Palm Pre users will be able to get their retro PalmOS kicks via Classic

By on Apr 2, 2009 at 2:13 PM
Software April 2, 2009

It goes without saying that amongst the earliest of early adopters to the Palm Pre will be Palm loyalists whose migration from PalmOS to WebOS will surely leave them missing some of the apps that they have grown to love and live by for the past 13 years. To help make the transition easier and allow the fanatics live in the past, MotionApp has obtained special rights to code the only Palm approved PalmOS simulator for WebOS entitled Classic. While it will not be able to access the heart of WebOS, Classic be able to run over 30,000 PalmOS applications at speeds nearly twice as fast as they would run on a Treo 700p meaning that the odds are the crème de la crème of PalmOS apps won’t be left behind. At this time neither the pricing nor availability of Classic has been announced, something we’re not too surprised about given that Palm has yet to tip the world off as to the pricing structure of App Catalog or a release date for the Pre itself.

[Via Engadget]

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  • http://www.gadgetsteria.com Mike

    The Pre definitely looks to be Palms best device ever by far. However with a Bold/Storm combo reportedly rumored (you know it’s coming sooner or later) and another iPhone in the near term I don’t know if the Pre has me ready to pay a cancelation fee or switch over.

    Posted from BGR Mobile (iPhone).

  • Levell

    I for one am very excited about the new Pre. I personally will be purchasing one because I have to give thing a chance…it looks to me that this thing is going to be one killer device. I think that all the former iPhone users will love being able to multitask. I am going to hold on to my 8330 Curve also, until I decide whether the Pre is enough to steal me from Blackberry…

  • Vince Lawry

    engadgetmobile also has story about 3rd party apps running smoothly.

  • boogereater

    Looks like garbage. Wish it would come out so I can make fun of it being an epic fail.

  • Laz

    Does this bad boy have a keyboard? Howard Stern keeps talking about this phone and has a personal viewing today. He should be talking it up on Monday or not say a word…

  • PandaBarr

    LoRes menus Included. I know palm users get touchy when it comes to keeping things as they are, but could anyone do a little design work and take advantage of the Pre’s display capabilities? Instead of having icons that look like they were from 8 years ago (yes I know they are ‘classic’) could they atleast retool them to look a little nicer? Even the widgets on my Omnia look better than the PalmOS icons. But whatever floats your boat I guess..

  • Rottentomato

    My question about this PalmOS emulator is:

    Will it INTEGRATE into the Palm Pre’s hardware?

    In other words: would a program like PDANET for Palm OS be able to take advantage of the Pre’s modem capabilities, allowing me to use the Pre as a modem? Or is this emulator basically a read-write emulator.

  • JakeyBoy

    two posts from another “gadget” website:
    1-”Am I the only one who’s been burned by Palm so many times with false promises and vaporware to the point that I don’t really care at all about the Pre? I don’t even find it all that impressive. I’m not crazy about the form factor, and the keyboard looks like it’s ripped right off the Centro/Treo Pro (with some much needed added curvature) which automatically means it blows. That has to be one of the worst keyboards I’ve used in recent memory. I hate the gelly-feel. Give me the old-school Treo keyboard, please.

    I used to be completely die-hard Palm, but there is absolutely nothing about the Pre that makes me want one at all.

    FWIW, before anyone says it, I’m not an iPhone fanboi, either.”

    2-”Dear Palm.
    I no longer can wait for you to get your act together. I’m breaking up with you. After years of bliss from 650 to 755p I can no longer wait for your “pre”. A few years ago my company hired a new employee her name was someone came into my life, her name was blackberry. She had a lot of sexy features. I turned her away because of my loyalty and our marriage of data. I couldn’t bear to deal with the csv exporting and importing of information you and I had gathered over nearly a decade. Now I realize I was a fool. The wait for your pre is torturing me. Do you like to see me in pain? I think you do. You sat there while Iphone mocked us and then blackberry. You never stood up for yourself. O.K the Treo Pro! 2 years too late. I cry as I write this letter simultaneous surfing blackberry’s site for my next love. I know you’ll be fine without me. I’m only one man! So farewell,
    Your beloved, Customer 1234567890″

  • Hmmmm.

    /get a grip! futhermore get out the FucKing basement and find a real woman! lol!

  • JakeyBoy

    @hmmmmm dude, stop gaying things up around here.

  • Hmmmm.

    oh my bad. I should have guessed you had that covered with your love letter to palm and its handheld’s! please continue…

  • JakeyBoy

    @Hmmmm- see dude, you keep gaying it up with stupid stuff. I was only refering to someone else post off of engadget.com, and no, these weren’t mine. who uses words like furthermore anyhow…gay

  • RealApps

    I wonder if SlingPlayer Mobile for Palm OS will work on Classic & get me by until the new sling software is released for the Pre?

  • melindawarren

    I have 2 apps that are only made for palm. They don’t work with the windows palms. are they only to work with the Pre? That is all I want to know! If yes than I will get it! If not……kind of 2 bored with the palm to keep it much longer.

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  • http://www.chexsystemshelp.com Sarah

    Funny reading the old posts. how much things have changed in such a short period of time.

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