NS Basic/CE Kudos - General

These are unsolicited comments from people who have used NS Basic/CE. The most recent comments are at the end of the file.

"This is phenomenally cool!" -- Scott Henson, CE Evangelism, Microsoft

"Nice, really nice!!! It reminds me of qb4.x. Keep up the good work!" -- Mario Lavignasse

"Finally! A complete and open object oriented application development environment for Windows CE. NS Basic/CE gives you the power and ease of Visual Basic so that anyone can write useful and powerful applications right on their Handheld PC...you can bet I'll be buying a copy when it's released!" - Steve Mane, beta tester

"The announcement of NS Basic/CE – which supports Windows CE for the Handheld PC and the Handheld PC Pro Edition – is praised by Microsoft. NS Basic/CE helps open the Windows CE platform to many more developers, further establishing the operating system as a leading open and expandable mobile computing platform and allowing mobile professionals to stay connected and to be instantly productive." -- Jonathan Roberts, general manager, Consumer Appliances Group, Microsoft.

"It's great to see your product on WinCE. I moved from Newton to WinCE earlier this year, and among other things missed the *complete* development environment you provide... there really is nothing quite like it in WinCE up to now. I look forward to the more visual aspects coming along as well!" -- Tom Cole

"On Friday, I purchased a copy of NS Basic/CE.

Wow!

I'm really excited about this product..." -- Joel Starkman, Architect

"Very nice product - I like it!" -- Vince Grosso

"I just got my copy of NSBasic/CE today and I wanted to say up front that IT ROCKS! Being an experienced VB programmmer, I can attest to just how quickly you can become productive with this tool." - Jim Karabatsos

"This is a very cool product, you are supporting it very well, and I think you are going to do very well with it." - John Rasor

"Thanks for the chance to have some input and please pass on my sincere appreciation to the development team. This is one very hot product." - Jim Karabatsos, Australian Visual Developers Forum

"...this is the product I was waiting for ..." --Danny Geyssens

"While developing NS Basic/CE, you have realised more wishes than anyone else in the WindowsCE Apps Wishlist. Now WindowsCE users have the power to create for their needs!" - Christian Morency, keeper of the WindowsCE Apps Wishlist and Windows CE Webring

"...you've written a great piece of software. Keep up the GREAT work." - Joel Starkman

"I think that the Japanese software market is big, and Japanese like basic program. Windows-CE is small share of OS in Japan. But this small OS growing up soon. Windows-CE needs reasonable development tool. Your NSBasic is only reasonable development tool for Windows-CE." - Takahiko Manabe

"NSBasic/CE is an EXCELLENT product. I like it very, very much...Congratulations again on a very nice product." - Richard Sylvester, Belgium

"P.S. Have I told you lately How Great Your Product Is? :-)" - David Feustel

"It's great programming curled up in my favourite armchair." - John W Hall

"Customer for life." - John Norton

"I really love NSBasic! It's great!" - Oliver Tomic, Norway

"Thanks again for a neat product." -- Scott Hogin

This software definitly is what I was looking for: A tool that enables me to build up rather complex applications in almost no time. It is a must have for every serious HP/C Pro user! And how the product so the support: Competent and VERY responsive. To put it simply: Excellent. Dr. Franz GEIGER, Austria, f.geiger© vol.at

First impressions: MIGHTY FLEEPIN' COOL. " -- Len Lutz

""Elegant" understates the beauty of this product.....may finally be the breakthrough all of us novice programmers having been waiting to find.......the whole mess about trying to understand, learn, remember "code" is so intimidating that it has previously precluded ordinary, albeit bright, individuals from participating in development of useful ways to simplify the repetitive tasks of daily work/life........." -- John P Hagler, MD

"This is an awesome product. I haven't programmed since I was 13 and a lack of a simple, flexible, portable implementation is why. I take my E-100 with me everywhere and NS Basic is a BIG reason why." -- Joby Otero

"NS Basic looks like a great product and I'm sure I'm going to have some fun getting back into programming after a break of six years!" -- Steve Attwood, England

"Thank you for a GREAT product. I am amazed at what I can do with it." -- Richard Sylvester, Belgium

"The updates [to 2.10] kick a**" -- Eric Chlewboski

"NS Basic ist ein sehr sehr gutes Programm!" -- Peter Grimm, Deutschland

"I wish to congratulate you on the fine quality of the NSBasic/CE product. It is rare to receive software that installs according to the instructions, and then commences to run without destroying half of the rest of the functionality of the computer. And even a real, well-written, hardcopy manual!

Thanks; it's been a while since I've had a good experience with a software vendor." -- John Doner

"As a side note, I'm quite impressed with NSBasic. I'm more of a C guy, but I've done enough VBScript that there was practically no learning curve. It's not tied to the desktop, which means any time I have 2 free minutes I can pull out the hpc and knock out some code no matter where I am and come to think of it, I didn't feel like getting out of bed yesterday and didn't want to be completely unproductive, so this program was mostly done in bed and finished at a friend's house. Life is good. " -- Mark Gamber

"The nsbasic software is very good!" -- Zeev Herschu, Israel

"... every day I use your product I like it more and more!" -- Jake Ainsworth

"I just started using your product and I am very impressed. The samples actually work which is something of a miracle. " -- Ira Solomon

"NS Basics ROCKS!!" -- Adiv Abramson,

"Thank You and thank you for an excellent software" -- Leif Eliasson, Sweden

"I rcvd my book and CD Monday and after reading the first example I was pleasently surprised. The small footprint of the book is also nice although at first I was put off by it. I do have one question which you may be able to answer for me...Thanks for a great program and manual." -- Brian Boatright

I like your Nsbasic.

