Crazy for the Palm Pre

Once again, we want to thank everyone who submitted an app to our Weekly App Hack.

Editor’s note: Today, we bring you another in a series of regular posts from Sam Greenblatt, the chief technology officer and head of technical strategy for the open webOS project.

We have just released webOS 3.0.5 as an over-the-air update for TouchPads, and the 3.0.5 SDK is now out of Early Access.

The App Hack-meisters of webOS Developer Relations will be taking a little break for the holidays. Big thanks to all of you who submitted entries for the “Got Game” App Hack. Keep an eye out for the results.

We know a lot of you are looking forward to a new edition of Pivot. As we continue to look ahead at the direction webOS will be heading under the new Open Source strategy , we have decided to put Pivot on hold. We also know that featuring apps is useful both to consumers and developers

Well, yes we’re a bit late getting this week’s challenge out, but we think you’ll like the challenge anyway, and in the spirit of holiday generosity, we’ll even give you a little extra time to work on it.

Well, you’ve been waiting for the big webOS announcement, and today we’ve made it . This morning, HP announced that webOS will be going open source with the resources of HP behind it. The Developer Relations team is very excited by this announcement and what it means for the future of webOS, and for you, our developer community

Just a few hours left to take advantage of our Black Friday/Cyber Monday sales event!  The sale (US only) ends today, 11/28, at 11:59pm, PST. Here are some of the great deals available: Splashtop Remote Desktop, $4.99 FlashCards, $2.99 Doodle Fit, $0.99 AuctionMate Pro, $0.99 Big Boss, $0.99 Trudie Styler’s Weight Loss Yoga, $11.99 Quell HD, $0.99 Quell Reflect HD, $0.99 Everlands HD, $0.99 Evac HD, $0.99 How the Grinch Stole Christmas, $3.99 Buka HD, $0.99 Totemo HD, $0.99

Thanks for your interest in the TouchPad Developer Device Purchase Program. We currently have more requests for coupons than we have devices and will not be accepting any further requests. If you have already submitted a request for a coupon, we are currently processing requests and will be issuing coupons while supplies last.

Great news! For a limited time, registered webOS developers in the US, Canada, and Europe will be able to buy up to two 32GB TouchPads. Visit the Developer Device Program page for details. Quantities are limited, so be sure to take advantage of this offer soon!

Once again, a big thanks to everybody who submitted apps for the Weekly App Hack. This week’s theme was “Accelerometer”, and we received some very interesting entries. It’s amazing how many different ways you can use such a seemingly simple feature

One benefit of developing for a JavaScript framework like Enyo is being able to take advantage of existing 3rd party JavaScript libraries. Using these add-on libraries allows us to quickly implement tools, controls, and animations to our applications with minimal effort.

Have you been wanting to add maps, complete with pushpins and infoboxes to your Enyo-based app? We’ve added a tutorial from our own Markus Leutwyler (@twtomcat for those following him on Twitter) that shows you all the details. You’ll find the article on the HP webOS Developer Center here

As explained in yesterday’s post , we are starting a weekly App Hack Challenge. Each week we will post a code sample or explain how to use a particular API.  You will have just seven days to use that code or API to build a cool app.  The app doesn’t have to be huge or complex, just something fun and interesting.  You have to submit it to the app catalog by October 11th at 11:59pm Pacific Daylight Time to enter.

Looking for an opportunity to flex your webOS skills on a new app, but need a bit of inspiration to get your creative juices flowing? We’ve got the answer for you