Okay, now that we’ve got a bigger shot of this thing, we can definitely say that it’s neither a Pre nor a Pre Plus … so assuming it’s not some sophisticated fake, you’re feasting your eyes on Palm’s next-gen model here
Sure, you can jailbreak a PS3 using a USB drive , or even a Palm Pre or Nokia N900 — but isn’t that a little too straightforward?
You may not realize it, but if you have the webOS SDK installed on your system, you’ve got the source for the Mojo framework there right on your machine available for reading. On Windows, we install it in the “share/refcode/webos-framework” folder under the location where the SDK lives (usually c:Program FilesPalmSDK), next to the code samples and webOS application source.
Palm will be at OSCON next week in Portland. Josh Marinacci will be joining the rest of the HP crew in the HP booth, demonstrating Ares and webOS.
I’m speaking at OSCON in Portland next week, and what a busy week it will be. In addition to my personal session on marketing open source projects, I’ve added some Palm stuff in collaboration with HP
The PDK is now out of beta, which means you may now begin submitting PDK-based apps to the App Catalog! As webOS 1.4.5 begins rolling out through the carriers, your apps will become available to customers with the update.
It’s been a rough month or so for Palm, as the only thing keeping the company’s tanking stock price from falling completely into the gutter are buyout rumors — RIM here, HTC there, even Lenovo, for some crazy reason. But that’s apparently not enough to get CEO Jon Rubinstein down: he just sat down with Fortune for a remarkably candid chat, saying that although his company hasn’t done so well, he still thinks there’s potential — and that he obviously wishes some things had gone better. The big one?
Given all the Cortex A8 processor clock tweaking going on we admit to being just a little surprised to be reading the first overclocking reports on the eminently hackable N900 only now.
We have received a ton of great feedback on the Facebook app which is fantastic. It pushes us to do more, quickly! The top request is for access to Facebook notifications. Henry Levak even reached out with a mock of what he would like to see.
We have received a ton of great feedback on the Facebook app which is fantastic. It pushes us to do more, quickly! The top request is for access to Facebook notifications. Henry Levak even reached out with a mock of what he would like to see.
If you’ve been looking to get in on some of that red hot game development action that Palm’s been all about lately, check it out: among the announcements at this year’s GDC , Palm has announced the release of its public beta PDK for webOS.
We heard ( momentarily ) that Sprint was fixing to roll webOS 1.4 out to Palm devices starting today, and it seems as if one particular Pre Central forum member has stumbled upon the software early. We’ve already shown you the full changelog , but if you’re too anxious to wait for your own OTA alert, hit up the source link for a deep dive into webOS 1.4 screenshots
This isn’t confirmed, but with RIM rumored to be exploring sliding-QWERTY devices for a pretty long time, one of our BlackBerry connects dropped some info on us and we wanted it to share it. Here’s what we know: • It’s a portrait-oriented slider.
Are Palm's phones selling well at Verizon? MarketWatch The Palm Pre , which launched with Verizon Wireless last month
