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[News] Linux Phones from Palm to Get an SDK Soon, The Future is "Open Source Smartphones"

  • Subject: [News] Linux Phones from Palm to Get an SDK Soon, The Future is "Open Source Smartphones"
  • From: Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Tue, 21 Jul 2009 11:54:19 +0000
  • Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy
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Palm gets its Mojo working

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| Palm has opened access to its WebOS development kit, Mojo, allowing anyone to 
| develop Pre applications - though no one outside the USA has a Pre as yet. 
| 
| Not that anyone will be able to distribute developed apps as yet: the Palm 
| Application Catalogue won't be open for business for a few months yet. Until 
| then Pre users are stuck with the 30 or so applications developed by Palm 
| partners or those who got early access to the SDK.   
`----

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/07/20/palm_mojo/

Report: Open Source Smartphones Wave of the Future

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| According to a report by Juniper Research, the number of smartphones shipped 
| with open source operating systems will increase from 106 million this year 
| to 223 million by 2014.  
`----

http://www.wirelessweek.com/article.aspx?id=170546


Recent:

Palm's Mojo Risin'

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| Palm issued a public release of the Mojo software development kit for its new
| webOS operating system, in what could possibly be a response to leaks of the
| SDK in June. The SDK, given a limited release in April, had been slated for
| public release by the end of summer. Palm's take is that the public release
| follows the success of its early access program. "After a successful early
| access program, Palm's Mojo Software Development Kit is available to all
| interested app developers," begins the announcement on Palm's blog by Online
| Communications Director Jon Zilber.
`----

http://www.linuxinsider.com/rsstory/67614.html


Palm Pre Dances Nicely with Linux

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| Fortunately, there are options that work quite well on most mainstream Linux
| distributions. Rhythmbox is the default music player for Ubuntu, and it
| recognizes the Palm Pre as a music device.
`----

http://www.linuxplanet.com/linuxplanet/reviews/6791/1/


Palm Pre sold 300,000 in June

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| THE PALM PRE smartphone seems to be selling very well, according to Charter
| Equity Research.
|
| By ringing up a few of its mates in the channel, the analyst outfit has
| worked out that sales into the channel in June were more than 300,000 units.
`----

http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/1432082/palm-pre-sold-300-june


Palm Pre: The official Cool Tools review

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| What it is: The touchscreen Pre is Palm's latest entrant into the smartphone
| market, and includes all of the features users would expect from today's
| smartphones: a compact size, e-mail access (including Exchange), Web browser,
| multimedia (music and videos) player, digital camera, embedded GPS and the
| ability to download new applications directly through an app store.
| Differences from the iPhone include a physical slide-out QWERTY keyboard, and
| the ability to keep multiple applications open simultaneously.
`----

http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9134498


More Pre Hacks and Inner Details Revealed

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| PIC: This means use of the Pre as a full-fledged Linux computer is/will be
| quite doable - and it won't interfere with the built-in Palm stuff?
|
| RW: Correct. Exactly that.
`----

http://www.palminfocenter.com/news/9834/more-pre-hacks-and-inner-details-revealed/


Native Linux Nintendo Emulation for Palm Pre

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| It seems that some more details on the capabilities of the newly launched
| Palm Pre and on its webOS platform have made it into the wild, and among them
| the fact that the handset can easily run unsigned firmware, a piece of
| information coming from the iPhone developer Steven Troughton-Smith. A wide
| range of other things that the handset is capable of have made it into the
| wild as well, though it seems that some hacking skills are required to be
| able to access some of them.
`----

http://news.softpedia.com/news/Native-Linux-Nintendo-Emulation-for-Palm-Pre-114223.shtml


Palm Pre is shipping GPL incompliant

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| As it has been reported at many places online, the Palm Pre has started to
| ship as a CDMA model in the United States. However, as it seems, at this time
| it is not GPL compliant and thus a copyright infringement!
|
| The Pre undoubtedly contains Linux and other GPL licensed software. So it
| ships with the GPL license text as well as a written offer indicating to
| obtain the source code. So far so good.
`----

http://laforge.gnumonks.org/weblog/2009/06/11/#20090611-palm_pre-gpl_incompliance


Dell Ready to Deal for Palm?

