For those who remember the stock calculator app in PalmOS, the one included in webOS appears to be severely lacking. At first look, you only have the basic arithmetic commands of addition, subtraction, multiplication and division (along with a standard memory function of M+, MR, and MC). While still not nearly as full featured as the old PalmOS calculator, there are some additional functions available simply by pressing the spacebar. The 4 buttons on the right will turn into M-, %, square root, and +/-.

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If you still need more functionality in your calculator, you may need to look in the App catalog for a suitable replacement. Got any suggestions?

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If you’re looking for a multi-purpose financial calculator, then you should look no further than T-Money. The $9.99 app by Sound Expressions features calculators for loans, savings and withdrawals, and profits and loss. Not can T-Money compute things like payments or principles, it can also show you multiple graphs of the calculations over time: a powerful tool for determining how your investment can be expected to perform in the months and years ahead.

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Going into yesterday evening we were prepared for Friday to be another app-less day, but Palm had other plans for us. Yesterday we received more new apps than we usually see in total updated and new: 26, bringing the grand total in the App Catalog to 413. Sure, it still pales in comparison to that other mobile application store, but we’ll take what we can get. And it was bound to happen eventually, and this week was the week… we got our first webOS fart app. See the reality of it all in list form after the break.

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With the weekend’s webOS 1.3.1 update came a whole slew of apps updated to match. Several new apps, including the much-awaited Facebook app, were included in the app drop, which was more reminiscent of carpet bombing than a precision strike. Yeah, there are that many updates. So many that the list extended off my computer screen, spilled over the edge of my desk, and splattered all over the floor. It’s a mess, and all it’s waiting for you after the break.

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Yesterday brought us a dozen plus two new apps (that’s fourteen) plus a whole slew of updates. Check ‘em out…

New apps:

• Advanced Calculator. $1.99, by Willculus: Easy-to-use scientific calculator.
• BackGammon, $1.99, by BlueSwitch: Two-player graphic-rich backgammon game.
• Chess for webOS v1, $0.99, by Fusion Creative Studios: Play chess against a computer opponent.
• DigiClock, $0.99, by d0lph1nK1ng Software: Turn your Pre into a fullscreen digital clock. Congrats to Homebrew Graduate d0lph1nK1ng!
• Find Jack, $0.99, by Software for Mobile Phones: Keep track of which cup Jack the ant is hiding under.
• findMYcar, $2.49, by abesapps: Pin your car’s location, set a parking meter alarm, check your BAC, and more. Congrats to Homebrew Graduate abegee!
• Graphing Calculator, $3.99, by Willculus: Get the super-fast CT8450 graphing calculator on your phone.
• GroupE, $0.99, by GeezerNetwork: Save lists of email addresses for quick group emailing.
• Halloween, $3.99, by Europa Pictures: Trivia and fun facts about that spookiest of holidays.
• LightSword, $0.99, by d0lph1nK1ng Software: Turn your Pre into a light saber, er, sword. Congrats to Homebrew Graduate d0lph1nK1ng!
• Location Manager, $0.99, by Game Time For All: Save locations and easily find your way back.
• Mind Master, $1.99, by GoML Software: Stretch your logic muscle and break the code.
• The Word For Today Full, $1.99, by Greater Life Church and Ministries: Get your daily dose of scripture.
• Where My Car At, $1.43, Tidy Minds: Save you car’s location, set a parking meter alarm, and map your way back to your car.

Updated Apps:

• AP Mobile, Free
• BabyBump, $3.99
• Chameleon, $0.99
• Chess for webOS, Free
• Color Match, $1.99
• Concert Finder Lite, Free
• GetMeVino! Lite, Free
• Mine Search, $0.99
• Peg IQ!, $0.99
• Tilt Origami, $1.99
• TipIt, Free

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Okay, so there’s technically nothing really magical about 300, except that it is more than we had before. After a smattering of new apps last night, Palm dropped the mother load on us this afternoon and brought the tally to a nice round 300. It’s a long list of new and updated apps, so check it all out after the break. We’ve got 33 new apps in total – Palm, keep it up, we like it!

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Our friend Marco went out to the preDevCamp at Palm HQ in Sunnyvale, California, and lucky us, he took a video camera and blogged it up (mad props to you, mate!). Aside from some delicious-looking pizza, we also got a look at a few applications that were developed/refined during the programming sessions.

First up is an app that pulls dream summaries posted online down to the device, refreshing with the accelerometer shake API. Next was a video poker app, followed by Word Ace, by Self-Aware Games, described as a combination of Texas Hold’em and Scrabble. Word Ace was demonstrated working on multiple platforms and playing together in peace and harmony on two Pres and an iPhone. Once released, Word Ace looks to be a very in-depth application, with profile support, awards, and more. Another attendee coded up a simple little accelerometer app that bounces a tiny Palm logo around the screen as you tilt the phone. The developer behind Twee was also in attendance and demonstrated the slick CSS3 animations used in his application.

Lastly there’s Marco, who showed off his amazingly slick scientific calculator, inspired by those classic 1980’s scientific calculators. The app supports haptic feedback (it vibrates with each virtual button press) and includes a very useful in-calculator unit converter. The latest version of Marco’s Scientific RPN Calculator app is available in the PreCentral.net Homebrew Apps center and will land in the App Catalog as soon as Palm opens it up.

Tony Peric of PreThinking was also at the preDevCamp at Palm HQ and provided a liveblog of the event. Interesting notes include an application development checklist and Palm’s preferred UI development tool (Adobe Fireworks). Palm even gave away a copy of Adobe CS4 to one lucky attendee.

Oh, and by the way – the preDevCamp Developer Challenge is on!  They’ve published the official rules and we’re publishing the apps they’re creating — all right here at this special homebrew apps page.  Be sure to rate the apps you see there – the top app will garner a Palm Pre for its developer.  Meanwhile, developers from preDevCamp have until this Saturday, August 15th, midnight Pacific time to submit their apps – be sure to contact us to learn how to submit!

Were you at preDevCamp? Sound off in the comments a let us know how it went where you were!

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