Author Archives: Roy Sutton

About Roy Sutton

Roy has been active in the Palm developer community since just after the Palm Pre was released. He has been a mobile developer for far longer than the term 'mobile computing' has been around. During the day, he develops software and systems for barcode and RFID data collection. He has published two apps for webOS and has several more in the pipeline. He was formerly editor at Pre 101.
By: , 4/14/2011 6:31 pm | 3 comments
Léo Apotheker

HP’s CEO Leo Apotheker sat down with Fortune Magazine’s Adam Lashinsky recently and talked about HP’s plan for the TouchPad. He was asked what differentiated webOS from other tablet offerings on the market and whether HP would be able …

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By: , 4/11/2011 6:00 pm | 17 comments
citrix-autocad

No, we’re not talking about product placement in an upcoming Star Trek movie (though that is a good idea). What’s going on is we’ve now gotten another glimpse in to how HP will be positioning the TouchPad as a …

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By: , 3/17/2011 12:55 pm | 7 comments
BigwebOSBenr

Richard Kerris, HP VP Worldwide Developer Relations webOS, recently tweeted about an upcoming webOS developer gather in London (Jolly ol’ England). While the details are scant he pegs March 30th as the date. What’s notable is that this is, …

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By: , 3/16/2011 12:16 pm | 15 comments
hockey

At the tail end of the HP Summit there was a Q&A session with the HP executives. Given the prominent role that webOS played during the summit it was natural that analysts in attendance asked questions regarding its role …

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By: , 3/14/2011 5:34 pm | 16 comments
HP Summit 2011

For fans of webOS there was a lot to like about Léo Apotheker’s presentation at the HP Summit. There was a lot of focus on webOS and how HP will leverage it as part of their push into cloud …

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By: , 3/14/2011 11:15 am | 19 comments
touchpad-June-opal-September

Our friends over at PreCentral just got word that a “major retailer” is gearing up for the onslaught of tablets this year. Among the other tablets making their appearance were two HP TouchPad models.

The TouchPad 10″ models, according to …

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By: , 2/22/2011 5:09 am | 56 comments
german-pre-webos-2.0.1-exhibition

There has been a lot of furor over HP’s decision to not offer over-the-air (OTA) updates to webOS 2.x for owners of Pre and Pixi devices. It was said that a webOS doctor may be available to select devices …

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By: , 2/21/2011 8:09 am | 37 comments
Rod-Whitby-Pre-2

Remember back in November when we all waited on pins and needles as Rod Whitby of WebOS Internals successfully got a Pre 2 to work on Sprint’s network? It’s been a good long while but the WebOS Internals team …

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By: , 2/14/2011 10:30 pm | 29 comments
guest_spotlight

A lot of devs were underwhelmed with both the press event and the dev event on February 9. I’ve been trying to think about that in a way which resembles …

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By: , 2/14/2011 4:20 pm | 19 comments
NDRIVE-main-logo

Been looking for a new navigation option for your webOS device?  NDrive, producers of a true on-board navigation system for many mobile platforms, demoed their software running on a Palm Pre Plus in Barcelona during the Mobile World Congress. …

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By: , 2/10/2011 7:02 pm | 34 comments
hp-proliant-webos-internals

One question we get asked a lot is: “How do I root my webOS device?” As most of you know, you don’t. Palm decided early on to trust webOS users and provide an open system. Out of this openness …

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By: , 1/13/2011 8:02 pm | 16 comments
hp-webos-future-revealed

We’ve already told you about the upcoming announcement from HP. Now, Palm has added a special event that same day for developers. All registered developers should have received an invitation today that looks a bit like the image below:

Other …

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