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Five months is a very long time in the electronics industry. Can we now move on? Please.
Palm: Pre, webOS & app discussion
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Kid_Eternity
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Sunray
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http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601109&sid=aXkaV43qbehs&refer=home
It really needs to pull its finger out in the manufacturing stakes according to that, 8 million Pre's to justify its current stock price.
It really needs to pull its finger out in the manufacturing stakes according to that, 8 million Pre's to justify its current stock price.
Sunray
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Looks like Palm are going to announce the release date and the price for the Pre today.
http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/01/palm-release-date-pricing-announcement-later-today/
http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/01/palm-release-date-pricing-announcement-later-today/
beesonthewhatnow
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"Hahahaha, you're all sooooo gullible! We're bankrupt really, but hey, it's been a laugh"
Sunray
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If they make a mistake they can always go 'fooled you!'
Kid_Eternity
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"Hahahaha, you're all sooooo gullible! We're bankrupt really, but hey, it's been a laugh"
Kid_Eternity
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You know the Palm Pre may actually end up being quite cool in that it'll be different; it's like everyone has a Blackberry or iPhone on the tube these days (seriously I rarely see any other kind of smartphone anymore, time was you'd see all kinds including the odd Treo)!
Lazy Llama
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Likely to be announcement of "Classic" mode so that you can run your old PalmOS apps, apparently.
Good news for those with investment in PalmOS apps if it's true.
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If that's true, it's fantastic news. Some of the old Palm OS apps are still as good as some of the best available on other platforms.
Lazy Llama
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It'll also help them out in case they launch soon after they make the SDK public, as it'll give them a base of apps that people can run on it without developers having to get to grips with the SDK capabilities.
They might also be wise, from a business/encouraging developers point of view, to follow in Sony's footsteps in dropping the "classic" mode in future products/updates to push people towards the new apps. The last thing they'll want is a load of people buying Pre's to run their old PalmOS apps on with no new app spend. That may be why classic mode has been kept quiet until now.
Presuming it exists at all, of course.
They might also be wise, from a business/encouraging developers point of view, to follow in Sony's footsteps in dropping the "classic" mode in future products/updates to push people towards the new apps. The last thing they'll want is a load of people buying Pre's to run their old PalmOS apps on with no new app spend. That may be why classic mode has been kept quiet until now.
Presuming it exists at all, of course.
Kid_Eternity
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DRM free music via the Amazon music store. Making calls is apparently cool too...
Kid_Eternity
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Now THIS is very cool!
One of the developer partners for the Pre launch is Fandango, the popular online movie ticket site. The application on the Pre is full featured, allowing you to preview trailers, check shows and movie times, and all your usual stuff.
But there’s something up it’s sleeve. This shows you the power of webOS and the API’s built into the Pre. When you purchase movie tickets on Fandango for yourself, it AUTOMAGICALLY adds a calendar appointment over in your calendar apps. Sweet huh?
Lazy Llama
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Palm have announced early access to the Mojo SDK for more developers. Still not open access but better than the "select developers" who previously had access.
There's also more info about "Classic" - it's a 3rd party application which can be purchased, and it's not built using the standard Mojo SDK but with unpublished APIs which other developers won't have access to.
http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/01/palm-announces-webos-sdk-availability-palm-os-emulation-for-pre/
Still no price or date, but this is the first real news since the original Pre announcement, unless you count the Sprint price plans as news...
There's also more info about "Classic" - it's a 3rd party application which can be purchased, and it's not built using the standard Mojo SDK but with unpublished APIs which other developers won't have access to.
http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/01/palm-announces-webos-sdk-availability-palm-os-emulation-for-pre/
Still no price or date, but this is the first real news since the original Pre announcement, unless you count the Sprint price plans as news...
Lazy Llama
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Nice as a demo of what's possible, but if it's anything like the Fandango iPhone app, it's US only.
Kid_Eternity
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I bloody hope it's Europe wide...
Lazy Llama
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Fandango is US/Canada only as far as I can see, they don't understand any city outside of North America on their website fandango.com
Kid_Eternity
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I'm finding Palm's site really slow, but this one loads quick enough: http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/01/pandora-amazon-other-third-party-apps-demoed-on-palm-pre/
(I'm guessing it's the same vid). The Spring TV app looks great although I'm not sure if we'll get it here. Everything looks very smooth and slick. The streaming Pandora web app while you're in another app is very nice.
Kid_Eternity
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Nope that's another one. The Palm one was slow at first but seems to be working now. Very nice example of how the Fandango app and synergy works together in an every day situation...
Crispy
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They're accepting applications for early access to the SDK now, but you have to convince them that your app will be good enough, tie into the contacts/calendar API etc.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/04/02/palm_pre_sdk/
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/04/02/palm_pre_sdk/
Crispy
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You're not. It looks like this is an attempt to get a selection of quality apps ready by launch, instead of a flood of dross. Some decent applications may not make it, I suppose. I'm pretty sure that once the Pre and the store are up and running, access will be open.
Kid_Eternity
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It's also a clever way of explaining why there's only a few apps at launch "Well we limited the number for quality reasons" etc...
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I like the way you're thinking, squire. I'd rather have 10 great apps covering my needs than a flood of utter dross.
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For sure, but if there's already a good suite of high quality apps covering my needs, then I'm not going to be to arsed with the 300 fart and titty-wobbling apps that follow.
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