StyleTap® for Windows Mobile™
| StyleTap Platform Specifications | |
| StyleTap for Windows Mobile | |
| Price: | See Purchase page |
| Version: | v1.1 |
| Size: | 1.3 MB |
| Supported OS: | Windows Embedded Handheld 6.5 Windows Mobile® 6.0, 6.1, 6.5 Windows Mobile® 5.0 for Smartphone Windows Mobile® 5.0 for Pocket PC Windows Mobile® 2003 for Pocket PC (including Second Edition and VGA support) Pocket PC 2002 Pocket PC 2000 Most configurations of Windows CE (Windows Embedded Compact) |
| Languages: | English |
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| Support: | Free e-mail support plus online support at www.styletap.com |
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StyleTap Platform for Windows Mobile allows you to run many of the 30,000 mobile applications written for Palm OS on your Windows Mobile smartphone or PDA.
Download a Trial Version
Download a free 14-day trial of StyleTap Platform for Windows Mobile now, or purchase a copy.
Features
- Runs most applications for the Palm OS® platform on all Microsoft Windows Mobile™ handhelds and smartphones, including the enterprise-level Windows Embedded Handheld 6.5 devices.
- Supports application programs written for the Palm OS 5.2 platform or earlier versions.
- Includes support for programs that use native ARM code (PNOs, often called "ARMlets").
- StyleTap Platform is very fast – often running applications faster than on the native Palm OS devices.
- Palm OS application icons show up in the Windows Mobile program screen and can be launched like native applications.
- Users can cut and paste text and bitmaps between Palm OS applications and native Windows Mobile programs.
- Audio recording and playback
- Support for memory cards (applications using VFS), for very large application databases and files (e.g. medical apps, dictionaries, bibles, etc.) that won't fit in main memory.
- On the latest smartphone devices, StyleTap Platform takes full advantage of high density VGA screens for maximum readability.
- Unique backwards compatibility features enable both older and newer programs to perform direct screen updates.
- For devices without a touch screen and stylus, StyleTap emulates a "virtual stylus" using the 5-way navigator button.
- Supports TCP/IP connectivity
- Supports serial connections and Bluetooth over serial (RFCOMM) for communicating with GPS units, probes, calibration devices, etc.
- Supports most WinCE and Windows Mobile industrial devices, including those with integrated bar code scanner devices from vendors such as Motorola (Symbol), Honeywell (Intermec), Pidion, and Psion.
- Runs on StyleTap applications have been certified by their developer to run on the StyleTap platform.
Installing StyleTap and Applications
- Setup program provides a Windows desktop installer that uses ActiveSync (WinXP) or Mobile Device Center (Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8) to install StyleTap.
- Macintosh and Linux users can copy the supplied ".cab" setup file onto the smartphone, and run it on the device to install the software.
- The ".cab" setup file can also be downloaded directly onto the smartphone using a web browser.
- Palm OS applications can be installed from Windows desktop PCs using the StyleTap Application Installer application provided by the StyleTap setup program.
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Installation can also be done by copying the Palm OS
(.prc and .pdb) files via:– a desktop connection allowing file transfers
– a media (SD) card
– "beaming" them from another device
– downloading via a web browser on the device
- Palm OS application icons show up in the Windows Mobile program screen and can be launched like native applications.
