Pocket Teaches an Old Language New Tricks

By Michael Foley
iApplianceWeb
(07/24/01, 09:12:15 AM EDT)

Pocket Technologies, Inc., is really going back to the future with their development tool for the PalmOS. While most iAppliance development platforms are supporting the latest in software technologies such as C++, Java, C##, and XML, Pocket has recalled an old standby, Pascal, for application development on Palm devices. Pocket's PocketStudio v1.0 is a new development tool for the Palm OS for embedded and handheld devices.

PocketStudio is an integrated development environment with a 32-bit compiler. It supports Palm OS version 3.0 and higher and Motorola's Dragonball CPU. Future upgrades will include other CPU families.

PocketStudio v1.0 features:

• 32-bit compiler with an integrated development environment
• Delphi-like language based on Pascal
• Complete access to Palm OS API for advanced developers
• Editor with error messages, templates, database wizard, syntax highlighting, and other features
• Integrated debugger.
• SnapIn technology for third-party developers to add features for code generation and code repository
• PXL (PocketStudio Extended Library), a collection of compiled source code components that plug directly into PocketStudio IDE
• Integrated POSE support from the IDE for testing and debugging.

PocketStudio will be coming soon. Pricing is not yet available.

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Pocket Technologies, Inc.