[missing-sync-palmos-talk] Entourage and Tungsten T3

[Paul Berkowitz]

On 2/8/05 12:17 PM, "Scott Gruby" <sgruby at markspace.com> wrote:

> On Feb 8, 2005, at 12:02 PM, Paul Berkowitz wrote:
> 
>> Palm (neither PalmOne nor PalmSource) ever notified Microsoft  Mac
>> Business
>> Unit in advance that they were changing their  syncing formats in OS 5.
> 
> Just a slight correction to this; PalmSource has/had nothing to do with
> the extended information in palmOne's devices. palmOne listened to
> their customers and added the extended database to their newer devices
> including the Treo 650, T5, T3, etc. Other Palm OS 5 devices not
> manufactured by palmOne have the extended information, i.e. Tapwave
> Zodiac, Garmin iQue 3600. Also, the extended information is not in all
> of palmOne's OS 5 devices (i.e. Tungsten T, Zire 71).

That's interesting, Scott. Thank you. But I'm a bit puzzled. I thought
palmOne does the hardware and palmSource does the software. I take your
point that not all devices which run Palm OS 5 software implement the new
"extended information" formats. But surely that "extended information" for
Contacts, Calendar, Tasks, Notes (as opposed to AddressBook, DateBook,
Todos, Memos) - software - was devised by palmSource? Wasn't it up to them
to first alert their various partners that they were doing this? I do get
your point that any hardware manufacturer, such as palmOne and the others,
might then be expected to notify _their_ partners, if they were going to
implement it on their devices. But it sounds as if maybe you're saying that
palmOne and the others were able to "add the extended database" all on their
own. Where did it come from? Which part have I misunderstood?

-- 
Paul Berkowitz