It's a wonderful tool.

I'm working very often with it.

I hope you will continue to develop it .

Thank you for you work. -- Mario.

I find George and NSB to be very responsive to customers compared to a worthless, unethical company like AppForge...

I'm generally pretty happy with NSB CE but it still has a way to go to be the product that NSB Palm is. That said, it's still WAY above the quality of the MS CE Toolkit for VB, eVB and eVc++ . The MS CE Toolkit and the embedded SDK makes Rube Goldberg look like an efficiency expert. -- Tim Markowsi

-Just wanted to mention that the Frame Object support is one of best features you have added. Makes life so much easier now and makes the NSBasic functionality so much like Visual Basic on the desktop. Many new users of NSBasic that are familair with Visual Basic will not be disappointed. :-)

Version 5.0 makes NSBasic the best all around developers package for the Pocket PC. Specially since one program can create apps for Wm 2003SE and older at the same time. I would like to congratulate you and your team fro producing an excellent product.

One a side note. V4.0 supported AspriteCE. V5.0 should also support it since it's backwards compatible. Curious on if there maybe support for Asprite.net? Really Asprite.net was created to run on VS.NET therefore I do not think this is an issue since the older AspriteCE runs anyways.

Thank you for all your hard work and support over the past year. Looking forward to creating some interesting applications with V5.0 -- Bob Katayama, Microsoft MVP

Speaking as a VB developer, your product is a lifesaver to me (I absolutely HATE C++ and the universe of debugging memory leaks that comes along with it). NSBasic is a fantastic product - if I have memory leaks, I get to blame it on YOU. Hahahahaha

Thanks once again for cranking it out. Looks like you have a lot of success with it. You've earned it. -- Bob Hodges

Wow: This is becoming a broken record for me but I keep saying this when NSBasic releases a new version. Great Upgrade!!!!

The Getserialnumber is a perfect addition as well as the addition for Wm 5.0 support.

Another huge welcome is the ability to run NSBasic on CE.NET V4.X. This is something I has inquired about with George about 2 years ago. There was no definitive answer and a few CE.NET 4.X units worked with NSBasic but most did not. Many emails were sent back and forth. Looks like George and his team has fully grasped the CE.NET 4.X framework and added true support.

Congrats on all the enhancements. I am really looking forward to taking full advantage of all the new features. Look out Microsoft. Again NSBasic allows us to create applications for all Versions of CE from V2.11 - V5.0 using one IDE. Supporting legacy PDA's is really a huge problem with MS developers languages but not with NSBasic.

Again, congratulations to George Henne and his team of developers. Another superb release of NSBasic. -- Bob Katayama MVP Windows Mobile Devices

I'm really enjoying working with NS Basic\CE. It is a great application and I'm thrilled that I can use my eVB experience to quickly solve a major problem -- porting my commercial applications to a language that will run on the new Windows Mobile platforms. Also, the fact that I can now develop on the handheld as well as on any device is a welcomed relief after years of having to program on an older device. As I mentioned before, I really regret not going to NS Basic a few years ago.

Thanks again. Great product. I really like it and am looking forward to mastering the language.

What I Like ...
1. Everything. This is a great language. Really nice job.
2.. Speed of downloading apps to device for debugging. Having debugged eVB apps on the device for several years, the quick download of the apps is fantastic and truly appreciated.
3. Ability to modify code on the device itself. This is nice but it would be nicer if I could then upload the code back into the IDE from the IDE.
4.. Performance. Everything run much faster in NSB than in eVB.

-- Mike DeAndrea

I was immediately very impressed with its flexibility and speed. I can't describe how pleasant it is to be able to develop on desktop, hit Run, and test the program on the intended device, all in under 5 seconds. -- Tim Howard

irst: I was thrilled to be able to download the program. Microsoft won't let you do that with their up-to-date tools, even if you're prepared to pay full price for Visual Studio. I was on a deadline and desperately needed to create a demo with something. NS Basic Good. Microsoft Evil.

Second: I've only done a small amount of work with it so far, but, I like it. It looks great for putting together the kind of simple screens that I need to do.

Third: I like the streamlined approach that you seem to have taken. Microsoft anything leaves me feeling bloated. It looks to me like your performance advantage has come, at least in part, by putting together a cleaner product that efficiently does what it's supposed to and doesn't have tons of useless extra stuff hanging around.

Fourth: The installation was quick and easy. I like that. A lot.

Finally: I like the price. Considering that it worked the way I needed it to, it was darn good value for the money.

I will shortly need to put together an IrDA link, based on IrCOMM, to one of our devices. If you can point me towards any kind of explanation or sample code that does that using NS Basic, I'd be very happy. (I'm running Windows Mobile 5 on an HP iPAQ 1950.)

The real test will come when I need to put some custom hardware into the iPAQ. I'll be feeling my way along trying to get NS Basic to talk to the hardware. I may be back in touch at that point.

So, great product which was available when I needed it. Thank you.

Best regards,
Brian Falter