With an 80% hand-held device market-share, the Palm Organizer is the platform of choice for Mobile Internet application developers. The latest generation of devices (Palm VII and above) are engineered to support direct browsing of Internet sites through Palm Query Applications (PQAs), which can only be developed with Web Clipping.
1. Build a Simple Web Clipping Application
Find step-by-step instructions for creating your first Web clipping application.
2. Build WCAs Using HTML
Learn about the HTML 3.2 subset that Web clipping supports.
3. Use Images in Web Clipping
See how to make use of images to enhance your Web clipping applications
4. Interact with Forms
See how to capture user input on the device for delivery to and processing by server-based scripts.
5. Optimize WCAs for the Palm
See how you can make your Web content look great on Palm handhelds
6. Debug Web Clipping Applications
Learn the skills you need write error free applications.
7. Identify Users and Sessions
Get explanation of how you can maintain state within applications.
8. Locate Mobile Users
See how to create location-based services for handheld Web applications.
About the Author
Ben Combee is a Lead Software Developer at Metrowerks where he is responsible for the future direction of the CodeWarrior for Palm OS tools, the leading C and C++ development toolset used in the Palm community. Ben is also working on future wireless strategy for Metrowerks and its parent company, Motorola. In the past, he was the lead architect for wireless devices with Veriprise Wireless where he developed custom applications and libraries for the Palm VII/VIIx, Omnisky Minstrel, and Glenarye @ctiveLink wireless systems. His application, VChat, won "Best INetLib Application" in the PalmHack contest at the 2000 PalmSource show. Ben has also been the lead developer for the CodeWarrior C/C++ compiler for Intel and AMD microprocessors, and he presented a talk about Linux compiler technology at the 1999 Annual Linux Showcase. Before this, he helped design microcontrollers and operating systems for Motorola's advanced pager products. Ben has a Bachelors of Science in Computer Science from the Georgia Institute of Technology. While at Georgia Tech, Ben served as the president of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) chapter for two years. Ben is an active participant in Palm's online developer forums, having answered over 600 questions posted by fellow Palm developers. Ben lives in Austin, TX.
