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StyleTap Platform for Symbian OS allows you to run many of the 30,000 mobile applications written for Palm OS on your Symbian smartphone.
StyleTap Platform Specifications

StyleTap for Symbian

Price:

See Purchase page

Version:

v0.9

Size:

1.3 MB

Supported OS:

Symbian OS™ - S60 3rd Edition Symbian OS™ - S60 5th Edition

Languages:

English

Components:

Handheld: StyleTap Platform StyleTap application launcher sample programs Desktop: StyleTap application installer

Support:

Free e-mail support plus online support at www.styletap.com

Limitations:

conduits are not supported "hacks" (using the HackMaster API) not supported direct manipulation of Motorola 68000 hardware registers is not supported. Therefore programs that control things like sound or serial I/O by directly accessing the hardware rather than using the software API will not work properly. However, direct screen writes ARE supported.

Features

• Runs most applications for the Palm OS® platform on Symbian S60 smartphones, both S60 3rd Edition and S60 5th Edition.
• Supports application programs written for the Palm OS 5.2 platform or earlier versions.
• Includes support for programs that use native ARM code (PNOs, often called "ARMlets").
• StyleTap Platform is very fast – often running applications faster than on the native Palm OS devices.
• Users can cut and paste text and bitmaps between Palm OS applications and native Symbian programs.
• Audio playback
• Support for memory cards (applications using VFS), for very large application databases and files (e.g. medical apps, dictionaries, bibles, etc.) that won't fit in main memory.
• On the latest smartphone devices, StyleTap Platform takes full advantage of high density VGA screens for maximum readability.
• StyleTap for Symbian includes an "virtual double density" enhancement that significantly improves the readability of screens scaled to fit the hardware display.
• Unique backwards compatibility features enable both older and newer programs to perform direct screen updates.
• For devices without a touch screen and stylus, StyleTap emulates a "virtual stylus" using the 5-way navigator button.
• Supports TCP/IP connectivity
• Supports limited Bluetooth over serial (RFCOMM) for communicating with GPS units, probes, calibration devices, etc.
• Runs on StyleTap applications have been certified by their developer to run on the StyleTap platform.

Installing StyleTap and Applications

• Setup program provides a Windows desktop installer that uses using Nokia PC Suite, Sony-Ericsson PC Suite or Motorola PcSync, as appropriate.
• Macintosh and Linux users can copy the supplied ".sis" setup file onto the smartphone, and run it on the device to install the software.
• The ".sis" setup file can also be downloaded directly onto the smartphone using a web browser.
• Palm OS applications can be installed from Windows desktop PCs using the StyleTap Application Installer application provided by the StyleTap setup program.
• Installation can also be done by copying the Palm OS
  (.prc and .pdb) files via:
  – a desktop connection allowing file transfers
  – a media (SD) card
  – "beaming" them from another device
  – downloading via a web browser on the device