New Plans for September!

9/15/2020

I'll admit, September has been a bit of an odd month for Tectra. Due to my Universal Windows Platform plans not working out, my schedule is kind of messed up. Thankfully, I have some new plans for the remainder of September, and I'll be going over them in this post!

What to expect:

Electron app: First and foremost, I hope to release my first Electron app very soon. I've made some serious progress, and I mainly need to polish things up at this point. Stay tuned for more updates!

Change in plans: I had originally planned to start writing a new Palm OS app in CodeWarrior this month, but I'm probably going to have to put the project on hold for a bit.

New Windows Mobile app: Instead, I have started working on a new Windows Mobile app! The reason for this is that I got a new Pocket PC a couple of days ago, and I really wanted to write a new app for it. However, because I am working on a new Windows Mobile app, I probably won't have time to also make a new Palm OS app this month.

I'm already really liking my new HP iPAQ RX1955 Pocket PC! If it seems familiar, LGR made a video about this exact model a little while ago.

Android app updates: Finally, I still hope to update LifeBoard and ComplimentMe this month. Hooray!

The Conclusion:

Anyway, that's about it for my plans for September. I can't guarantee that all of them will work out, but they should give you a basic idea of what to expect for the remainder of the month.

As always, thanks for reading, and have an amazing day!

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