The screenshot above is apparently from the new Palm Ares development tool , a Visual Studio type system that will allow easy and rapid mobile apps development. As previously reported there was no actual date of release for this tool, however it seems to be coming closer as Palm have announced that a select few will get their hands on it first.
PalmPreachers a Hebrew site about the shows a login screenshot from the Ares tool, the post is in Hebrew but from what google translate told me a few people are being allowed to use the system. It also states it is not allowed to show anymore because it has been asked not to, any correction to the Hebrew translation please let us know.
If anyone wants to get invloved and help Palm test the tool then all you have to do is follow the instructions here you will eventually get some kind of chance to take a look. The only way to solve the problem of too few apps is to develop more of them so here is a real chance to push webOS apps forward.
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Anyone using the SDK for the first time will wonder how you can mimick gestures on a normal Windows Box. Well here is a simple list of keyboard shortcuts that work in the same way as gestures on a real Palm Pre.
Keyboard Shortcuts
Back Gesture: Escape Key
Center Button: Home Key
Switch between applications: Left / Right arrow keys
Shift: Shift key
Orange Key: ALT key
Sym key: Left CTRL
Move Cards around screen: Left click , hold and move mouse
End a Card: Left Click and upward movement(flicks the card off the screen)
Touching / Tapping Screen: Left mouse click
Shuffle cards: Left mouse click + hold
Zoom in / Zoom Out: Double click Left mouse button
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The way you judge any piece of kit you have is it’s usefulness when you really need it, and you never really need your phone more then when you are hundreds of miles from home. So on my trip to the big smoke (London) the Palm Pre was meant to be entertainment on the way down , but also a way to communicate with home when there. There is no doubting the fact that smartphones have brought information to our finger tips this was proven on the journey to London. Wikipedia is a great source when you want to find out information such has how Caviar is harvested , and the Palm Pre is a great phone to give you access to that information quickly.
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To go along with the release late last week of the WebOS 1.3.1 update comes a release of a new SDK for all developers to create new apps with. The new release fixes many issues with the old SDK and has an enhanced Pixi emulator.
To get the new version just head off to the downloads section of the Palm developer site, which can be found here
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The new update for WebOS , have become available for Palm Pre owners in the US, with a whole bunch of new features available. For those of us in Europe we will have to wait until the end of the month before we get our updates, not too long to go now.
A few key features that stuck out for me were:
- Yahoo now supported in Synergy
- Yahoo! IM is available as an instant messaging account.
- Text message forwarding
There are no new generic applications though. If you want to see more about the improvements to WebOS go here.
[Via PreCentral]
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Palm is giving WebOS developers one last chance to join it’s Early Access Program before the app store is live in December 2009. Emails have been sent out asking interested developers to email back with the following information:
Your contact information (include name, e-mail, phone)
Username for webOS developer portal
For each webOS application you plan to submit, provide the following details:
- App name and description
- Business model for your app (free; paid; ad-supported)
- Palm webOS services with which your app integrates (e.g., location based services, calendar, contacts, notifications/alerts, etc.)
- ipk or representative screen shots of your app
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We all know the power of WebOS and the simplicity of application development for WebOS, it is one of the stand out points for Palm. Despite all the articles about the lack of app’s for WebOS Palm are not sitting back and watching the world go by. With the announcement of speed improvements to WebOS 1.3.1, the innovative ways of engaging application developers in the UK and the announcement of the unique way of distributing WebOS applications Palm are re-defining mobile app development.
To add to the progress made Palm announced at the Open Mobile Summit conference in San Francisco on Thursday that they would be launching a entirely Web-based app development studio by the end of the year. It is named Ares and will allow easy application development through a drag-and-drop interface (a bit like Visual Studio).
The key features of Ares will be:
1. Totally web based
2. No downloads needed
3. Easy drag and drop development
4. Integrated debugger
5.Ability to share libraries and API’s
6. Phone emulator in both landscape and portrait views
7. Send your app’s to a phone and / or Palm’s app store
The power of Ares was demonstrated by a Palm engineer who created a search app for Flickr, using the drag and drop features to create search boxes and widgets, and demonstrating the use of Ajax for the communication with the Flickr API.
More news to come on this for sure and well done Palm for another clever idea.
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Palm really needs to drive App development there is no doubt about that and although there has been a steady increase in the number of App’s of late there is still room for improvement. So what is needed is a bit of creative thinking and this is exactly what has happened in the UK with Palm giving away Free (yes that is right Free) Palm Pre’s to lucky developers in a bid to encourage them to develop App’s for the Pre.
The giveaway took place yesterday at an O2 Palm event organized by O2 Litmus which is a website dedicated to helping App developers create and deploy their new App’s. Developers can also sell their App’s through the website, read here for more details on this. I wasn’t at the event , and to be honest I only learned of the O2 Litmus website today.
But this to me is great news as it embodies the open distribution channels Palm has always talked about not going down the route of Apple and compelling people to sell App’s via iTunes only. So well done Palm and O2 for this rather clever idea. I will take my free Palm Pre in the colour black .
You can follow all the chat on twitter on #O2Palm.
Some notes from one of the attendees of the event can be found here, make very interesting reading.
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The one thing that has always frustrated developers of apps for smartphones is the lack of distribution channels available to them other then the one offered by the device manufacturers. Palm have always been a little more open to change and new ideas in this area then the likes of Apple.
To this end O2 in the UK have come up with a beta website called O2 Litmus which acts as a resource for app developers wishing to distribute their apps via the O2 Litmus website. There are many other resources available to the app developer beside a simple site to sell your applications. Working alongside O2 gives the developer access to O2 customers to test their apps before they go live (there is an attached cost for this) , also it gives you the option of accreditation. If accredited O2 will give you access to it’s users across the globe to sell your apps. There is also business support and events organised by O2 Litmus to encourage development of apps.
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A must see for any budding app developer gives a good grounding before you set off on your quest for app domination.
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