http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/30/visualboyadvance-turns-your-palm-pre-into-game-boy-emulator/ Engadget Comments for VisualBoyAdvance turns your Palm Pre into a Game Boy emulator http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/30/visualboyadvance-turns-your-palm-pre-into-game-boy-emulator/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/30/visualboyadvance-turns-your-palm-pre-into-game-boy-emulator/Jan 30th 2010 4:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/30/visualboyadvance-turns-your-palm-pre-into-game-boy-emulator/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/30/visualboyadvance-turns-your-palm-pre-into-game-boy-emulator/Jan 30th 2010 4:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/30/visualboyadvance-turns-your-palm-pre-into-game-boy-emulator/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/30/visualboyadvance-turns-your-palm-pre-into-game-boy-emulator/Jan 30th 2010 4:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/30/visualboyadvance-turns-your-palm-pre-into-game-boy-emulator/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/30/visualboyadvance-turns-your-palm-pre-into-game-boy-emulator/
I am loving this for my Palm Pre. But let us be nice about the iPhone.]]>Jan 30th 2010 5:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/30/visualboyadvance-turns-your-palm-pre-into-game-boy-emulator/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/30/visualboyadvance-turns-your-palm-pre-into-game-boy-emulator/Jan 30th 2010 5:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/30/visualboyadvance-turns-your-palm-pre-into-game-boy-emulator/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/30/visualboyadvance-turns-your-palm-pre-into-game-boy-emulator/Jan 30th 2010 5:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/30/visualboyadvance-turns-your-palm-pre-into-game-boy-emulator/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/30/visualboyadvance-turns-your-palm-pre-into-game-boy-emulator/Jan 30th 2010 6:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/30/visualboyadvance-turns-your-palm-pre-into-game-boy-emulator/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/30/visualboyadvance-turns-your-palm-pre-into-game-boy-emulator/
If It wasn't for homebrew apps like this, I wouldn't be able to play much on my pre.

Stupid app catalog won't let me download most apps because i'm mexican :(]]>Jan 30th 2010 6:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/30/visualboyadvance-turns-your-palm-pre-into-game-boy-emulator/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/30/visualboyadvance-turns-your-palm-pre-into-game-boy-emulator/Jan 30th 2010 7:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/30/visualboyadvance-turns-your-palm-pre-into-game-boy-emulator/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/30/visualboyadvance-turns-your-palm-pre-into-game-boy-emulator/Damn racist app catalog! ]]>Jan 31st 2010 2:41AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/30/visualboyadvance-turns-your-palm-pre-into-game-boy-emulator/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/30/visualboyadvance-turns-your-palm-pre-into-game-boy-emulator/How can you call this pretty sweet.
The only use for VBA is to pirate.
Some devolopers suffered due to piracy & some of them were forced to shut down.
Continue to pirate if you want but don't forget for every game you pirate it's one step closer to the next video game crash. ]]>Jan 31st 2010 2:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/30/visualboyadvance-turns-your-palm-pre-into-game-boy-emulator/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/30/visualboyadvance-turns-your-palm-pre-into-game-boy-emulator/Cause, you know, there's so many developers for the Game Boy these days. ]]>Jan 31st 2010 3:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/30/visualboyadvance-turns-your-palm-pre-into-game-boy-emulator/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/30/visualboyadvance-turns-your-palm-pre-into-game-boy-emulator/
Its also pretty illegal]]>Mar 24th 2010 2:47AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/30/visualboyadvance-turns-your-palm-pre-into-game-boy-emulator/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/30/visualboyadvance-turns-your-palm-pre-into-game-boy-emulator/Jan 30th 2010 4:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/30/visualboyadvance-turns-your-palm-pre-into-game-boy-emulator/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/30/visualboyadvance-turns-your-palm-pre-into-game-boy-emulator/no, codes needed to obtain items between two GB cartridges is annoying. they were fun though :)]]>Jan 30th 2010 4:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/30/visualboyadvance-turns-your-palm-pre-into-game-boy-emulator/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/30/visualboyadvance-turns-your-palm-pre-into-game-boy-emulator/Jan 30th 2010 4:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/30/visualboyadvance-turns-your-palm-pre-into-game-boy-emulator/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/30/visualboyadvance-turns-your-palm-pre-into-game-boy-emulator/Jan 30th 2010 4:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/30/visualboyadvance-turns-your-palm-pre-into-game-boy-emulator/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/30/visualboyadvance-turns-your-palm-pre-into-game-boy-emulator/1. Someone compiles it for iPhone OS.
2. Apple realizes that The world will be OK if Flash is running as a foreground app, running swf files.

