Porting from Palm OS to Series 60 Platform

Source: Nokia Forum

If mobile development partners want to port their Palm OS applications to the industry-leading Series 60 platform, it is right now. When you are considering porting an existing Palm OS application to Series 60 platform, you can evaluate it using the following three rules:

-CurrentCodeHow is the architecture structured? If the logic of the Code is clearly separated from its user interface, consider porting the core logic of the application to Series 60 Platform and rewriting its user interface.

-Is your design team stable? It would be much easier for the team who compiled the original application to transplant it. However, if the original members have left the company, the current application should be considered as a "working prototype" and a new series 60 application should be written from the beginning.

-How many value-added opportunities are there? Series 60 Platform provides a first-mover multi-thread and collaborative multi-task mechanism, solving two key problems of Palm OS. Series 60 Platform also provides a richer mobile network environment than Palm OS. By using these key features, your application represents a broader opportunity.

More information about the Palm OS porting rules

Refer to resources for Palm OS development partners on the Nokia Forum