Palm Reaches Out To Third Party App Developers for webOS

January 13, 2009 By Leave a Comment

Palm is taking steps to reach out to developers looking to develop third party applications for the new Palm Pre and webOS. Unlike the folks in Curpertino, Palm is asking for feedback from developers on third party application distribution. Don’t discount how much developers will embrace being part of the solution and having a say in the new Palm App Catalog (official name for Palm’s new App Store).

Andrew Shebanow (formerly of Adobe) is in charge of third party app distribution and solicting feedback from developers regarding the following:

  • how would you like to see application installation work? Application updating?
  • should palm provide a complete payment processing story or stay out of everyone’s way?
  • should payment be handled in-application or prior to download or both?
  • how should trials and tryouts work?
  • do you want to host your application “binaries” on your servers or on ours? Why?
  • should we treat open source applications differently? If so, how?
  • how should palm handle “featured” applications?
  • how should users be able to find/browse for your application?

Great new OS. Solid hardware. Reaching out the developer community. Palm is taking all the right steps to make the Palm Pre a success.

Developers can read more about how they can provide feedback at Andrew’s blog. 

via Daring Fireball

 

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Palm Prepping Centro 2 With webOS?

January 12, 2009 By Leave a Comment

According to a report by PalmInfoCenter, Palm is rumored to be working on an update to the Palm Centro that will run the new Palm webOS. The Palm Centro has been a major success for the company selling millions of units. They reference a snippet from PCMag speculates that a candybar form factor without a QWERTY keyboard could be in the works.

The current Palm product line is based upon three operating systems:

  • Palm Pre: webOS
  • Palm Treo: Windows Mobile Professional
  • Palm Centro: Palm OS

The legacy Palm OS has served the company well, but it would certainly make sense for the company to transition those users to the new webOS. From a support standpoint alone, Palm could focus on support just two platforms. One of the reasons for the Centro’s success has been the price. If they were to develop a low-cost entry level Centro running webOS, it would sell in droves. 

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Expectations for Palm’s Nova OS

January 8, 2009 By Leave a Comment

We are just a few hours away from what we expect will be the announcement of Palm’s Nova OS and a new line of smartphones. One thing you can count on with the phone announced today is that it will offer one-handed operation. That’s always been a competitive advantage for Palm and it’s not available on either the BlackBerry or iPhone. Palm recently joined Twitter and that was one of their first "tweets". Coincidence or simply starting to beat the drum of why to select the new Palm device over the competition. One of the questions entering today will be backwards compatibility and I fully expect Palm will allow for use of your existing Palm apps on the new OS through some sort of emulation. If StyleTap can build Palm OS emulation for the iPhone, then Palm can certainly offer it in their new OS.

The operating system will probably fall somewhere between Android and iPhone. I met with Palm a few months back and they explained how every detail was being thought out regarding the UI of Nova and the new devices. They went on to explain how the Nova OS represents a mobile OS from the ground up, where as Apple’s iPhone has strong ties to Mac OS X. Good thing? Bad thing? I’m not really sure until we see the offering today and it’s one of the questions we’ll be sure to ask Palm during our meeting.

One of the advantages Palm has is their rich history of developing PDA’s and more importantly smartphones. This is not a consumer electronics company building a phone for the first time. Expect many of the things that work on the current Palm OS Treo to be ported over to Nova, but with a new look. There have also been mentions about the transitions between screens looking "amazing". From a hardware perspective, the word on the street is a vertical slider featuring a large touch screen display. The screen is rumored to be a capacitive touch screen, not unlike the iPhone. If Palm hits one out of the park, the new phone/OS will find the sweet spot between the iPhone and the BlackBerry in a device that offers one-handed use. Live coverage begins in just under three hours at everythingtreo.com/live.

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Palm CES 2009 Live Blog Event Starts at 2:00 pm

January 8, 2009 By Leave a Comment

Just a few hours from our live blog coverage of Palm’s CES Event. Will they bring the new-ness? Some have dubbed this event make or break for Palm. I’ve traveled 15 hours (if include layovers and check-in) and ready to head over to the Venetian Hotel to provide blow-by-blow coverage.

Watch it unfold on our live blog event at everythingtreo.com/live. Coverage will begin on or around 2:00 p.m. EST.

