On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 1:17 PM, Andrew S. Baker <[email protected]> wrote: > Seems like it would be slow on a handheld device...
Handheld devices have come a long way. The original Pilot had a 16 MHz CPU and 128 KB of storage. My Centro has a 312 MHz CPU and 64 MB of storage, and that's considered under-powered by many. And most modern[1] Palm devices are actually already running things in an emulator. They changed architecture from Motorola 68K to ARM. Most Palm programs have not been recompiled. The OS includes functionality (named "PACE") which does transparent, on-the-fly processor emulation. [1] As modern as PalmOS gets, anyway. -- Ben ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
