1. Palm Rapid Prototyping
PostPC Computing
Palm Rapid Prototyping
2003/4
Prof. Scott Kirkpatrick, HUJI
Amnon Dekel, Bezalel
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2. The Palm PDA First winning Mobile handheld computing solution (1996).
Follows the trailblazing failure of the Apple Newton (1993).
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3. The Palm Platform Product line today: Palm PDA’s
Handspring (palmOne) PDA’s and Smart-phones
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4. Developing on the Palm Platform
Handheld applications are small executables designed for a Palm OS handheld but usually created on a Windows or Mac OS desktop computer.
They are compiled to the Palm Resource File format (PRC) and usually are installed to the device via a HotSync connection.
When creating a handheld application there are many languages and C tools to choose from.
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5. Developing on the Palm Platform
If you want to begin development and you can program in C:
Get CodeWarrior or PRC Tools
Get the Palm OS Emulator
Join the Palm OS Developer Program (to get ROM images)
Apply for the Development Seeding Program in the Resource Pavilion.
Get the most recent versions of core tools from the Core Tools page
Start viewing the Example Code that comes with the SDK
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6. RAD with
Because of time constraints we will concentrate on doing RAD for the Palm- more specifically- building Rapid Interface Prototypes for Palm using PDAToolbox.
There are other options
see the PalmOS tools page to learn more.
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7. Starting the
Tutorial
Go to to see the online tutorial
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8. Starting A New Project The 'Project Properties' screen shows 1/16/2019
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9. Starting A New Project The 'Project Properties' screen shows 1/16/2019
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10. Homework Create simple Palm App Develop a Mobile Project Idea
it to
Develop a Mobile Project Idea
Publish it to postPC discussion group
news.cs.huji.ac.il  local.course.postPC
Prepare 5 minute presentation for next week.
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