It also includes instructions on how to compile a program for the palm, the only page ive found yet which does. The new palm pilot cant just be all hardware though. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. Kpilot can backup and restore your palm pilot and synchronize the builtin applications with their kde counterparts. Otherwise, take a backup with the linux software before attempting to synchronise. This howto describes the use of palm os devices with linux. Note, that most common does not equate to most popular. The software archives list this package as pilotlink. Kpilot is a replacement for the palm desktop software from palmsource inc. Kpilot can backup and restore your palm pilot and synchronize the builtin. It utilizes pilotlink, which is included by default with some popular linux distributions. Everything to do with webos, palm os and devices running them.
Windows 7810 users will need to install aceeca usb drivers to perform hotsync over usb. Syncing a palm pilot with linux can be as easy as syncing with windows. Jpilot is a desktop organizer application for palmos devices. The beauty of the palmpilot platform and using it with linux, is you get a full suite of utilities, libraries and source code to do high caliber development on palmpilot applications. Palm os emulator howto note this is for pose, not xpilot. Since the introduction of the first palm pilot in 1996, the palm os platform has defined the trends and expectations for mobile computing from the way people use handhelds as personal organizers to the use of mobile information devices as essential business tools, and even the ability to access the internet or a central corporate database via a wireless connection. Ready to synchronize your palm osbased pda with your linux. Palm os programmers companion official api documentation in html, not acrobat yay. Palm desktop is the desktop companion software for all palm devices. It allows users to view, sort, find, edit, back up, and add anything to palm os handhelds. Palm os lets a user or corporation choose among all these different types of hardware, with a single consistent software platform, including os, applications, user training, and development environment. It lets a palmos handheld exchange information with a linux machine running kde. You can use the source and libraries of insert here and then test them using xcopilot, a fully usable palmpilot emulator for the x window system.
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