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Will we ever get any substantial apps with 16-bit support other than Zap!2016 and the Handspring Photo Album?

How about a 16-bit adaptation of TealPaint, a few more 16-bit games (like an RPG) and a photo importer that can display full screen/scrollable pics instead of the cropped nonsense we get with Handspring's Album?

I paid $450 for 16-bit color and I'd like to be able to use it.

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As an early adopter, we will suffer. :-)

Color is the future and we are there now.

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My Treo 600 is my phone, my PDA, my watch, and my MP3 player. Oh yeah, I take a picture once in a while with it. Convergence is such a great thing.

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What's a RPG?

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RPG=Role PLaying Games

Their games where you play a character, and you often have a quest. Dungens and Dragons, Adventure, and hundreds of others are out their.

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Originally posted by pixelator
Will we ever get any substantial apps with 16-bit support other than Zap!2016 and the Handspring Photo Album?

I paid $450 for 16-bit color and I'd like to be able to use it.

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Originally posted by DBrown
Be patient. You are on the cutting edge. It's a narrow place.

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With 16-bit color, video clips, and wireless Internet, I think it's more "bleeding edge".

=Dave=


[Edited by dpdamour on 01-13-2001 at 03:31 PM]

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Well, Palm will have 16-bit color (supposedly compatible with the way the Visor does it) in Palm OS 4.0 later this year, at which point I think most programs will support it.

As for viewing, check out Album to Go from clubphoto.com. It's free. No scrolling, but it does support 16-bit color, and it doesn't waste part of the screen like Handspring's viewer does.

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Originally posted by dennya
Well, Palm will have 16-bit color (supposedly compatible with the way the Visor does it) in Palm OS 4.0 later this year, at which point I think most programs will support it.

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Palm OS 4.0 should be hitting the streets by March. In fact, Palm will be unveiling their new hardware and software at CeBit. Once Palm devices start shipping with 16bit color displays (the color Palm V is destined to be a hot item), you can expect a growing avalanche of developers porting their app/games to full color.

Keep your pants on!

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you are dreaming

Those eagerly waiting for PalmOS 4.0 to help the availability of 16-bit color apps for Prism may be severely disappointed. What makes you think apps written specifically for OS 4.0 will work with OS 3.5 at all?

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Re: you are dreaming

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Those eagerly waiting for PalmOS 4.0 to help the availability of 16-bit color apps for Prism may be severely disappointed. What makes you think apps written specifically for OS 4.0 will work with OS 3.5 at all?

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Re: Re: you are dreaming

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Why would a developer NOT want their 16-bit apps to work on the Visor Prism as well?

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Originally posted by dennya
Well, Palm will have 16-bit color (supposedly compatible with the way the Visor does it) in Palm OS 4.0 later this year, at which point I think most programs will support it.

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Palm OS 4.0 should be hitting the streets by March. In fact, Palm will be unveiling their new hardware and software at CeBit. Once Palm devices start shipping with 16bit color displays (the color Palm V is destined to be a hot item), you can expect a growing avalanche of developers porting their app/games to full color.

Keep your pants on!

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a photo importer that can display full screen/scrollable pics instead of the cropped nonsense we get with Handspring's Album


did you try firepad viewer???

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can the prism/ plat upgrade to OS 4.0?

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Originally posted by MrSuicide
can the prism/ plat upgrade to OS 4.0?

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Happy Treo 600 user, so far. Thanx Cingular for having an unlocked phone.

My Treo 600 is my phone, my PDA, my watch, and my MP3 player. Oh yeah, I take a picture once in a while with it. Convergence is such a great thing.