Developer speaks out on Palm WebOS Mojo SDK
After seeing the massive amount of buzz Palm generated surrounding the announcement of its Pre and new mobile operating system WebOS, mobile developers are undoubtedly just as excited as everyone else to get in on the action. Good news, mobile coders; an anonymous developer who has spent some time with Palm’s new Mojo SDK has shared some insight as far as when you can expect. Just like WebOS and the Pre itself, it appears as though Palm’s new SDK is a breath of fresh air as well. The shrouded dev essentially called the WebOS development experience the antithesis of iPhone development on several levels. From SDK usability and incorporated technologies to OS integration and even developer relations – it seems as though Palm covered all of its bases when building its savior. Palm has already made it known that it will launch its own on-device App Store, dubbed App Catalog, and this gushing account of the developer experience is yet another check mark in the Palm column. Throw a few more handsets and a few more big carrier deals into the mix and Palm might have to wear shades…
Here’s to hoping Palm’s app store isnt as restrictive as apple’s.
I’m looking for a mobile development platform to throw my support behind. So far the iPhone is out since I don’t have a Mac and the whole process is too draconian. Android isn’t bad, but I’m not a big Java fan, so I’m hoping that a future release adds Python as an “offical” language. Palm’s webOS does look promising, though I’m curious about game development, one area I’m particularly interested in.
I love how the top banner is actually embedded into the shell of the phone!?! Did anyone actually look at the image after they created it? Or am I missing something?
Wow, an old, used-to-be leader has gotten passed up by a new arrival on the scene. The scuffled along, losing money and market share for years. They’re swirling around the drain about to die.
Then wait, the see there competitor’s dream product. The completely rip it off. Except, they tweak a few of the minor annoyances. Not too difficult.
Now if Palm could call GM and Ford and team them this simple trick we might be onto something.
“VitaminCM” said…doesn’t matter…it MIGHT matter that an ID named “VitaminCM” said it though!
http://www.vitamindinc.com/company.php
Lol!
Aw gee whiz – I see there’s a vitamincm.com as well.
Poop – so much for conspiracy rumors!
That’s pretty funny.
No software company, just a small blog. They better back off my name man!
I think Palm is moving in the right direction. However, I would have hit the market with a GSM device.
The form factor is very reminiscent of HTC’s old Blue Angel which is still one of my favorite form factors.
This new operating system is a big gamble. If developers pile on, Palm just may have a chance.
Awesome… It’s either this phone or an Android OS phone for me in 6 months. Apple’s complete lockdown of their devices pretty much rules them out as far as I’m concerned.
I sure am glad they launched this on Sprint vs. the other guys. 2 companies down on their luck will always fight harder than those who are fat cats. Further, the data network and voice network coverage, then openness story coming out of Sprint, should really make this product shine.
After watching the Palm keynote i have to say that although they did copied a lot of stuff from the iPhone which is not bad cause they did a good job, you really have to get this phone if your a Sprint user cause it is a pretty cool phone.
It’s funny, but I recall a lot of the things said last year about the G1 are simply being replicated on this phone. The G1 hasn’t performed terribly well in the only area that counts, so now the media has moved on. And lookie here. . .despite having “mobile” in its DNA. . .Palm delivers a product in 2009 that they should’ve released in 2007 (i.e. before Apple sold something like 14 million iPhones and iPod Touch units, and RIM sold millions of devices, etc). Kinda sad, actually.
So, it’s looking like I’ll be ditching my old VZW Palm for an SPCS Palm. Watched the CES outing – all 1:07 of it, and it’s great to hear it’s easy to develop for! Since VZW straps down their phones or lobotomizes their PDAs I may lean toward paying an ETF if the Pre hits the streets before October…
I’m also hoping there won’t be any pFart apps in the Palm Store…
At last, Palm used to be the king of devices and their open standards is sorely missed especially with iPhone’s attitude towards developers.
I have to see how this phone performs but I’ve been waiting for a new phone for sprint because I wanna leave Verizon oh so bad….
Mr. Jobs, if your reading this, I really hope you have some nice tricks up your sleves. That last sentance should make you worry. Even you were down on your luck at one point, you guys came up. Palm can do the same. I am not saying they will, but this a formidable opponent. It’s either the pre os on a better sexier lookiing bigger screen gsm phone with horizontal qwerty and some big name carriers, or you come out swinging sometime around June. Good luck.
With the addition of multi – touch I think this phone is going to compete well against the other touch screen phones out there.
It reminds me of my old Agenda VR3 …
but in color,
and with a keyboard,
and a phone,
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