The biggest news of the past seven days is certainly the release of webOS 1.2.0. Although we already covered this release when it came out we’ll try to cover some other aspects of it. The other big news we’ll cover is the tumbling price of the Palm Pre. Finally, we’ll wrap up the tidbits in [...]
Palm Developer Relations Co-Leader Responds to JWZ
Recently Ben Galbraith and Dion Almaer (of Ajaxian.com and Bespin fame) joined Palm to lead developer relations. They faced their first crisis with Jamie Zawinski’s well-publicized complaint about Palm’s app approval process. Ben has posted an early response to the community on his blog.
webOS 1.2 Released
Palm has released the much-anticipated next version of its webOS operating system, webOS 1.2.0. This new version, which was leaked accidentally weeks ago, includes a few new features, some speed improvements and support for purchasing apps from the App Catalog. If you can’t wait to for the download to complete, here’s a YouTube video showing [...]
New Apps Friday
New and updated apps arrived in the App Catalog again. Yesterday was rumored to be the release of paid apps but the attendant release of webOS 1.2 was nowhere to be found. Among the apps appearing today were two weather applications, some games and some location-aware applications. Guitar enthusiasts will likely enjoy MyAppCatalog‘s Guitarist’s Reference, [...]
Wednesday News Roundup – Investor Call, webOS 1.2 (Again), iTunes and Apps
The last week has yielded up a few Palm Pre and Palm Pixi related tidbits. Once again, we’ll put them on a plate and serve them with a parsley garnish, all for you. Today we’ll cover Palm’s investor conference call, webOS 1.2 delay rumors, Palm’s plea to the USB Implementers Forum is rejected and Palm’s [...]
New Apps Thursday – 23 New and Updated
Today brings a bumper crop of new apps to the app catalog. Despite a few hiccups the App Catalog should now reflect new and updated apps. Don’t worry if you only see 50 apps displayed: The current version only displays 50 apps at a time. If you want to find the other apps try changing [...]
Wednesday News Roundup – Pixi, Heroes and webOS 1.2
In addition to the new apps released on Thursday, the last seven days have brought us the Pixi at the Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week, more rumors of webOS 1.2 and its app catalog, a Pre appearance on Heroes and more. Palm Pixi at Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Palm definitely turned up their marketing efforts with their appearance [...]
New Apps Thursday
It looks as if Palm has settled into a routine of updating the App Catalog on Thursday. This Thursday brings ten new apps. Several of these new apps are graduates of the PreCentral’s Homebrew App Gallery. Included this week is the third-party Google Voice app gDial Pro. It was widely reported that Apple nixed Google’s iPhone app.
Wednesday News Roundup – Pixi, Price Cuts and webOS 1.2.0
The last week has been very active for Palm. The biggest story is the Palm’s announcement of their newest webOS phone Pixi. Next we’ll talk about the leak and the premature announcement of official release of webOS 1.2 and the Palm Pre’s price drop. Finally, we’ll wrap up with the new apps that hit the [...]
Interview With Self Aware Games’ Seppo Helava
Recently, we had a chance to sit down (virtually speaking) with Seppo Helava, Self Aware Games‘ designer and one of the minds behind Word Ace, now available for free the Palm Pre and iPhone. In the interview we talk a bit about Self Aware Games, Word Ace and their design process. Read on: