That was pretty straightforward. Thanks for pointing me to the right page. If I'm just giving away an app for free, does the app itself need to be (or can it be) certified somehow? I've tested it on all the emulators, as well as both of my Handsprings, but I'd sure hate to crash somebody's pda by mistake.
Frank --- Ben Combee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > At 07:06 PM 3/3/2005, you wrote: > >- Is there any legal restriction against using the word "Palm" as > part > >of the name of a Palm OS application; for example, "PalmCheckers"? > It > >occurs to me that there should be more apps named that way if there > >weren't a rule about it. > > Yes, there is. Please read > http://www.palmsource.com/about/trademarks.html > and http://www.palmone.com/us/company/trademark.html for details on > Palm > trademark usage. > > >- I noticed some people say they're certified Palm developers. How > does > >one become certified? What are the benefits? > > There is a certification exam; it's generally been available at > DevCons and > you can sign up to take it at testing centers. Details at > http://www.palmos.com/dev/certification/. > > >- Is there a good market for Palm programmers? So far I'm just doing > >this as a hobby. I'm a J2EE (enterprise Java) programmer at my day > job. > >But I'm curious about the prospects. > > Right now, there seems to be a lot of contract work available for > Palm OS > developers, especially people with network programming or multimedia > experience. I get a couple of calls a week from recruiters; it > certainly > helps to also have experience with other mobile platforms -- some who > knows > J2ME and can port applications written to that to the Palm OS > platform > could do really good things right now in the smartphone world. > > -- Ben Combee, Senior Software Engineer, palmOne, Inc. > "Combee on Palm OS" weblog: http://palmos.combee.net/ > Developer Forum Archives: > http://news.palmos.com/read/all_forums/ > > > -- > For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to > unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/support/forums/ > > -- For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/support/forums/
