StyleTap brings PalmOS apps to Windows Mobile

StyleTap's Palm OS emulator for Windows Mobile has been kicking around in beta and preview versions for well over a year now, but the Toronto-based company has finally put all the pieces together and given its eponomously-titled software the big 1.0 release. From the looks of it, the emulator's come a long way since its earliest incarnations, now able to run apps written for any version of Palm OS -- including the ARM-based version -- as well as making use of your device's WiFi, Bluetooth, IR, and USB connections. It's also not a Boot Camp situation where you'll be switching back and forth between operating systems, with Palm OS apps instead simply showing up as native Windows Mobile applications on your device. If you're skeptical, you can grab a 14-day trial version from StyleTap's site before forking over the fifty bucks for the complete package. Not ones to rest on their laurels, StyleTap says this edition is only the first in a family of products, with versions for Symbian and Windows Mobile for Smartphones coming next.

[Via Reg Hardware]

[eddie @ Nov 3rd 2006 12:57PM]

if my memory serves me correct, back in the palm os 3 & 4 and pocket pc 2002 days, someone made a palm os emulator for the pocket pc.

they were shut down by palmsource.

this one looks cool tho, im gonna check it out

[Russell @ Nov 3rd 2006 1:29PM]

I'm not quite sure why... In the early days most of the third party software was Palm but now there's literally a TON of WM software...

[Matthew Maroon @ Nov 3rd 2006 2:31PM]

I wonder if they emulate the way Palm OS crashes all the time. Or the way I push the hang up button and the screen freezes and I have to take the battery out to reboot.

If someone makes a windows emulator for Palm OS, call me.

[christopher @ Nov 3rd 2006 2:34PM]

Maybe it'll also emulate the ability to run for a week on two AA batteries, smartass.

-C

[Matthew Maroon @ Nov 3rd 2006 3:17PM]

If you can get my treo 650 to run for a week without crashing, battery power or no, you will be my hero. It does have great battery life, and I assume the OS is party of the reason for that, but that doesn't change the fact that it's a steaming pile.

[nirmal @ Nov 8th 2006 11:18PM]

Next comes a emulator that works in symbian ? Thats nice.Just what i may need for the upcoming nokia n-95

[Phil Lanzy @ Nov 3rd 2006 3:02PM]

PWNED

[teo @ Nov 3rd 2006 5:03PM]

yeah, if that wasn't the most useless piece of coding. try going the other way to be relevant. why do you think treo had to come out with winmo editions?

[oki @ Nov 3rd 2006 6:14PM]

i wish they would have a pocket pc to palm emulator.. i miss my games that i used to play when i had my pocket pc

[michael @ Nov 3rd 2006 9:04PM]

well the palm to symbian port sounds pretty damn fantastic. there is a ton of palm apps id love to run on my nokia mobile.

[Guille @ Nov 4th 2006 4:23AM]

Who needs bloated Windows on a mobile? With the new Treo 680 based on PalmOS Garnet, I'll be able to run my favourite lean PalmOS apps and games natively.

[Nevermind the DRM @ Nov 4th 2006 4:26PM]

Even better would be wiping Win Mobile completely off of some smartphones & replacing it with the Palm OS.

[Mark @ Nov 5th 2006 2:47PM]

Symbian and Smartphone don't have touchscreens, so how will they emulate Palm OS?