When developers first come to a new platform, they tend to think about building applications as they have done so in the past. Over time, they learn the “platform-isms” and that is when the experience begins to shine
Garbage collection is a subject that comes up with developers all the time. We all want to make sure our applications don’t leak memory, and we also want to optimize our applications for performance and memory use
As part of Palm’s Hot Apps promotion, we’re introducing the Hot Apps Marketing Kit and Hot Apps Pride Kit . We created the information on these two pages to help you market your application, because we want to see you succeed in the webOS ecosystem. The information and tools provided will help you bring attention to your application and drive sales through the Palm App Catalog, the web, and social networking sites.
Back in January, Palm started using GitHub as a repository for sample code and other open-source projects . We’ve got several different trees hosted there, including our collection of webos-samples , Frank W. Zammetti’s game Far Out Fowl , and the RSS reader sample app from the O’Reilly book “Palm webOS” called News .
You know the hacked Pre firmware releases that have been coming out lately, first for 1.3.5.1 and then recently for 1.4 ? We tested out that later one and found the results to be good, and indeed one of the creators, caj2008, sent us plenty of data from early testers showing minimal heat gains and battery losses. Still, Palm isn’t exactly thanking these guys for their hard work, going so far as to issue a warning: While we appreciate the effort the webOS community has put forth to try and help us along that path, the use of this application is neither endorsed nor recommended by Palm and will likely result in a voided warranty.
We have had a number of questions about the recently released “overclocking” patches and what Palm’s position on them are. Palm is working hard to improve the speed and performance of webOS, as shown in our recent 1.4 update
Download the Podcast We are excited to release the first video in a new developer podcast series. There is a ton of interesting development happening in the community as well as at Palm itself, and we wanted a way to share some of this material.
Android Community (blog) Gowalla Announces Gowalla for Palm webOS SYS-CON Media (press release) With the new application, Palm Pre ™ and Palm Pixi™ owners can now easily download the application from the Palm App Catalog on their phone and enjoy a … Gowalla Launches on webOS and Vies for Your Checkins with Free Stuff Mashable (blog) all 38 news articles
iBlast updated Today, 10:25 PM Phone Scoop Facebook fans with the Palm Pre and Palm Pixi can now update their application to the newest version of the WebOS Facebook app, version 1.1. … Palm adds video previews to App Catalog Pocket Gamer.Biz all 6 news articles
Facebook fans with the Palm Pre and Palm Pixi can now update their application to the newest version of the WebOS Facebook app, version 1.1. While the original Facebook for WebOS offered only a rudimentary version of the Facebook ..
You may have noticed a new option on the “App Info” page when submitting or updating your applications – a place to enter a YouTube URL. With the release of webOS 1.4, your application’s page in the App Catalog can now link to a YouTube video about your app.
You may be familiar with our Application RSS feeds , a unique feature in the mobile app universe that we added recently. The feeds have given developers unprecedented access to a wider range of customers by allowing website developers to create their own catalogs of App Catalog, Web Distribution, and/or Beta webOS applications.
Soft Sailor (blog) How to enable tethering on a Palm Pre using My Tether 1.5, a free to download … Soft Sailor (blog) If you want to transform your Palm Pre into a WiFi-router, My Tether is the application you need to use. This application allows you to use your Palm Pre to ..
Following the launch of the e-commerce program in the U.S., we are excited to announce that the European e-commerce program is planned to go live in March 2010. The e-commerce program has been tremendously successful in the U.S., with about 600 new paid apps available in just 2 months, and the extension to Europe gives developers a compelling new opportunity to distribute and monetize their apps. In Europe, Palm Pre is currently available in the UK, Ireland, Spain and Germany, providing excellent opportunities for developers to do business in multiple large markets
