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

[Scott Gruby]

On Feb 9, 2005, at 8:07 AM, Paul Berkowitz wrote:

> 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.

PalmSource does the OS software. palmOne does the hardware and any 
additional software to support the device and their add-ons, such as 
the camera.

> 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?

As far as I know, the extended databases were devised by palmOne. Some 
software/additions developed by the licensees have to be sent back to 
PalmSource, but I don't think that these are part of them.

>  Wasn't it up to them
> to first alert their various partners that they were doing this?

PalmSource or palmOne? The changes were made by palmOne, so I would 
hope that palmOne let their partners know.

> 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?
>

Yes, palmOne and licenses can extend the built in applications. 
PalmSource has said to not rely on the internal structure of the 
databases as they could change at any time, such as this case and more 
so with Palm OS Cobalt (Palm OS 6).

--
Scott Gruby
Lead Engineer, Missing Sync for Palm OS
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