NS Basic/Palm 3.1 Released

Adds Chinese, more Palm OS 5 support


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May 14, 2003 - NS BASIC Corporation is pleased to announce the immediate availability of NS Basic/Palm 3.1. The new release includes a Chinese language IDE and adds new features which take advantage of Palm OS 5.

"Asia has always been a strong market for our products." said George Henne, President of NS BASIC Corporation. "By adding Chinese Traditional and Chinese Simplified versions of our development environment, we make it much easier for developers in China, Hong Kong and Taiwan to create apps for Palm OS devices."

NS BASIC also announced a number of new features to further take advantage of the capabilities of Palm OS 5 devices, including

  • Support for Hi Res images, lines and shapes
  • Support for Hi Res Signature Capture
  • Recognizing the new buttons on Zire 71 and Tungsten C devices
There are a number of other updates as well. NS Basic/Palm creates apps that run on all Palm OS 5 devices from all manufacturers.

With these enhancements, NS Basic/Palm makes it easy to create apps that look great on Palm OS 5 devices, while continuing to run well on Palm OS 4 and 3.

More about NS Basic for Palm OS
NS Basic allows developers who have programmed with tools such as Visual Basic to use their experience to rapidly develop applications for Palm OS 5 based and earlier devices. NS Basic is a complete, powerful development environment for Palm OS applications. NS Basic includes features such as databases, serial and IR communications, signature capture, bar code reading, wireless communications and more. NS Basic/Palm is priced at $149.95 for a single user version. An Enterprise edition is available. There are no runtime royalty charges for apps created with NS Basic/Palm.

About NS BASIC
NS Basic for Palm OS is one of the most widely used Palm OS development tools. NS BASIC Corporation has been a leading creator of development tools for handheld devices since 1993. More than 14,000 developers in over 60 countries use NS BASIC's tools for Palm OS, Windows CE and Newton. Here are some useful pointers for more information:
Chinese IDE: http://www.nsbasic.com/palm/PR/images/PR.030514.gif
Tour: http://www.nsbasic.com/palm/info/Tour.html
FAQ: http://www.nsbasic.com/palm/info/faq.html
Specifications: http://www.nsbasic.com/palm/info/Specifications.html
For more information, please contact us at info© nsbasic.com.



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