Palm Developer Center has introduced Project Ares, which is the first mobile development environment hosted entirely in a browser. This makes it a lot easier for web developers to jump into mobile development, thus help the webOS developers to sell their applications in Palm's App Catalog or on the web. To get started, first you need to sign up, or if ... continued »

We knew that Palm, sooner or later was going to get hit with a lawsuit, as soon as someone noticed that the Palm Pre was getting attention. Apparently, Artifex Software is first in line, according to Business Wire, a copyright infringement lawsuit has been filed against Palm Inc. Headquartered in San Rafael California, Artifex Software Inc. is the developer of muPDF, ... continued »

Palm have announced that, starting today, developers looking to charge for their webOS applications will be able to submit them for approval and inclusion into the App Catalog.  Until now, titles available to download to the Palm Pre have been free of charge; Palm are now throwing open the doors to apps that actually cost something, with the first developers ... continued »

When we first broke the rumor about WebOS bringing emoticons to the Palm Pre, we were not sure if this was true or not. Well, it is true! Although I have notice that not all the recipients receive the emoticons in the same way. I guess one of the more entertaining features in WebOS 1.1 - besides the new NFL app ... continued »

Palm have released webOS 1.1.0, if Apple thought their blocking of iTunes sync for the Pre would be the end of things, they should think again.  Among the changes in 1.1.0 - which include better Exchange support and improved integration between Facebook and Contacts - Palm have resolved "an issue preventing media sync from working with latest version of iTunes ... continued »

Palm have thrown open the doors to their webOS SDK, making the Palm Mojo beta available to anybody with a valid email address.  According to the company's official blog, the submissions process for the App Catalog will open to all developers this fall. Palm have also confirmed that they have an unknown number of new applications in the pipeline for release ... continued »

Palm are tipped to be preparing webOS 1.1, the first significant upgrade to the Pre's software platform, for release within a month.  While there's no official word from Palm themselves, the update is expected to address enterprise-friendly features such as remote security and improved Exchange support. According to PreCentral's anonymous tipster, webOS 1.1 will bring with it improved Exchange Active Sync ... continued »

Palm have released webOS v1.0.4 as an over-the-air update, and as you might expect it addresses the most significant security hole discovered by Pre-hackers: side-loading applications via email.  In fact, aside from blocking up some security holes, webOS 1.0.4 brings no new applications or features. Unfortunately, due to the way Palm have constructed their OTA update system, users don't really have ... continued »

Hot on the heels of their last statistics, Medialets is reporting that the Palm App Catalog has notched up over 1,000,000 downloads since the Pre launched less than twenty days ago.  Current estimates suggest that there are around 150,000 Pre handsets in circulation, suggesting that each user has downloaded six to seven applications. That's not bad, considering that right now the ... continued »

Access to the Palm webOS ROM has thrown up its next significant milestone, and users won't even have to have jailbroken their Pre in order to take advantage of it.  Three coders - xorg, spotter and simplyflipflops - have found a method whereby emailing a link to an app can allow it to install on even a box-fresh Pre. The link points ... continued »