We’ve been enlightened about that mystery “Classic” icon and Palm has now confirmed that WebOS will include the PalmOS Classic emulator that will allow you to use your former favorite apps from your archaic Treo on your brand new Palm Pre. But we wanted to give you a little look into the app and company that is making it possible: MotionApps.
First of all, they claim that the same apps running on your Treo 700p will run TWICE as fast on WebOS with Classic. With 30,000+ Palm OS apps out there, many of them will be compatible with Classic and a full list is coming shortly. It will be available for Individual, Enterprise and Application Developers alike.
MotionApps was one of the first members of the Palm Selected Developers Group and started their mission to make the cleverest software for smartphones in 2003… the days of the Treo 180. That’s right, the freakin’ Treo 180:
Since then the company has expanded to develop for Windows Mobile, BlackBerry, iPhone and now WebOS and the Palm Pre. Here is a snippet of the Press Release the company put out in announcing classic:
“Palm OS Emulator Application
Palm also announced that MotionApps (www.motionapps.com) is creating an emulator application that will allow most Palm OS applications to run on webOS devices. The application, called “Classic,†will be available for purchase when the Palm Pre™ phone becomes available from Sprint in the first half of 2009, and gives users peace of mind as they transition to Palm’s new webOS.
Since Palm OS applications running in Classic won’t be able to leverage core webOS functionality, Palm is working with partners to ensure that popular Palm OS applications are made available on the webOS platform and are optimized to take advantage of everything it has to offer. In the meantime, the MotionApps Classic application will allow customers who have invested in the Palm OS platform to use Palm OS applications they’ve grown to love and depend upon on their new webOS devices. “
We’re looking forward to other great things from the MotionApps team, especially the porting of their existing applications onto the WebOS platform - hopefully with a few customizations that really highlight and tap into the Synergy that WebOS offers.
Great work, MotionApps - we’ve got our eye on you!
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