This has been quite a week, with the announcement of an incredible lineup of devices in the Veer, Pre 3 and the TouchPad and a closer look at the next generation of webOS development with our new Enyo framework. Now, I’m sure many of you are wondering where that leaves apps you’ve developed or want [...]
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Developing with the webOS SDK, Plug-in Development Kit (PDK), Uncategorized, What's Happening in webOS, development
February 15th 2011 | Posted by Sean Lindo
Hot Apps, Plug-in Development Kit (PDK), announcements
October 28th 2010 | Posted by Fred Patton
We are proud to announce the winners of our PDK Hot Apps Promotion. Check out the complete list here. This program was a lot of fun, and really raised the bar on the type and quality of apps we offer our Palm Pre and Pixi users. For all those who participated, we hope that in [...]
Developing with the webOS SDK, Plug-in Development Kit (PDK)
September 30th 2010 | Posted by unwiredben
It feels like it was only five months ago that we published part 2 of this series. Sorry for the long wait!
This time, we’re taking our BadFont sample and going in two directions. First, we’ll add some TrueType font display code using the SDL_TTF library. Second, we’ll talk about packaging up your PDK app for [...]
Featured Apps, Hot Apps, Plug-in Development Kit (PDK)
August 30th 2010 | Posted by Fred Patton
Editor’s note: Today, we’re featuring a guest blogger – your intrepid editor’s son Rick, who is 14 and almost as big a flight simulator buff as his dad. When I mentioned that I intended to do an”Interesting Apps” post on X-Plane, he quickly volunteered to do it for me!
We’re both big fans—I was probably [...]
Application commentary, Plug-in Development Kit (PDK), Uncategorized, podcasts
August 24th 2010 | Posted by Dion Almaer
Peter Vesterbacka has the coolest title right now. He is “Mighty Eagle” of Rovio, the gaming company behind the mega-hit Angry Birds (which has topped the App Store for what feels like an eternity even though it is a matter of months!). The game has burst onto webOS this week, and we had the pleasure [...]
Plug-in Development Kit (PDK)
August 19th 2010 | Posted by unwiredben
When you build a C/C++-based application using the PDK for our webOS devices, you’re effectively doing embedded development. Here are some tips and hints for how you can get data back off the device to see what’s going on.
Getting a Device Shell
PDK developers usually need to get deeper access to their devices than developers using [...]
Plug-in Development Kit (PDK)
July 13th 2010 | Posted by unwiredben
(Note: this checklist is now official documentation! See it with updates on the Palm Developer Center.)
With the PDK Hot Apps promotion starting in the near future, a lot of developers want to submit their C/C++ applications to our catalog. Here are a couple of things to check first to make sure your app doesn’t [...]
Plug-in Development Kit (PDK), announcements
July 1st 2010 | Posted by Fred Patton
The PDK is now out of beta, which means you may now begin submitting PDK-based apps to the App Catalog! As webOS 1.4.5 begins rolling out through the carriers, your apps will become available to customers with the update. If you’ve been waiting to develop or port an OpenGL/SDL game, this is the time to [...]
Plug-in Development Kit (PDK), announcements
July 1st 2010 | Posted by Chuq Von Rospach
New Dates for PDK Hot Apps Promotion
webOS 1.4.5 is critical for consumers to access and download PDK applications and we are working hard to get it out to consumers as soon as possible. We expect that 1.4.5 will be available from more carrier partners soon. To ensure maximum reach and distribution of your applications, [...]
Developing with the webOS SDK, Plug-in Development Kit (PDK), announcements
June 29th 2010 | Posted by Fred Patton
These are exciting times for Palm and our developer community. The Hot Apps promotion that we kicked off back in February is about to end with over 400 developers receiving a share of a million dollars. We recently launched the Summer Half Off promotion—a 50% discount for nearly every app in our U.S. catalog, funded [...]