Palm’s WebOS is having a bit of a rough time gaining momentum with their app store. Well the new Ares SDK is now here in beta form and for us non-programmers. You can use the online application to create a WebOS based app without any external tools. The interface is simple with drag and drop controls. Try it out for yourself and get building. You can still use the software based Mojo SDK, but why not give it a shot here first.
We knew it was coming and hoped for an early beta. Either way we will be getting Chrome OS next year. The operating system is like many suspected and meant to integrate seamlessly with the cloud. The OS will integrate the suite of Google apps along with a very lightweight, open source platform. The x86 and ARM platforms are both supported thus leading us to believe it could be on some very hand mobile devices. Late 2010 or about a year from now we will be sure to try it out and let you know if it is worth the upgrade or change.
For the past week or so many have believed that Google’s Chrome OS would be available within a week or two. While this may or may not be true, one thing is for sure, we get to see it in action on Thursday or I should say some people do. Google is hosting an event this week at its headquarters in Mountain View, Ca.
Hopefully Google does a beta like all of their other products.
Windows 7 is officially among us. The long awaited Vista replacement/upgrade is a significant step in the right direction for the Operating system. Windows has met the maturity of OSX and the differentiation is more of a preference than that of security and stability. Windows has driven me to long nights and near insanity in the past with its numerous bugs and whatnot. This time there has been little hair pulling since the first beta was made available. Now we can all rest for awhile and have a worthy succesor to XP. If you’re in the market for multiple PC’s or copies for Boot Camp on your Mac then check out the $149.00 family pack and save yourself some money.
The day of the phone that can do just about everything using the interweb is just around the corner. WHile only a few phones can use Flash at this point such as the new HTC Hero, most do not have such a simple feature. Adobe in the video below demonstrates the Flash integration of the Palm Pre. The beta should be here before the years end for both the WebOS platform and Windows Mobile. Android and RIM will have Flash available next year. iPhone at this point is the one platform that looks like it will never support Flash. This alone may get some people to switch, but then again maybe not.
