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2009-04-30 , 17:33
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Originally Posted by dubwise View Post
One of the things that makes Datebook on the Palm work
is that Palm is a realtime OS. It doesn't multitask.
That's only partly true. It uses a realtime kernel, but hardly a realtime OS (none of the applications being ready for that).
It uses a multitasking kernel, but it's hardly a multitasking OS (no memory protection at all between tasks, "create_thread"-like API reserved to system applications)

Originally Posted by dubwise View Post
It always knows what the current state of everything is.
When you open the calender, it knows you want to look at now, today.
Yes, that's exactly the kind of feature I would be aiming for.

Originally Posted by dubwise View Post
Maemo's not. If your PIM's not running, you get no alarms. It won't wake up if it's off. Palms don't have an off.
Tell that to my tablet. He seems to enjoy waking me up way too early

Originally Posted by dubwise View Post
Nokia has said all along that the NITs are not PDAs. They're right.
This is the second time I read that. Well, I don't think this is a problem with the NIT itself, but rather available software.