Re: iPod Touch

On Sat, 4 Apr 2009, Robotech_Master wrote:

> On Fri, Apr 3, 2009 at 10:18 PM, Chris <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> It was reported this week that a third party company - MotionApps
>> - is producing a Classic Palm emulator for the new Palm Pre.
>> Although it is not clear how much, if any, network access will
>> work for classic Palm apps, ebook readers should work just fine.
>
> Though I wouldn't count on Mobipocket working completely, to the
> extent of providing a device ID that can be used to encrypt Mobi
> e-books. The company that bought the old Palm OS made a Palm emulator
> for Maemo (the Nokia Internet tablets), and Mobipocket doesn't work
> right under it.

Fair enough - any software that depends on the underlying 
hardware actually being a classic palm may have difficulties. 
It is still *possible* to create an emulator that creates a 
virtualized environment that is seen as correct by even the most 
demanding software.

DRM solutions such as ereader's (which, AFAIK, do *not* look into 
the underlying hardware) should work just fine. I'm not 
completely familiar with every Palm reader out there - but if an 
emulator becomes readily available, it should be straightforward 
for a reviewer to run existing readers through it quickly and 
report on the results.

From my point of view as a purchaser, these are all reasons to 
avoid DRM unless it comes with a 90% price discount because of 
the inevitable future loss of use. Someone else will have to 
review the success of DRM software under such conditions.


: chris smith ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
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