The Palm Web OS’s software development kit, the MOJO SDK, is still in private beta, but that hasn’t stopped Boy Genius Report from posting up screenshots of the MOJO SDK in action. Most interesting is the fact that the MOJO SDK doesn’t include a Web OS emulator, as all Web OS applications are coded in…
The Palm Mojo Applications Framework – Web OS and web developers, together at last!
The new Web OS represents Palm’s bid to retake the huge chunk of the smartphone market that it has lost to the likes of Nokia, RIM (BlackBerry), and the iPhone over the years. Together with the newly announced Palm Pre smartphone, the Web OS offers a slick, gesture-based UI that’s at once intuitive and incredibly…
“Beginning iPhone Development” book now available on Amazon
Want to make apps for the iPhone and iPod Touch but don’t know where to start? How about grabbing a book titled “Beginning iPhone Development”? Sounds like a nice place to being that journey, especially when you look at all the rave reviews it got so far. From the book’s description on Amazon: The book…
Android Market to be Updated for Extra European Localization
An e-mail recently went out to Android application developers involved with the Market detailing some updates coming mid-January. Many of you have asked about international expansion plans. I’m happy to inform you that Android Market will become available to users to download apps in additional European countries starting early Q1 2009. Some of the countries…
Python Running on a G1… Developers Around the World Give Light Smattering of Applause
Are you a developer that loves Android? Have you taken a liking to Android, but Java isn’t quite your thing? Well, if you should happen to prefer Python over Java, then I’ve got just the thing for you today! Python has been installed on a G1 by one Damon over at damonkohler.com. He managed the…
BlackBerry Developer Environment Updated for Storm
Development tools (including JDE and Eclipse plugin) for the BlackBerry Storm announced back at the Developer Conference over the summer are now out of beta and ready for the public. Some of the new features include: BlackBerry JDE v4.7 Feature Enhancements Contains the BlackBerry Storm smartphone simulator Touch Screen Support — Applications designed using the…
Nokia N96 now “Comes With Music” in the UK
Nokia’s flagship mobile TV-enabled smartphone, N96, has been added in the “Comes With Music” initiative. What this means is that users can now grab the device along with a voucher for 1 year of unlimited downloads from the Nokia Music Store. Since the Nokia N96 comes with 16GB of internal memory which is further expandable…
Hack / Unlock Your Verizon Touch Pro’s GPS Hardware!
Sure, we could just sit back and wait for Verizon Wireless to make good on their promise to unlock the GPS hardware in their high-end smartphone lineup to work outside of the carrier’s VZ Navigator premium navigation service. But, why wait for Verizon to release a software update when PPCGeeks user IIIboredIII has crafted his…
‘Cupcake’ Developers Working on Android’s New Features!
Android has been in the spotlight a good deal recently. More and more manufacturers are committing themselves to produce an Android-powered smartphone as rumors point towards a T-Mobile G2 coming down the pipeline – all good things for fans of Google’s Linux-based Android OS. Today we have confirmation from the “Cupcake” Android development team that…
Egyptian iPhone 3Gs Get GPS Too – GPS Unlock for Egyptian iPhone 3G
Citing national security concerncs, Egypt required that Apple cripple the iPhone 3G’s GPS feature in order to sell the handset in Egypt. Turns out, Egyptian iPhone 3Gs still pack GPS hardware within, just waiting for someone to bring it back to life. Hakint0sh forums are ablaze with Egyptian iPhone 3G users confirming that they’ve managed…