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News Release from: Metrowerks Europe | Subject: CodeWarrior for Palm OS
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 29 October 2002
Tools aid development of latest ARM
systems
The next version of CodeWarrior for the Palm OS platform will support application development for next generation Palm Powered handhelds that contain processors from Motorola, Intel and TI.
Helping application developers smooth their transition to Palm OS 5, Metrowerks' next version of its CodeWarrior tools for the Palm OS platform will support application development for next generation Palm Powered handhelds that contain processors from Motorola, Intel and Texas Instruments based on ARM core technology CodeWarrior Development Studio for Palm OS Platform, Version 9.0, will enable developers to build Palm OS 5 applications with support for 68K processors and ARM code development
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 8 Mar 2002 at 8.00am (UK)
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"We are excited to see Metrowerks embrace Palm OS 5 and pleased to see a new version of CodeWarrior tools that will empower the growing community of Palm OS developers", said Steve Sakoman, chief product officer, PalmSource "Metrowerks' leadership in mobile and wireless tools, and their support for the newest OS, is fundamental for both developers and for the platform".
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"CodeWarrior has been the most popular development tool for professional Palm OS developers since the platform was created.
The new release will allow developers to migrate applications to Palm OS 5 with ease", said John Smolucha, vice president of marketing, Metrowerks.
"CodeWarrior provides the most comprehensive C/C++ tool suite for building feature rich Palm OS applications, and our broad SDK support makes it a one-stop shop for Palm OS application development".
According to a report from industry research firm Gartner Group, 80% of all Palm OS applications are built with Metrowerks' CodeWarrior development tools.
Palm OS developers will be able to access free, instructor-led programming courses on using CodeWarrior tools for the Palm OS platform, as well as courses on C programming and other topics, at Metrowerks' CodeWarriorU.com site at http://www.codewarrioru.com/.
CodeWarrior Development Studio for Palm OS Platform, Professional Edition, Version 9, is expected to be available by early December.
Metrowerks will accept pre-orders in the first week of November.
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