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Re: What's Garnet up to with the expiration date?

That was a big issue with pose, needing that initial right click to setup.

I went about doing this with synergy.
its not optimize, so it lags.

that initial right click is needed to set up where the rom is located.
You can also start it from the command line, which would save you from having to right click, I think.

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Originally Posted by suitti (Post 150560)

I installed POSE on my n800, OS2008. As far as the application manager is concerned, it's fine. I think I have an OS 3.5 ROM image at home, and if not, I have a HandSpring Visor Platinum, and should be able to get a ROM image from it. The Visor is a 68K dragonball, 33 MHz.

POSE comes up on my n800, but it wants me to right click to bring up the menu. Doing a press and hold with the stylus doesn't do it. I have an Igo BT keyboard. it comes with zero documentation. Any way to leverage it for this? The (windows) menu key, for example, doesn't seem to do it.

Does this work on any OS? I'd hate to reflash just for POSE, but might.

I have root, and am a Unix wizard. Any way to trick it?

I have skins, but haven't put them in the right place yet. Apparently, they need to be named 'skins', but where will take some research.

Re: What's Garnet up to with the expiration date?

Have folks seen this article?

Palm OS on Nokia: Strategy or tactic?

From the article:

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--There are several ways Access could make money from this [Garnet VM]:
* Give away the emulator in beta but charge for the final version.
* Give away the emulator on N-series but charge for it on other platforms.
* Give away the emulator everywhere and make money by selling support software and bundling a software store and taking a cut of the purchase fees for apps (a derivative of the iMode and Acrobat models).

Intrigued by the possibilities, I talked to folks at Access. They shot down most of my speculation.

Personally, I've not been encouraged by Access. I don't see a road map for future development, and I get the feeling that Access may have released its GVM for reasons that do not imply future development. Some good guesses have been already posted, especially by Johnx. I'll toss out a two of my own:

- Access may have had GVM in the "bank"
- Access may have released GVM as a "bone" to Nokia

Perhaps Access already had GVM in the "bank" in terms of having developed it before realizing that its market potential is minimal. Given that the beta GVM release has garnered use only among a niche group, this may well be true. At the same time, Access may be working on a closer relationship with Nokia. If this is the case, it might make sense for Access to release a basic GVM that allows Nokia to better sell its internet tablets.

Neither scenario provides much hope that Access intends to expend much effort on future GVM development. Commercial software development is expensive, and most companies are loathe to expend effort on software that has, as unique 311 points out, minimal commercial potential. It would be nice to see Access open source the GVM; however, companies often fail to see the value in doing so.

I'm going to give POSE a whirl, and I hope POSE development moves forward. I'm not a developer, I only play one on TV. But I'm going to see if I can help out on the POSE effort.

Re: What's Garnet up to with the expiration date?

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Originally Posted by burmashave (Post 158380)

Have folks seen this article?

Not yet. :D I admit that I don't really care if Access does much more with the GVM, though. It's useful to me as it is!

Re: What's Garnet up to with the expiration date?

Uh, obviously Access doesn't really care about the GVM on Nokia tablets. We're all beta testers for them. They plan on using the GVM in their current work, the Access Linux Platform (their version of the successor to Palm OS- Palm will have a second one in a year supposedly.) Basically they used this to work out bugs for their final ALP version of the emulator I'm sure.

Re: What's Garnet up to with the expiration date?

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Originally Posted by rcsteiner (Post 160166)

Not yet. :D I admit that I don't really care if Access does much more with the GVM, though. It's useful to me as it is!

Not if its going to expire in 5 days, it won't be useful to you. :(

Re: What's Garnet up to with the expiration date?

By a strange coincidence, I received several "test" messages from access-company last night, one of which was from an individual. I enquied as to what was going on, and received this:

"Hi Steve,

We are preparing an update for those who downloaded the Garnet VM beta for
the Nokia tablet but the test email unintentionally gone out to some of
the users. My apologies."

The quotes are mine. Upon further enquiry, I received this:

"I'm sure you'll be happy with the new features...and it's still free! :)"

When?, I asked, and received this:
"Still working on the final details. Look for it before the end of the
week."

(Me again) - So it looks as if there is an upgrade, and I am keeping my fingers crossed that it will use the N810 display better. If so, it will be the answer to most ofthe shortcomings I find with the N810

[Quantus canis in fenestram est?]

Re: What's Garnet up to with the expiration date?

the beta2 is released...
WITH FULL_SCREEN SUPPORT
edit:
OMD (oh my dog) it IS NICE!!!
but i´ve a problem. i need to open a 130mb file in isilo (isilo.com).
it is possible? because we´ve only 64mb available.

out to LinuxTag
edit2: it´s not possible (isilo 130mb file)
edit3: it will expire on 31 may 2008
edit4: i think i´m not up to date... has it been mentioned before??? because the expire date was mentioned...

Re: What's Garnet up to with the expiration date?

I've installed the update full screen portrait isn't bad and mathlib works. I can use Medcalc ! It wipes all programs on install however so I haven't tried on my main GVM as I need to use that today.

Re: What's Garnet up to with the expiration date?

Alright, this new release looks pretty darn cool. Now that it's portrait full screen it's a lot more usable. I'll have fun playing with this. :D

-John

Re: What's Garnet up to with the expiration date?

Nothing here yet :( Is there any kind of fake expansion card access? Or connecting to the host?