,----[ Quote ]
| Michael Dell has a few bucks burning a hole in his pocket. But is a company
| hanging on by one product the best place for his money?
`----

http://www.internetnews.com/mobility/article.php/3824941


A New Hope For Smartphones

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| The Pre's system software, based on the open-source Linux operating system,
| stayed responsive most of the time, although music playback stuttered once as
| I launched its camera program. Once the Pre's working memory fills up, it
| won't let you run any more programs but will advise, "Dismiss unused cards to
| free memory."
`----

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/06/12/AR2009061201164.html


How Palm Designed The Pre

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| Perched on Peter Skillman's desk for the past year has been a white ostrich
| egg, about as long as a DVD case. It is a talisman for Skillman, vice
| president of design at Palm: the inspiration for a novel smart phone, the
| Pre, slated to be available in early June. It hints at the phoenixlike
| rebirth Palm hopes to achieve in the smart phone business.
`----

http://www.forbes.com/free_forbes/2009/0622/smart-phones-blackberry-how-palm-designed-pre.html?partner=yahoomag


Pre proves a worthy smartphone competitor

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2446270c-51f9-11de-b986-00144feabdc0,Authorised=false.html?_i_location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ft.com%2Fcms%2Fs%2F0%2F2446270c-51f9-11de-b986-00144feabdc0.html%3Freferrer_id%3Dyahoofinance%26ft_ref%3Dyahoo1%26segid%3D03058&ft_ref=yahoo1&segid=03058&referrer_id=yahoofinance&_i_referer=


The Palm Pre takes Manhattan

http://apple20.blogs.fortune.cnn.com/2009/06/05/the-palm-pre-takes-manhattan/?source=yahoo_quote


In Hindsight: Palm Pre or new iPhone? Read the fine print

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| It happens every year: Programmers and other Apple fans gather for the
| Cupertino iPhone, iPod and "I'm a Mac" computer maker's Worldwide Developers
| Conference* (*WWDC to its friends). Conspicuously absent from the event was
| CEO Steve Jobs. (The Apple rumor mill had raised the prospect of a cameo
| appearance from Jobs, even though his medical leave is scheduled to last
| until the end of the month.)
`----

http://www.mercurynews.com/businessbreakingnews/ci_12577812?nclick_check=1


Palm Pre Is Beautiful to See and Use, Says eWEEK Labs

http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Mobile-and-Wireless/Palm-Pre-Is-Beautiful-To-Look-At-and-Use-Says-eWEEK-Labs-269046/


Palm's Linux phone "exceptional," says reviewer

,----[ Quote ]
| The reviews appear to be largely positive for the Palm Pre, with eWEEK
| lauding its "exceptional design, aesthetics and usability." Both the
| smartphone and the Linux-based WebOS stack live up to their billing for ease
| of use, but battery life is a problem, says eWEEK.
`----

http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS3895563838.html?kc=rss


Ars Reviews the Palm Pre, part 1: the BlackBerry killer

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| Most of the gadget press is obsessing over whether the Palm Pre is an iPhone
| killer, but they're asking the wrong question. We've been testing one for the
| past few days, and it's clear to us that the real target of Palm's new phone
| is the BlackBerry. Here's how Palm will use the webOS to tackle the
| enterprise market.
`----

http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/news/2009/06/ars-reviews-the-palm-pre-part-1-the-blackberry-killer.ars


Palm Pre runs Doom, smartphone-loving space marines rejoice

,----[ Quote ]
| If you were holding off on buying a Pre until it had some great games, start
| warming up that credit card. We knew homebrewers were already at work and one
| of those, a bloke who goes by the name Sargun, has managed to get the iconic
| Doom running on the phone -- or the open-source PRDoom, anyway, which is
| close enough for us.
`----

http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/12/palm-pre-runs-doom-smartphone-loving-space-marines-rejoyce/


My top 5 wish list for the Palm Pre

http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-10262767-1.html


Is our love for Palm clouding our Pre judgement?

http://blogs.zdnet.com/cell-phones/?p=1406


Palm Centro and Linux

,----[ Quote ]
| The verdict is... It works BEAUTIFULLY. The 650 would usually hang up and not
| always finish the sync. The Centro usually thoroughly syncs. Also, the 650
| would not always sync. It only seemed to want to sync when there was new
| information. The Centro will sync every time you hit the button.
`----

http://www.lawofficelinux.com/2009/06/palm-centro-and-linux.html


Palm Pre

,----[ Quote ]
| I'm impressed. There's a few rough edges and some obvious short-term hacks,
| but overall the Pre has the appearance of being a well-engineered
| distribution. It's recognisably Linux in a way the Android isn't. Since it
| seems to be possible to gain root by entering the developer mode, I suspect
| that modifying the firmware image isn't especially difficult. It'll be
| interesting to see what happens when GSM ones appear.
`----

http://mjg59.livejournal.com/111453.html


Palm Pre breaks Sprint sales records

,----[ Quote ]
| The Wall Street Journal cites one such analyst who pegs the sales figures at
| somewhere between 50,000 and 100,000 units sold. Meanwhile, a J.P. Morgan
| report estimates more than 50,000 units were punted in the first two days.
`----

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/06/09/palm_pre_debut_sales_speculation/


Palm's Linux smartphone debuts

,----[ Quote ]
| As promised, Palm's Linux-based smartphone went on sale Saturday, available
| exclusively for Sprint networks, says eWEEK. Early reviews have been
| favorable, although analysts worry about the lack of software and the ability
| of Sprint to effectively market the Palm Pre (pictured), says the story.
`----

http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS3083599217.html
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