Re: Datebk6 and iPhone issue

Another issue is that only a small percentage of the owners of iPhones (or any 
device) would be willing to "jailbreak" their device. It is not just the initial 
process -- after that Apple will not support it, you will not be able to update 
it (or more properly, updating will become very complicated), etc. For most 
people it is at the least not worth the effort. So the market for such a version 
of Pimlical would only be a fraction of the total iPhone market. 


For instance, I would not be interested in buying an iPhone or iPod Touch to 
jailbreak it to run Pimlical. Which means I wouldn't buy an iPhone at all.

 Bert Latamore
Mobile Computing Blogger at http://theinfoboom.com/profile/siliconanglewikibon
Associate Editor "The Seybold Report"
Freelance Writer, Editor and Book Doctor




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From: Larry Finch <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Sent: Wed, August 18, 2010 3:15:03 PM
Subject: Re: [pdbk] Datebk6 and iPhone issue

  
On Wed, Aug 18, 2010 at 2:18 PM, Marcia Sue Clever, MD
<[email protected]> wrote:
> Larry,
>
>
> Thanks for the explanation. You wrote:
>
>
> So Pimlico is focusing on mobile platforms that support Java, which
> include Android, Blackberry, Symbian, and possibly the Palm Pre
> (although DateBk6 runs on the Pre already under Motion Apps Classic).
> Interestingly, Java IS supported on jailbroken iPhones. I don't know
> if CESD is considering that or not. If he is I would jailbreak my
> phone.
>
>
>
> My question is....if I did a Jail Break of my old iPhone 3G or an old iPhone 
>3GS, how would I install datebk6 on it for use? Also, I use all Macs...without 
>PimliCal for Mac, would I be backing up to the old Palm Desktop software? Or 
>would I end up with nowhere to back up to? Are you a programmer?

I'm a programmer. And a JB phone is not sufficient in itself. While
90% of the Pimlical (not DateBk6) is platform independent, the user
interface must be customized for each platform, as well as the
database (Pimlical uses MS Access database on Windows; it would need a
different database on each platform). So the only way you could get
Pimlical for a jailbroken iPhone would be for CESD to write a version
for the Java runtime available for JB iPhones. If he did that he could
sell it through the Cydia store (http://cydia.saurik.com/) or other
venues. Or direct.

best,
Larry

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Larry Finch

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