[REBOL] Re: REBOL on the PALM
From: kolla:nvg:ntnu:no at: 21-Jun-2001 2:04
On Wed, 20 Jun 2001, Ralph Roberts / ALEXANDER BOOKS wrote:
> >Is there any plan to get a REBOL system on the PALM ? I am just
> >wondering...
> >
> >Jeannot
> >
> >
>
> I believe REBOL says no because of memory problems. Pity--if ever a system
> was MADE for REBOL, it's the Palm<g>. I would LOVE to have it on my
> Handspring Visor.
Seriously, if _any_ PDA OS would fit into the same world as REBOL
it would have to be NewtonOS ;)
PalmOS is like AmigaOS1.x, each app lives in its own context and transporting
data between tha apps on the device is pain in the butt, using the limited
clipboard is simply too lame :) The newton has data recognition and
transport between the apps buildt in and it works dandy. As an example, you
can type in "dinner with Paula, next tuesday at 20 at cafe blurb" and it will
look up Paula in the address book, and also cafe blurb if you like, and
put the date into the schedule for next tuesday with full name of Paula
and address of cafe blurb. Also, if I have an email program or two, a ftp
client, an irc client, a speach syntesizer, a text processor and maybe a
text2html converter installed, and I am in the notebook equivalent with
some text, I can select the general "envelope" icon, and all those apps
will pop up in a menu.. "send with mail app1 | send with mail app2 | ftp
to... | dcc to... | speak | edit with text processor | convert to html"
This is what I want and need a PDA for, not only _storing_ day2day data
but also being able to process them and address them. One of the imho
big mistakes Apple is doing today, is that they dont license out newtonOS,
the number one PDA cpu for new PDAs today is the SA1110, which is the exact
same CPU the newton ran (in form of SA110). Arg.. what a waste! :)
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-- kolla