Wednesday News Roundup – Hot Apps and WebOS Quick Install
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The last week brought some interesting things to folks running webOS: First up, the Hot Apps contest has officially begun. Next, our friend Jason Robitaille has released a new version of WebOS Quick Install. We’ll cover the rest of the tidbits in the Roundup. Fire up your Palm Pre or Pixi and play along.
Hot Apps Launches
We’ve previously mentioned the Hot Apps Program, where Palm will be giving away $1,000,000 to developers who create the most popular paid and free apps. The period for which apps will be judged began on Monday. Be sure to check out all the new apps that are appearing in the App Catalog daily. If you’re a developer looking to get in on the gold rush, check out the Palm developer site and our sister site webOS 101.
WebOS Quick Install 3.0 Available
Those of you who install a lot of patches, themes or homebrew on your phone are probably already familiar with WebOS Quick Install. For those of you who don’t, you can read a bit about it and the author in our interview with Jason Robitaille. Jason has recently released version 3.0. Among the new features with this version is support for Auto-Update Patch Technology (which we discussed last week) and the ability to automatically download the webOS Doctor for your device. WebOS Quick Install is a good place to get started with homebrew and patching and is one of the ways to install the on-device installer Preware.
Roundup
Our good friends over at Totally Palmed have started a very good tutorial for new users. If you’re just getting started with your Pre or Pixi or you feel like you could be getting more out of it you owe it to yourself to take a look at the series. Start with the first: Tips and Tricks every webOS user should know! (Part 1 of 5). Our other friends over at Pre Central have an article about Palm’s recent stock movement, check it out if you’re interested in the company behind your smartphone. Rod Whitby of WebOS Internals is calling for open source developers to assist with Preware. Contact him if interested (finding his e-mail is the first test you must pass). Jay Freeman (of Cydia fame) is developing a single-source Web site called Cyrket for checking out the various smartphone app stores. The Palm feed can be found here.
