WebOS
WebOS 1.4 coming today, with a long list of changelog
Feb 26th
Yes, it has been reported that Palm will release the version 1.4 of WebOS to the Pre and Pixi owners by today. And we have a long list of have been fixed and addedd:
Fixes
- Time Zone bug Fix
- Network time sync bug fix to reflect accuratenetwork time
- BT car-kit transition to device corrected
- No EV-Icon bug fixed (random)
- Random browser formatting bug fixed
- Fixed bug that incorrectly displayed Sprint when actually was Digital Roaming
Enhancements
- Phonebook Transfer
- Supports Video Capture Capability
- Performance enhancement within phone and calendar
Apps
Calendar
- Dial phone # from within a meeting event
- Allow custom Alerts sounds for Calendar event and reminders
- Added AM – PM detail within Calendar events
- Embedded phone $ or email address (embedded inemail) can be easily added to Contacts app
- New email sort options (date, Sender, Subject)
- Return to inbox view after send – email
Messaging
- Ability to forward SMS to email
- Ability to dial phone # from SMS chat session (No need to open contact any longer
- Press and hold on a phone # to get more options( Call, SMS)
Universal Search now includes EAS (outlook Exchange) GAL corporate address look up.
Application Launcher – Easier user interface providing usermore feedback during an application launch
Pre Button in gesture area blinks when notification pending
Added Adobe Flash 10 Beta – Palm Pre only
Supports Flash 10 Beta – download available in Palm AppCatalog
[via precentral]
Palm starts the 1 million dollars Hot Apps challenge
Feb 2nd
In order to attract more quality apps to its App Catalog, Palm has started a Hot Apps program.
Running from February 1, 2010 to May 31, 2010, Hot Apps will award cash prizes to the developers with the most webOS app downloads during that period.
And here are the prizes:
- #1 most downloaded free app: $100,000
- #1 highest revenue paid app: $100,000
- #2 – #21 most downloaded paid apps: $10,000 each
- #2 – #21 most downloaded free apps: $10,000 each
- #22 – #221 most downloaded paid apps: $1,000 each
- #22 – #221 most downloaded free apps: $1,000 each
There are 2 categories, free and paid apps. And the top 221 apps from each categories will be rewarded. For WebOS developers, that’s something to look forward.
[via precentral]
Palm Pre Plus is a multitasking workhorse, 50 apps opened at the same time
Jan 22nd
A recent multitasking test from Precentral.net has shown the upcoming Palm Pre Plus (with more RAM than the original Palm Pre) is capable of openning 50 applications at the same time. And this is amazing if you compare to iPhone, and even multitasking capable devices like Windows Mobile devices and Android handsets.
The original post is here and you can view the video below.
Would Palm Pre Plus my next device? 
Palm CES 2010 presentation video
Jan 8th
Here is the full video (about 1 hour) of Palm’s presentation in CES 2010. If you are interest in Palm’s WebOS platforms, it covers quite a lot of updates regarding their new development:
- Pre coming to SFR in France
- PreCentral webOS App Gallery brings the App Catalog to your browser
- Palm reveals open web distribution of webOS apps
- Video recording coming to webOS
- Flash 10.1 coming soon to a Palm near you
- Palm makes the Pre Plus and Pixi Plus official, Verizon only, and with tethering
- webOS 1.4 coming in February with built-in Flash, video, etc
- Palm CES 2010 Presentation Gallery
- Hands-On with the Palm Pre Plus and Palm Pixi Plus!
[via precentral]
Plam Pre Plus and Pixi Plus specs leaked
Jan 7th
A leaked Verizon document reveals detailed specifications about the upcoming Palm Pre Plus and the Palm Pixi Plus models.
The Pre Plus will come with 16GB of internal memory, as opposed to the original Pre on Sprint of 8GB. It has a 3.1″ capacitive display with 320×480 resolution and multi-touch support, slide out QWERTY keyboard, Wi-Fi, EVDO Rev A, 3MP camera with LED Flash, Bluetooth, video and music playback, and document viewer.
The Pixi Plus will come with 8GB of internal memory, 2.63″ capacitive display with 320×480 resolution and multi-touch support, QWERTY keyboard, Wi-Fi, EVDO Rev A, 2MP camera with LED flash, Bluetooth, video and music playback, and document viewer.
Both the Pre Plus and Pixi Plus will not come with microSD memory card slot and will not support video recording.
[via phonearena]
WebOS reaches a new milestone – hardware accelerated 3D gaming
Jan 4th
Palm seems to be working hard to add more features to its WebOS. And the latest is the 3D hardware accelarated gaming. The webosinternal channel on Youtube is showing a demo of Doom running on Palm Pre and it has reached a pretty impressive stage. It is working at high speed and the graphic is smooth. When Palm finishes the development of the 3D API for WebOS, we will see full 3D games start to appear in the App Catalog.
Palm Ares development tool shown on video
Dec 31st
Interested in the latest web based development tool for WebOS from Palm? Here is a video of it. If you are interested in writing applications for WebOS platform, this might be interesting to you. It is demoed by an experienced Ares developer and it shows quite a number of interesting aspects of Ares, like drag-and-drop, integration with Flickr, etc.
Enjoy!!
