Jan
25
2012

Welcome to webOS Open Source

Editor’s note: Today’s blog post comes from Sam Greenblatt, the chief technology officer and head of technical strategy for the open webOS project. He guides the project’s strategy around open collaboration and is responsible for technical engineering. His focus is on the practice of developing webOS with the community, and his approach is founded on the belief that the open source development model produces great software and web technology.

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Jan
25
2012

HP: Open webOS 1.0 arriving in September, Enyo 2.0 framework free to developers today

When HP announced last month that it would open-source webOS, the outfit seemed mighty pleased (and relieved) to have finally made a definitive decision regarding the fate of its $1.2 billion software experiment.

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Aug
23
2011

WebOS and HP TouchPad Find Suitors, Skype Buys GroupMe and Linux is 20: BYTE … – InformationWeek

WebOS and HP TouchPad Find Suitors, Skype Buys GroupMe and Linux is 20: BYTE … InformationWeek Many webOS developers have told me they've been miserable since HP bought Palm's web-OS based systems and patents for 1.2B last year. At first fearful HP wasn't innovative enough to adequately support the Palm Pre or webOS, they later said the ..

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Aug
23
2011

Microsoft Adopts About 1000 webOS Orphans – Network World

The Guardian (blog) Microsoft Adopts About 1000 webOS Orphans Network World At least one was from Palm .

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Nov
19
2010

Unlocked Palm Pre 2 available in U.S.

An unlocked version of Hewlett-Packard’s Palm Pre 2 smartphone is now available in the U.S. via Palm.com and HP’s SMB channels for $449

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Sep
14
2010

Nokia Nabs Former Palm Designer

Earlier this year, Peter Skillman left his post at Palm of 11 years where he served as the VP of design. He was responsible for contributing to the design of phones such as the Palm Pre. Skillman left Palm after it was acquired by HP

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Aug
19
2010

Debugging PDK Applications

When you build a C/C++-based application using the PDK for our webOS devices, you’re effectively doing embedded development. Here are some tips and hints for how you can get data back off the device to see what’s going on

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Aug
12
2010

Sprint Samsung Epic 4G pre-orders start Friday, 13 August – ZDNet (blog)

Sprint Samsung Epic 4G pre -orders start Friday, 13 August ZDNet (blog) Matthew started using mobile devices in 1997 with a US Robotics Pilot 1000 and has owned over 100 different devices running Palm , Linux, Symbian, Newton, … and more

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Aug
10
2010

Motorola and Verizon announce the Droid 2, available this week – ZDNet (blog)

Motorola and Verizon announce the Droid 2, available this week ZDNet (blog) Matthew started using mobile devices in 1997 with a US Robotics Pilot 1000 and has owned over 100 different devices running Palm , Linux, Symbian, Newton, … and more

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Jun
14
2010

HTC EVO 4G Mod Charges Wirelessly From Palm Pre Touchstone [DIY]

I think most of us are in agreement that one of the nicest things about the Palm Pre was its wireless charging Touchstone dock . At $20 , you too can try your hand at modding one for your HTC EVO 4G . More

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Jun
12
2010

HP Buys Linux, Virtualization Tech from Phoenix – eWeek

HP Buys Linux, Virtualization Tech from Phoenix eWeek Palm was responsible for the Palm Pre and Pixi—two smartphones that, while generally well-reviewed, generated relatively anemic sales—along with the Palm … and more

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May
17
2010

webOS booted up on a PC, just for kicks

It’s always been possible to run webOS on a PC using the emulator built into Palm’s SDK, but it turns out that the OS image used for the emulator can actually be installed on an IDE hard drive and booted from — which is exactly what one enterprising member of the PreCentral forums did with his Dell C600 laptop.

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May
17
2010

webOS booted up on a PC, just for kicks (video)

It’s always been possible to run webOS on a PC using the emulator built into Palm’s SDK, but it turns out that the OS image used for the emulator can actually be installed on an IDE hard drive and booted from — which is exactly what one enterprising member of the PreCentral forums did with his Dell C600 laptop.

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Apr
15
2010

Will Palm’s sale create a windfall for U2′s Bono and partners? – BusinessWeek

Will Palm's sale create a windfall for U2's Bono and partners? BusinessWeek In early 2009, the “new” Palm unveiled the Palm Pre smartphone, and an innovative new operating system, webOS, which is a Linux kernel with an embedded … and more

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Apr
14
2010

Will Palm’s sale create a windfall for U2′s Bono and partners? – San Francisco Chronicle

Will Palm's sale create a windfall for U2's Bono and partners? San Francisco Chronicle In early 2009, the “new” Palm unveiled the Palm Pre smartphone, and an innovative new operating system, webOS, which is a Linux kernel with an embedded …

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