Palm OS Web Application Developer's Guide: Developing and Delivering PQAs with Web Clipping

Chapter 1: Introducing Web Clipping

Introduction

In October 1999, Palm, Inc. entered the wireless Internet market with the introduction of the Palm VII organizer. Although the Palm VII wasn t the first portable device to feature built-in wireless networking, it was the first based on the successful Palm OS operating system, and it had an irresistible combination of size, battery life, throughput, and coverage area.

In designing the Palm VII, Palm, Inc. had several advantages over its competitors. First, it was based on an established operating system with a variety of applications already available. The Palm VII would be useful beyond its wireless capabilities. Second, it leveraged an existing wireless network in BellSouth Wireless Data s Mobitex system. Because of its wide deployment, users discovered that they could use it all across the nation. Finally, Palm, Inc. created a Web content delivery technology called Web clipping. Based on Hypertext Markup Language (HTML), Web clipping content is optimized for Palm OS devices and the network capacity of the Mobitex network.

This chapter introduces the installation and features of Web clipping applications and the Clipper browser application. In addition, an outline is provided of the capacity and availability of the Mobitex network on Palm VII devices and the capacity and availability of other networks on other Palm OS based wireless devices.

What Is Web Clipping?

Web clipping is the name Palm, Inc. created for their Web content delivery system designed for their line of Palm OS devices. Using the word Web in the title is obvious: HTML is...

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