iPhone Runs PalmOS, Feels Kinda Icky
by Eric March on February 23, 2008 at 6:12 pm
If you’re like me, you’ve probably run the gamut of PalmOS devices and eventually moved on to Windows Mobile, or even the iPhone, after Palm sunk into near-irrelevance from sitting on their success too long and making some blunders in the last few years. Windows Mobile users can enjoy StyleTap if they really need their PalmOS fix – but what about iPhone and iPod Touch users? Well, don’t get too excited just yet, but the folks at StyleTap have ported a proof-of-concept build of their PalmOS emulator to the iPhone — and it seems to work very well! They would like to make it perfectly clear, however, that we should under no circumstances get all drooly just yet:
This is an EXPERIMENTAL version – it is NOT a product, nor is its presence here a commitment of any kind, express or implied, that StyleTap Inc. will ever release an official version of StyleTap CrossPlatform for Apple iPhone or iPod Touch.
That’s not to say that they won’t get official with a real port, just that it’s still very much up in the air right now. With the SDK just around the corner coming out RSN™, there is every possibility — and even a good amount of probability — that they will give it a good college try, what with their Symbian port about to enter its beta phase. The determining factor will be the capabilities and limitations of the SDK. Check out the demonstration video below.
(Source: ZDnet, via Just Another iPhone Blog)
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