Another Wednesday has drawn to a close and things have definitely been happening for Palm. The last seven days has brought us webOS 1.2.1, paid apps in the App Catalog and an entirely new direction for Palm developers. There were a few other things of note, such as a news of Flash Player 10.1 and [...]
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Paid Apps Arrive, Disappear, App Catalog Overhaul
Palm has let forth the next batch of applications. This is the first update to include paid applications. Appearing today, briefly, were approximated 29 new applications or updated applications. This now bring the total number of applications up to about 125. However, a problem with the App Catalog’s paid apps caused them to be pulled [...]
Flash Player for webOS Gets Closer
We’ve heard for a while that Flash Player will be coming to webOS. We had heard that it would be arriving this year. Now, Adobe reveals their plan for Flash Player 10.1. Read on for more about Flash Player 10.1 and a demo video showing it running on a Palm Pre.
webOS 1.2.1 Released – iTunes Sync Enabled
Palm surprised quite a few people by releasing webOS 1.2.1 early this morning. There had been rumors that 1.2.1 was due out soon and that it would fix iTunes sync but there wasn’t any reason to suspect it would appear today. What did not appear that was expected to appear was a new batch of [...]
Wednesday News Roundup – webOS 1.2 Finally
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 [...]