CloudpilotEmu User Reviews

Name: CloudpilotEmu
Rating: 5 (20 reviews)

CloudpilotEmu

Christian Speckner

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Strangely buggy now???

The app is still great and perfectly functional, but on my model iPad (1st gen Pro, 12.9-inch) it seems to request updates even though there was none and it changes nothing. I'm pretty sure it's working fine other than that weird update thing which I can't tell if it's intentional or not.

Buddy2013Buddy

5 months ago

Response from developer

This is definitely not intentional. I have observed the same issue on my phone and suspect it is triggered by the latest iOS update. I am investigating ways to suppress the issue, but I am still not sure whether this is a wise thing to do. Please navigate to the „About“ tab and select the „reset worker“ link at the bottom. This should fix the issue. If it doesn’t, please open a bug on Github. EDIT: I have added a workaround that should prevent any further bogus update notifications.

Great app - very easy and intuitive

Thank you for making this app. It’s the most fully featured, intuitive, and flexible app I could imagine and far better than any emulation experience I’ve ever had. So easy to load the OS and to install apps and the persistent state is very helpful.

Woods4000

8 months ago

Amazing

Faithful, Nostalgic, Incomparable, Polished, Stable, Unparalleled, Complete Palm OS emulator. Seeing it run and reading the documentation and help, it’s clear this developer cares and is a 10x engineer.

Did anyone see the install size?

1.2MB.

“What?!”

[ Developer drops mic ]

greenchile505

9 months ago

Good, but a problem.

I can get the versions of Palm that I have downloaded working, except that I can't get past the setup. It asks me to tap the stylus (finger was used for this) in the top left, bottom right, then center. No matter how many times I try, I cannot get past it. If you have any way to tell me how to get past this, do tell me.

Edit: I found out the solution shortly after posting this. If you're suffering the same problem, tap the emulator screen, not the graffiti board with four buttons on it's side. Other than the previously fixed problem, I can't find any other issues with the app.

Buddy2013Buddy

a year ago

Response from developer

Nice you figured it out yourself ;) What you describe is the calibration screen shown by PalmOS during setup. It requires you to tap the center of the crosshairs on the touchscreen. On a real device, this allows PalmOS to determine the necessary parameters for the algorithm that converts voltage readouts to screen positions. On CloudpilotEmu, PalmOS is patched to give 100% accurate positions without the need for calibration. but the calibration step is still performed by the OS nevertheless.

Good, but a problem.

Buddy2013Buddy

a year ago

Awesome

I never got to experience palmSO so is is really neat👍🏾

James Terrell Johnson II

a year ago

Takes me back

Hopefully the iOS keyboard will come on future releases.

Runtmg

2 years ago

Came here because of MrMobile on YouTube, stayed for the retro goodness

Thanks for creating such a thoughtful app, I am thrilled! This takes me back.

Nonoperational

2 years ago

Handheld Time Machine

Palm OS is one of the grandfathers of the technology that iOS is (inspirationally) built on, and it’s still incredibly useful in 2024, thanks to the plethora of software made for Palm OS in its heyday.

This emulator can’t run the newer Palm OS 5 (yet?), but everything else is present and accounted for, and it makes for a wonderful way to revisit the old days, explore technology history, or just to keep using that one app that every modern smartphone app is inferior to.

Or, I dunno, you can just play Space Trader. Your call.

(This review is based on the web app version, but I imagine that there aren’t any feature regressions.)

saanait0

2 years ago

Not as good as the Bookmark version

When wifi is turned off, the app version refuses to run; the bookmark version is fine without wifi.

Jun Chen in May

2 years ago

Response from developer

It seems you have found a bug, this should work. I didn‘t see this during my initial testing, but I just tried several times and could reproduce it once. I‘ll investigate… EDIT: Fixed in version 1.1.

Best app

Thanks for legalizing emulators, Apple! Now I can put a REAL mobile operating system on my iPhone!

vmlinuz999

2 years ago

Incredible Accuracy & Capability

Christian has done an incredible job bringing a spotless virtual resurrection of many classic PalmOS devices — and it only keeps getting better, with new features and a constantly expanding range of supported emulated devices. My hats off for this phenomenal creation. Thank you.

Now, where was I? Oh yes … BikeOrDie is back alive on my iPhone once more!! 😁

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