But is running a file considered executing code?]]>Feb 5th 2010 4:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/30/visualboyadvance-turns-your-palm-pre-into-game-boy-emulator/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/30/visualboyadvance-turns-your-palm-pre-into-game-boy-emulator/
Palm please make a landscape slider!]]>Jan 30th 2010 4:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/30/visualboyadvance-turns-your-palm-pre-into-game-boy-emulator/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/30/visualboyadvance-turns-your-palm-pre-into-game-boy-emulator/
I love my current Palm Pre form factor (i.e. size and design). But it would be nice if Palm will also come out with one having a 5 inch screen which will still fit in your pocket. But please give it a physical keyboard. I wonder how many people will prefer a 5 inch screen to a 3.7 inch screen. If you are going to make the screen large, make it noticeably larger.]]>Jan 30th 2010 5:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/30/visualboyadvance-turns-your-palm-pre-into-game-boy-emulator/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/30/visualboyadvance-turns-your-palm-pre-into-game-boy-emulator/Jan 30th 2010 5:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/30/visualboyadvance-turns-your-palm-pre-into-game-boy-emulator/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/30/visualboyadvance-turns-your-palm-pre-into-game-boy-emulator/Jan 30th 2010 6:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/30/visualboyadvance-turns-your-palm-pre-into-game-boy-emulator/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/30/visualboyadvance-turns-your-palm-pre-into-game-boy-emulator/
Or copy the alias 2 and make it slide both ways...]]>Jan 30th 2010 8:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/30/visualboyadvance-turns-your-palm-pre-into-game-boy-emulator/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/30/visualboyadvance-turns-your-palm-pre-into-game-boy-emulator/Palm should have 4 form factors in their line of WebOS devices:
- keyboard, no slider (the Pixi, but would be nice to see them make it more powerful and go after the Blackberry)
- keyboard, portrait slider (Pre)
- keyboard, landscape slider
- no keyboard, slate design with big screen.

...also, i might be in the minority, but i think Palm could kick Apple's ass by putting this OS in tablet form factor. WebOS is just screaming to be freed from it's current tiny screen jail. If they did this fairly quickly they would really gain points with people who wont touch the iPad because it lacks multi-tasking. This is their chance to get on something where Apple doesn't have a 2 year head start. It would be such a sweet device.

Sorry to bring up the 'A' word....
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this is why i wish palm would come out with new hardware with landscape keyboard. I love the Pre and WebOS buuuuutttt i would love a landscape keyboard even more (current BB Curve owner)]]>Jan 31st 2010 1:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/30/visualboyadvance-turns-your-palm-pre-into-game-boy-emulator/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/30/visualboyadvance-turns-your-palm-pre-into-game-boy-emulator/Jan 30th 2010 4:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/30/visualboyadvance-turns-your-palm-pre-into-game-boy-emulator/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/30/visualboyadvance-turns-your-palm-pre-into-game-boy-emulator/Jan 30th 2010 4:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/30/visualboyadvance-turns-your-palm-pre-into-game-boy-emulator/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/30/visualboyadvance-turns-your-palm-pre-into-game-boy-emulator/Jan 30th 2010 5:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/30/visualboyadvance-turns-your-palm-pre-into-game-boy-emulator/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/30/visualboyadvance-turns-your-palm-pre-into-game-boy-emulator/
preferably with a spacious landscape keyboard. ]]>Jan 30th 2010 4:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/30/visualboyadvance-turns-your-palm-pre-into-game-boy-emulator/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/30/visualboyadvance-turns-your-palm-pre-into-game-boy-emulator/Jan 30th 2010 5:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/30/visualboyadvance-turns-your-palm-pre-into-game-boy-emulator/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/30/visualboyadvance-turns-your-palm-pre-into-game-boy-emulator/
Build Quality? Build quality was addressed in August 2009. My two Palm Pre phones for my family have been rock solid, and yet I bought them in June 2009, we are talking about 7 months ago. And yes, I use my phone every day. Plus these phones come with a 1 year warranty from Palm. ]]>Jan 30th 2010 5:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/30/visualboyadvance-turns-your-palm-pre-into-game-boy-emulator/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/30/visualboyadvance-turns-your-palm-pre-into-game-boy-emulator/Jan 30th 2010 5:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/30/visualboyadvance-turns-your-palm-pre-into-game-boy-emulator/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/30/visualboyadvance-turns-your-palm-pre-into-game-boy-emulator/
1) Someone please hack and code WEBOs to work on WinMO phones to allow dual boot.

