Run Palm OS apps on Symbian OS!

NS Basic/Palm programs can now run on Symbian Smartphones

October 16, 2007 -- NS BASIC Corporation today announced NS Basic/Symbian, an an easy to use rapid application development tool. With a look and feel similar to Microsoft's Visual Basic, it will allow many new developers to create applications for Symbian OS devices.

"We have a lot of developers using NS Basic products", said George Henne, President of NS BASIC Corporation. "Making it easy for them to run their code on the best selling smartphones makes a lot of sense."

NS Basic/Symbian is a complete, easy to use BASIC development environment for Symbian OS devices, with a look and feel similar to Visual Basic. NS Basic/Symbian provides a full, modern implementation of BASIC, with proper subroutines, user defined data types and event driven execution. The development environment runs on a Windows desktop.

The development tool and runtime environment are based on the NS Basic/Palm code base. Applications written in NS Basic/Palm will only need a recompile before they will run on Symbian OS devices. NS Basic/Symbian makes use of StyleTap CrossPlatform for Symbian OS.

NS Basic/Symbian runs on all Symbian smartphones based on UIQ 3 or S60 3rd Edition.

A release date has not been announced. Pricing details are to follow.

More about NS BASIC's Tools

NS BASIC's tools allows developers who have worked with Visual Basic to use their experience to develop applications for Symbian OS, Windows CE, Windows Mobile and Palm OS devices. They provide a complete, powerful development environment enabling the creation of applications for the enterprise, business, personal productivity and education.

About NS BASIC Corporation

NS BASIC Corporation's tools are the most widely used third party tools for handheld devices. NS BASIC Corporation has been a leading creator of development tools for handheld devices since 1993. Close to 20,000 developers in over 80 countries use NS BASIC's tools for Symbian, Palm OS and Windows CE.

More information:

NS BASIC Website: http://www.nsbasic.com/

NS Basic/Symbian FAQ: http://www.nsbasic.com/symbian/info/faq.html