[...]... handheld applications Professional Palm OS Programming is a brand new Wrox Pro book that builds on Palm OS Programming Bible, Second Edition to cover new capabilities and changes for developers of Palm OS Garnet and Palm OS Cobalt applications In addition to the considerable material provided from Palm OS Programming Bible on programming for Palm OS, the following new topics in Palm OS programming are specifically... of Palm OS Programming Bible, PalmSource, formerly the Palm OS subsidiary of Palm, Inc., has released updates to Palm OS 5, now known as Palm OS Garnet PalmSource has also introduced a brand new version of the operating system, known as Palm OS Cobalt In conjunction with these advances in the operating system, PalmSource for the first time released its very own suite of tools for developing Palm OS. .. This book specifically covers both Palm OS Garnet and the new Palm OS Cobalt, representing the nextgeneration operating system for Palm OS developers As of this writing, Palm OS Cobalt 6.1 is complete; however, Palm OS Cobalt–based handhelds have yet to ship Furthermore, PalmSource Palm OS Cobalt development tools are being updated Accordingly, the book focuses on Palm OS Garnet as the standard handheld... xxvi Introduction ❑ Changes to the Palm OS platform and operating system, including Palm OS Garnet and Palm OS Cobalt ❑ New and updated coverage of Palm OS development tools, including Metrowerks’ CodeWarrior 9.3 and the new PODS from PalmSource ❑ Creating and working with resources using the latest resource editors from PalmSource ❑ Debugging Palm OS Garnet and Palm OS Cobalt programs from within the... 5 6 6 7 7 7 Connecting to the Desktop Comparing Palm OS Handheld Devices Looking to the Future Summary 8 9 10 10 Chapter 2: Understanding the Palm OS 11 Understanding a Palm OS Handheld’s Power Usage Running Under Different Processors Using Programming Protein Running a Palm OS Application Understanding the Palm OS Garnet Kernel Understanding the Palm OS Cobalt Kernel Responding to Launch Codes Handling... operating system and supplements those chapters with Palm OS Cobalt–specific information where the introduction of Palm OS Cobalt tools, APIs, and concepts is appropriate The primary focus of this book is Palm OS development in the C language, using CodeWarrior for Palm OS Platform, or PalmSource’s PODS as a development environment Other tools exist for developing Palm OS applications, but these environments... mastered, for the most part each of the remaining chapters is selfcontained and can be read as a topic unto itself The following is an overview of what is covered in each chapter: ❑ ❑ Chapter 2, “Understanding the Palm OS covers the operating system in more depth, including a historical overview of Palm OS versions up to and including Palm OS Garnet and Palm OS Cobalt ❑ xxiv Chapter 1, “The Palm OS Success... integrating Palm Powered handhelds into its sales force or a hobbyist who wants to get the most from your organizer, you will find this book to be a useful guide to creating software for the Palm OS platform What This Book Covers Professional Palm OS Programming shows you how to create applications that run on handhelds and smartphones from palmOne, Sony, Kyocera, Samsung, and other licensees of Palm OS This... Success Story, ” introduces the Palm OS platform and discusses design issues that are generally important for any Palm OS programmer to understand Chapter 3, “Introducing the Development Tools,” provides an introduction to using Metrowerks CodeWarrior and PalmSource’s PODS to create and work with Palm OS programming projects Introduction ❑ Chapter 4, “Writing Your First Palm OS Application,” walks you... audience and offer the most complete access to the many features of Palm OS and the handhelds that run it Introduction Whom This Book Is For This book was written with the experienced C programmer in mind If you know nothing at all about Palm OS programming, this book will get you started with the fundamentals, teaching you how Palm OS works, showing you the tools available for Palm OS development, and . h0" alt="" Professional Palm OS ® Programming 01_57373x ffirs.qxd 3/16/05 9:58 PM Page i 01_57373x ffirs.qxd 3/16/05 9:58 PM Page ii Professional Palm OS ® Programming Lonnon R. Foster and. Cataloging-in-Publication Data Foster, Lonnon R., 1972- Professional Palm OS programming / Lonnon R. Foster & Glenn Bachmann. p. cm. Includes index. ISBN 0-7645-7373-X (pbk.) 1. Palm OS. 2. Pocket computers Under Different Processors 12 Using Programming Protein 13 Running a Palm OS Application 14 Understanding the Palm OS Garnet Kernel 14 Understanding the Palm OS Cobalt Kernel 15 Responding to Launch