2) Someone Please make better emulators for the Touch Pro 2

3) Palm please release a Landscape slider that is liek the TP2.

4) MS Please make Winmo 7 as open as WebOS is.]]>Jan 30th 2010 5:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/30/visualboyadvance-turns-your-palm-pre-into-game-boy-emulator/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/30/visualboyadvance-turns-your-palm-pre-into-game-boy-emulator/Jan 30th 2010 5:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/30/visualboyadvance-turns-your-palm-pre-into-game-boy-emulator/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/30/visualboyadvance-turns-your-palm-pre-into-game-boy-emulator/Jan 30th 2010 5:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/30/visualboyadvance-turns-your-palm-pre-into-game-boy-emulator/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/30/visualboyadvance-turns-your-palm-pre-into-game-boy-emulator/Jan 30th 2010 5:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/30/visualboyadvance-turns-your-palm-pre-into-game-boy-emulator/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/30/visualboyadvance-turns-your-palm-pre-into-game-boy-emulator/Jan 30th 2010 5:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/30/visualboyadvance-turns-your-palm-pre-into-game-boy-emulator/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/30/visualboyadvance-turns-your-palm-pre-into-game-boy-emulator/Jan 30th 2010 5:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/30/visualboyadvance-turns-your-palm-pre-into-game-boy-emulator/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/30/visualboyadvance-turns-your-palm-pre-into-game-boy-emulator/Jan 30th 2010 5:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/30/visualboyadvance-turns-your-palm-pre-into-game-boy-emulator/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/30/visualboyadvance-turns-your-palm-pre-into-game-boy-emulator/
I wonder if this is ported from the original VBA, or from vba-m.]]>Jan 30th 2010 6:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/30/visualboyadvance-turns-your-palm-pre-into-game-boy-emulator/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/30/visualboyadvance-turns-your-palm-pre-into-game-boy-emulator/
Yeah, I thought the same thing. Some serious fact checking needs to be done. I'm surprised that there hasn't been a port of NO$GBA, the GBA/DS emulator. Seems like a natural fit.]]>Jan 30th 2010 6:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/30/visualboyadvance-turns-your-palm-pre-into-game-boy-emulator/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/30/visualboyadvance-turns-your-palm-pre-into-game-boy-emulator/
(I'm the author of this app, and part of the webos-internals team that made this possible)

This is a port of vba 1.7.2.

I've also ported vba 1.8.0, as well as vba-m --all of which performed worse in my admittedly limited testing.

If you want to know more feel free to contact me at webos@wdtz.org.]]>Jan 30th 2010 7:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/30/visualboyadvance-turns-your-palm-pre-into-game-boy-emulator/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/30/visualboyadvance-turns-your-palm-pre-into-game-boy-emulator/Jan 30th 2010 5:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/30/visualboyadvance-turns-your-palm-pre-into-game-boy-emulator/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/30/visualboyadvance-turns-your-palm-pre-into-game-boy-emulator/
Nope, no pixi support. You're exactly right, the pixi does not have the libraries (or probably the hardware) to support this app. Sorry!]]>Jan 30th 2010 7:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/30/visualboyadvance-turns-your-palm-pre-into-game-boy-emulator/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/30/visualboyadvance-turns-your-palm-pre-into-game-boy-emulator/I'm a little confused tho b/c I saw videos of vba playing on the pixi...so I'm guessing it's not a hardware issue...hopefully this is something palm will be able to update later so it will work on all pixis...I'm keeping my fingers crossed most def! Thanks for the reply =D]]>Jan 31st 2010 5:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/30/visualboyadvance-turns-your-palm-pre-into-game-boy-emulator/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/30/visualboyadvance-turns-your-palm-pre-into-game-boy-emulator/Yeah Right!!!!
It's gonna take more than some weak clone emulator to dethrone iPhone. Go bak tothe drawing board palm. ]]>Jan 30th 2010 6:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/30/visualboyadvance-turns-your-palm-pre-into-game-boy-emulator/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/30/visualboyadvance-turns-your-palm-pre-into-game-boy-emulator/Maybe you should go back to elementary school first...]]>Jan 30th 2010 6:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/30/visualboyadvance-turns-your-palm-pre-into-game-boy-emulator/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/30/visualboyadvance-turns-your-palm-pre-into-game-boy-emulator/Jan 30th 2010 6:09PM