A few months ago, StyleTap indicated it was working on an "experimental version" of its Palm OS emulator for the iPhone. Already available for Windows Mobile - and soon Symbian - StyleTap allows users to run Palm OS applications on the their PDAs and smartphones.

Well, it appears the experiment's been successful, as the company's just announced plans to make the software available for Apple's smartphone. When released, StyleTap will allow iPhone and iPod touch owners to run over 20,000 Palm OS applications.

In February, Styletap released a video showing off StyleTap's Palm-platform emulator running on an iPod touch. It has been viewed more than 800,000 times and the company received many e-mails from both end-users and application developers expressing great interest in having such a product available.

Here's the video:

“The iPhone is one of the hottest new mobile devices out there,” said Gregory Sokoloff, CEO of StyleTap Inc., “And the response to our video has convinced us that many, many consumers, and companies, will eagerly jump at the change to buy iPhone devices if they can continue to run their must-have applications.”

StyleTap plans to attend next week's Apple Worldwide Developers Conference in San Francisco. The company say's it'll be available to meet with mobile application developers who want to learn more about StyleTap for the Apple devices.

Meanwhile, interested parties should contact StyleTap via email at sales at styletap.com, or through the contact form on the StyleTap Web site.

Technically, StyleTap CrossPlatform - as the software is called - is an excellent fit with the iPhone, as the powerful processor and large screen allows applications written for Palm OS devices to run at full speed and at full screen resolution. The iPhone touch screen technology works in a very natural way with mobile applications originally designed for touch screen devices, according to the company.

Further information about the product, including how it will be marketed and sold, will be made available in early July 2008.