[Palm OS] Palm OS: There's no there there
 

I'd be happy if someone talked me out of this, but my impression is that the POS on the N800/N810 is worthless unless you already own a bunch of Palm software. The thousands of available programs that Garnet hyped when it announced the platform prove to be obsolete, expensive, or nonexistent, even if you could figure out which versions run under this VM. It's really cool that I can launch this alternate platform on my Nokia tablet, but as a productive/fun tool -- zilch. A vaporware come-on and a stone-cold dead end, at least so far.

Please tell me I'm wrong - I hope I am.:confused:

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For me it's worthless, since it won't run a single program that I'm interested in (bhajis loops, microbe, and other audio synths / samplers / etc).

However, if there's an application you want to run that works in the VM, and has no equivalent running natively, then I wouldn't call it worthless.

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pretty much sucks, until they make use of the ****ing screen the IT has.
found a couple of games and paint programs i wouldn't mind using.

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As with most things, the answer depends what you want to do! Certainly the folks who already have a bunch of Palm software will appreciate the Garnet VM. But it can fill some gaps in what's available for the tablet, too. One example: The Contact Manager built into the GVM is far superior to the tablet's app, or to anything available for the tablet.

There are still lots of Palm apps available for download for free or low cost, but if they don't fulfill your needs then they're useless...to YOU!

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I've seen several posts praising the Palm Contacts program that's built into Garnet VM, but is it possible to import multiple contacts? I haven't figured out how, and re-entering alll my data manually is far too onerous. So I'm not seeing how this is a silver lining.

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As for the thousands of available programs.. just after Access announced GVM one of the major websites for finding PalmOS freeware was taken over by a company more interested in non-freeware, and they decided to remove a lot of the listings.

There are still lots of good applications to be found though. http://www.freewarepalm.com/listall.shtml

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Believe it or not, no matter how kludgy it is right now, the Palm VM (and the address book) is the only program which allows seamless synchronization between my desktop outlook and the Nokia. Yes, I can't really do much with the addresses at this point (other than look them up), but it at least works. (I've monitored the threads about syncing GPE with Outlook, and it ain't easy!

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I know that it is a long shot but what I do is to synchronise Outlook with Schedule World via Funambol plugin (free of charge). Then Synchronise Schedule world with Google Calendar and then sychronise google calendar through erminig to gpe calendar. It works although it is not the best of the solutions.

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When you synchronize, are your desktop and your N800 in the same subnet? I'm still trying to determine why GVM can't see my desktop for HotSyncing.

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I have some vague recollections about issues with subnets and sync for Palm.. but I'm not certain. Over at Brighthand people should know I guess. Have you ever tried the same thing with a real Palm?