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New Palm Pre to run Palm webOS

January 8, 2009 By Leave a Comment

Palm today introduced their next generation operating systems known simply as webOS. Applications can be written for webOS using HTML and CSS. Palm believes thousands of developers will write for webOS given the ease of entry.

 

The overarching theme of webOS and the Palm Pre is keeping your entire life (business, personal) within one device. Palm demoed what they termed "synergy".  Your contacts will now have Facebook, Twitter and IM integration. Let’s say you start a conversation with a contact using SMS, you can pick up that coversation in IM using Palm’s threaded discussion. Think threaded SMS but extended to other forms of communication. 

 

The web browser for webOS looks very similar to Safari on the iPhone. Pages render as if they would on your deskop Mac/PC. Using your fingers, you can pinch to zoom in or out. Swiping the screen up or down moves the page.

 

The concept behind the name Pre is that it thinks before you do. As you type, webOS on the Pre starts to build a list of relatable items. In the demo, they typed Blu. The webOS will build a list of applications or contacts until it no longer has a match. At that point, a screen appears offering you a choice for Google Search or Wikipedia.

Switching between applications does not mean you have to close an app. Using gestures, you can bring up what Palm has termed "cards".  You can easily swipe left or right to activate a particular app.

The new webOS supports both portrait and landscape views. Utilizing the sensors built into the Palm Pre, the device will switch into either portrait or landscape mode depending on how you are holding the device.

Finally, notifications are very big in the Palm webOS. They do not disrupt your current app, but notifications will pop up in the bottom of the main window. Using cards, you can easily move to the app whether it be GTalk or SMS and then back.

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Things We Don’t Know About webOS and Palm Pre

January 8, 2009 By Leave a Comment

There has been plenty of news streaming out of Vegas regarding the new Palm webOS and the Palm Pre. During extensive demo time this afternoon, the operating system looks very stable. There are a number of issues regarding the webOS and Palm Pre that are still works in progress. Palm provided a deluge of information today, but there are still a few details that will not be answered until we get closer to launch. Palm would not comment either way regarding:

  • Flash support 
  • Mac support
  • YouTube streaming video

With Jon Rubenstein coming over from Apple, I’d be surprised if in this day and age they didn’t support the Mac platform. At last check, the Mac OS has reached 10% of the market and that’s a market that craves the latest technology. Of course, most of those are probably iPhone owners. If Palm hopes to convert them to the Palm Pre, they need to build in syncing support for Address Book and iCal. Additionally, the Palm OS that webOS replaces has always been Mac friendly. If you used a Treo and had a Mac, you most likely used a Palm OS Treo to avoid dealing with third party syncing apps.

Have questions for Palm? Let us know in the Palm Pre forums and I’ll do what I can to get them answered.

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Palm webOS SDK Coming, No Legacy App Support

January 8, 2009 By Leave a Comment

Palm has confirmed they will release an SDK for webOS. Application development is done using HTML and CSS. According to Palm, developers will find it "easy to create apps". Developers created a Twitter app in less than 3 days.  The company has partnered with a few long-time Palm OS developers in effort to get their apps on the Palm Pre.

Palm has not built-in backward compatibility for Palm OS applications. The company has no plans to do so, but instead will rely on a third party developer. StyleTap was able to port Palm OS apps on the iPhone, so they are most likely the developer who will look to create an emulation app for webOS and the Pre. The company never released their Palm OS emulation for iPhone, but rather showed it as a "proof of concept". Anyone from StyleTap want to comment? Plenty of Palm OS owners looking to make the jump to webOS will be looking to keep their old apps.

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Palm Launches New App Store

December 16, 2008 By Leave a Comment

Apple has redefined the software distribution system with their popular App Store and Palm has launched their own App Store. Unlike a native App Store application, the new Palm App Store is more or less a gateway to browse software using Blazer. It’s more or less a shortcut to their mobile web store, similar to visiting software.everythingtreo.com via Blazer.

When Palm announces their Nova OS next month at CES, we hope to see a native App Store application. Apple has set the standard with their App Store, RIM is expected to launch their App Store next month and  Microsoft is expected to join the fray sometime next year. Software has always been a great way to expand the mobile experience and making it easier to get software on your device is the key to success.

You can download the new App Store directly from Palm. There is a Palm OS and Windows Mobile version available.

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