NS BASIC/Palm 6 Released

NS BASIC Corporation has announced the release of NS Basic/Palm 6.0. Major new features include enhanced features for Treo devices, faster compile times, Modal Forms and support for Vista.

"NS Basic/Palm 6 makes it easier for developers take advantage of the features of Treo devices.", said George Henne, President of NS BASIC Corporation. "Faster compile times and support for Vista make sure that developers can develop even better apps in the future."

The new release also includes PDB Creator Pro, a desktop application that allows you to create, edit and modify NS Basic/Palm databases on the desktop.

The new version is available immediately for $149.95 USD for single developers. An Enterprise Edition, allowing unlimited developers at a single location is priced at $449.95. There are no runtime charges for applications created using NS Basic/Palm. Combo packs with NS Basic/CE, allowing development for Pocket PC devices, are also available.

Upgrades for existing users start at $49.95. Registered users who bought after October 1, 2006 will get the upgrade for free. Existing NS Basic programs are upwardly compatible with the new version.

Here is some of what has been added in 6.0:

1. IDE: Navigation capabilities added for Treo and other recent Palm, Inc. devices.
2. IDE: Compile times are about 40% faster.
3. IDE: Support for Vista added
4. IDE: Modal forms with Tips now supported.
5. TreoLib: New functions added: GetLibRefNum, GetRingProfile, GetRoamMode, GetRoamWarnings, PhonePower, SetRingProfile, SetRoamMode and SetRoamWarnings.
6. Support added for PDB Creator Pro - Create, view and edit Palm databases on the desktop.

There are also documentation updates, new samples and bug fixes.

More about NS Basic/Palm
NS Basic/Palm allows developers who program with tools such as Visual Basic to use their experience to create applications for handheld devices. NS Basic is a complete, powerful environment enabling the development of applications for the enterprise, business, personal productivity and education. It includes features such as databases, net, serial and IR communications, signature capture and more.

Applications developed with NS Basic are distributed royalty free. NS Basic costs $149.95 for a single user. Enterprise licenses are also available. The toolkit allows development on Windows 98SE, 2000, XP and Vista.

NS Basic has the following NS Basic/Palm 6 information available online:
Press Release: http://www.nsbasic.com/palm/PR/PR.061107a.html
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

NS Basic also has a Fall Sale on, which will save you $20 off the cost of NS Basic/Palm 6.

Thanks go to Ryan at Palm Infocenter for the heads up on this release.