The recommended way to install applications in the Garnet VM (Palm Pilot virtual machine) is with an SD card. I don’t have one, am cheap and don’t want to buy one, and don’t have an SD card reader. So I tried another way that works. Downloading the application files (.prc and .pdb file) from a Web server. In my case I just down loaded them from a Web site such as Freeware Palm, uncompressed or unzipped as needed, and moved the files to the public directory of a Web server on my laptop. From there I just plugged in the URL into the browser on the Nokia and downloaded them. The installation in Garnet VM is just like applications installed via an SD card, just from a different location in the Nokia.
Archive for May, 2008
Installing Garnet VM apps via Web Server.
Monday, May 19th, 2008Nokia N810 and Garnet VM
Monday, May 19th, 2008I was a bit surprised how few applications there are for the N810. My plan was to replace an aging Handspring Visor. There just aren’t the apps to do that yet. I’m going to write some Real Soon Now, just as soon as I wrap up some Ruby on Rails app releases.
There is a Palm Pilot Virtual Machine, Garnet VM. It is in beta and supports only some Palm OS applications. I am digging through the apps I have on the Handspring, but most won’t install. So I’m trying to find free/cheap equivalents that will. So far Teapot seems to be an acceptable replacement for Toast Timer to time meditation sessions and watering sessions.