StyleTap confirms plan to bring PalmOS apps to the iPhone

Posted Jun 1st 2008 10:00AM by Brad Linder
Filed under: Windows Mobile, Palm, Commercial, Mobile Minute, iPhone

StyleTap PalmOS emulator coming to Symbian, maybe iPhone

Posted Apr 11th 2008 9:00AM by Brad Linder
Filed under: Utilities, Symbian, Palm, Commercial, iPhone

Palm apps might be coming to the iPhone/iPod Touch

Posted Feb 24th 2008 10:00AM by Brad Linder
Filed under: Windows Mobile, Symbian, Palm, Apple, Mobile Minute, iPhone

StyleTap to let Symbian users run PalmOS apps

Posted Oct 19th 2007 10:30AM by Brad Linder
Filed under: Windows Mobile, Symbian, Palm, Commercial

StyleTap plans to launch a Symbian version of its PalmOS compatibility software. StyleTap currently lets Windows Mobile users run applications designed for PalmOS.

The company estimates there are over 20,000 commercial and freeware applications designed for Palm that can run on Windows Mobile using StyleTap. The new version should open the same library of programs to Symbian users.

Of course, what we'd really like to see is software that will let you run Windows Mobile applications on Symbian or PalmOS devices. A few years ago, StyleTap made a lot of sense. Windows Mobile was something of a newcomer to the mobile space and all the cool development was happening in the Palm space. But that's really not the case anymore, and we're not sure that being able to run 5 year old Palm applications on your new phone is really much of a draw.

StyleTap CrossPlatform for Symbian will be released early next year. There's no word on the price yet, but StyleTap for Windows Mobile costs $50, so we'd expect the Symbian version to carry a similar price.

[via tech[dot]blog]

Run Palm applications on your Windows Mobile Smartphone

Posted Jan 21st 2007 4:30PM by Brad Linder
Filed under: Windows Mobile, Palm, Commercial

StyleTap has released a beta version of StyleTap for Windows Mobile Smartphones. StyleTap is a program that lets you run Palm programs on Windows Mobile devices, but up until now, it was only available for Pocket PC users. You might remember that we covered the PocketPC version back in November.

Because Smartphones lack touchscreen displays, many Pocket PC programs don't run properly on devices like the T-Mobile Dash or the Samsung Blackjack. Styletap greatly expands the number of applications you can run on a Smartphone, by letting you run thousands of Palm programs, even those that require a touchscreen. StyleTap includes a display cursor that you can control with your 5-way navigational button as if you were using a stylus. It won't be as precise as using a stylus or a mouse, but it should work in a pinch.

The preview is designed for Smartphones running Windows Mobile 5.0. There's a 14 day free trial available, and you can also buy the preview for $50 and qualify for a free upgrade when the full version is released.

StyleTap: Use Palm programs on Windows Mobile devices

Posted Nov 10th 2006 11:42AM by Brad Linder
Filed under: Windows Mobile, Palm

Thinking about switching from Palm to Windows Mobile, but don't want to give up that one special application you can't do without? Or maybe you're a Windows Mobile user and you desperately want to play the Palm-only role-playing game Edge?

For the past year and a half, the best solution has been StyleTap, a program that allows you to run Palm applications on Windows Mobile devices. Tens of thousands of users tested a public beta version of the software. Recently, StyleTap hit version 1.0, which means a bunch of bug fixes and significantly improved speed and compatibility with most Palm programs.

There are still some programs that won't work, and Styletap only supports resolutions up to 320 x 320 pixels, so you're out of luck if if you have a VGA Windows Mobile device, or if you want to emulate a Palm program that runs at 480 x 320.

StyleTap 1.0 is available for $50, but if you purchased a registration key for the software preview the upgrade is free. There's also a 14 day free trial available.

There's a are lists of Palm OS applications that are reportedly compatible with StyleTap here and here.

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