will mean that there
are some very nice devices that run linux -- whether they will gain
mass-market popularity or remain niche "geek-toys" I can't predict.
There's also Blackberry. There are a lot of Blackberries in the world,
but I'm not aware of much of a third-party software market -- it's just
not something I know anything about. I can't help you with that, I'm
afraid, you need to do some more research.
--
Cheers,
Daniel.
Thank you all so much. It's obvious there are still some thoughtful
people paying attention to palm development. I think I will start
developing my app, and try to be as ready for cross-platform as
possible, and keep an eye on android and openmoko. I've finally
reached a point in life where I can spend a little time on this and am
encouraged to at least start and keep researching.
Thanks again.
Sarah
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