A Closer Look at Classic on the Palm Pre
by Greg Kumparak on April 13, 2009

When it comes to software they’ve already bought, people just don’t like letting go. With the Palm Pre hauling a brand new OS in tow, a surprising number of long-time Palm fans have come out of the woodworks to express their desire for legacy application support. At CTIA09, Palm and MotionApps answered these calls with the annoucement of Classic, a PalmOS emulator for the Pre’s nascent platform, webOS.

There was plenty of demo footage floating around following the announcement, but it left a few questions unanswered. Can Classic handle games? What about sound support? MotionApps has sent us an exclusive demo clip which clears these questions right up, and has also addressed a number of others.

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