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Friday, February 17, 2006
Even more about the ACCESS/PalmSource Linux-based platform
Now we are getting into some nice details:
* MAX: The new GUI for advanced phone applications. Will be used by the applications provided by ACCESS.
* Palm OS emulation: For legacy applications and existing Palm OS developers.
* GTK+ and GStreamer: Often used by Linux applications, and known by many Linux developers.
* J2ME: For downloaded (and some embedded) applications.
ACCESS NetFront will be included with an ALP license.
Quote: PalmSource has been working together with ACCESS on ALP for the past three months.
That's a very short time-span, so the system must have been ready before that.
A note about J2ME: The mobile gaming industry knows J2ME (and BREW) best. Hence it's very important that ALP supports it. Note also that ACCESS offered a J2ME/MIDP KVM before the acquisition of PalmSource, so it's even more logical it's included.
ACCESS is a completely different beast now compared to when they were a mobile browser, KVM and TCP/IP stack provider.
PalmInfocenter.com: More Details on the ACCESS Linux Platform
* MAX: The new GUI for advanced phone applications. Will be used by the applications provided by ACCESS.
* Palm OS emulation: For legacy applications and existing Palm OS developers.
* GTK+ and GStreamer: Often used by Linux applications, and known by many Linux developers.
* J2ME: For downloaded (and some embedded) applications.
ACCESS NetFront will be included with an ALP license.
Quote: PalmSource has been working together with ACCESS on ALP for the past three months.
That's a very short time-span, so the system must have been ready before that.
A note about J2ME: The mobile gaming industry knows J2ME (and BREW) best. Hence it's very important that ALP supports it. Note also that ACCESS offered a J2ME/MIDP KVM before the acquisition of PalmSource, so it's even more logical it's included.
ACCESS is a completely different beast now compared to when they were a mobile browser, KVM and TCP/IP stack provider.
PalmInfocenter.com: More Details on the ACCESS Linux Platform
