Here were are, Wednesday night, just like always (cough). Last week saw a number of exciting webOS-related developments. First up, Palm released webOS version 1.3.1 to North America. Next, the Pixi was officially released. Finally, we’ll wrap up with some more of the news and financial analysis that’s been circulating about Palm. No need to [...]
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Interview with Palm’s Chuq Von Rospach
For those of you who are developing applications for Palm’s webOS the name Chuq Von Rospach should be familiar. For those who aren’t, Chuq is Palm’s Developer Community Manager. Chuq is an inordinately busy person and tracking him down is a bit like trying to track down an elusive bird, I imagine. If the previous [...]
Wednesday News Roundup – Pixi, Developers and More
The time machine is out of service this week so the Wednesday News Roundup is showing up a bit late. In the last week (and a day) the news has mostly revolved around the upcoming release for the Pixi. In addition to the Pixi we received word that Palm is allowing more developers [...]
Wednesday News Roundup – Pixi, Asia, webOS and iTunes
For those keeping score, we didn’t do a news roundup last week and instead posted our on-the-scene report about Sprint’s Open Developer Conference. If you missed it, you can read the first part here. So, with two weeks to catch up on, here are the big stories: Palm announces Pixi release date, Australia gets left [...]
Interview with Jason Robitaille
Recently, Jason Robitaille and I had the opportunity to exchange some e-mails. Jason should be very familiar to those who have been trying out some of the homebrew applications available for webOS. Not only did he make webOS Quick Installer but he’s produced a number of other helpful applications for those working on webOS. Read [...]
Enabling Sounds in the webOS Emulator
One of the top todo items for Palm has been sound in the emulator. If you’re a developer you’ve probably noticed this line in your log file before:
Error: file:///var/usr/palm/applications/com.dynaptic.matchem/index.html
Error: service request: com.palm.audio is not running.
This error message got me to wondering the other night so I started poking around using Novaterm. In the /etc directory [...]
Sprint Open Developers Conference, Wrap Up
Wednesday was the final day of the Sprint Open Developers Conference. The day included two keynote speeches and some breakout sessions. I’ll wrap up everything with my thoughts on the conference. Note: This is the third part of my coverage of the conference, don’t miss parts one and two.
The morning began with a very long [...]
Wednesday News Roundup – Verizon, Apps, webOS 101 and More
Another Wednesday has snuck up on us. This last week brought us more confirmation that the Pre will be picked up by Verizon in 2010. Palm unveiled some new ways to check out apps in the App Catalog, which now number 228. The Pre 101 empire launched a new site for those interested in programming [...]
Wednesday News Roundup – European Launches, More Apps
The Pre has officially launched on the other side of the pond. The last week saw launch parties in Germany and England and a full launch in Spain. A new Palm Pre book was released. Many new apps appeared in the App Catalog. Without further ado:
Interview With Delicious Morsel’s Dennis Wilkins
Last week I had the opportunity to have a chat with Dennis Wilkins, author of the webOS Twitter app Twee. Dennis and I got to discuss his new apps, webOS and the future of his company Delicious Morsel.