The big news for today was Palm’s release of its Plug-in Development Kit (PDK) beta in conjunction with the Game Developers Conference. The news first broke this morning in the form of a press release. Soon after, Palm posted its own note and opened the beta for download. What is the PDK and why should you care? I’ll tell you…
Palm Releases PDK Beta
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Interview with Frank Zammetti, Part 1
Recently I had the opportunity to talk with , author of a number of programming books. Recently, Frank’s book Practical Palm Pre webOS Projects was released by Apress. Read on to learn more about him than you ever wanted to know!
Wednesday News Roundup – Palm Stock, Facebook, SDK and more
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The big news from the last week was quite obviously the release of webOS 1.4. First, we’ll bring you up-to-date on the story we mentioned last week about the roller coaster Palm’s shares have been on. Next, we’ll talk about Palm’s Facebook app, which received a major update today. Then, we’ll talk about a little discovery that makes free apps available without geographic restrictions. We’ll follow that with news of the release of the webOS 1.4 SDK. Finally, we’ll catch up the bits and bobs in the Roundup.
Palm webOS 1.4 Released
With February drawing to a close expectations that webOS 1.4 would arrive on Friday were running high. If you happen to live on the west coast of the US then Palm did not disappoint. Those further to the east needed to equip some caffeine and practice patience. However, webOS 1.4 is released (for Sprint in the US and on the O2 UK, O2 DE, O2 Ireland and Movistar networks in Europe. Update: Verizon now released.) and is now available for download. Those of you who’ve applied custom themes are recommended to remove them prior to installing the update. Patches, services and homebrew apps should be safe to leave behind if you have updated to the latest versions with AUPT. Everyone knows that video recording is coming with 1.4, what else can you expect? Keep reading…
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Wednesday News Roundup – Apps, Apps, Apps
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February is drawing to a close and the big question on everyone’s mind is: Where is webOS 1.4? Unfortunately, we don’t have an answer for you. But, we do have a rundown of the news from the last week. The news this week is all about apps. We’ll cover them in quick succession and clean up any leftovers in the Roundup. Let’s get going…
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