Some time ago now, Adobe had given a quick demo of Flash running on the WebOS platform using the Palm Pre. A couple days ago they gave a new demo of a few Flash games from two different companies. The Pre appears to be running the games fairly effortlessly while at the same time having a couple cards open. Check out what Flash can do on the WebOS platform and what most likely will never come to iPhone. See the video after the junp:
The Chief Executive Officer Delegate of the European carrier Orange today confirmed the announcement of an Apple tablet later this month. In his radio interview he basically said the tablet is coming along with a webcam. See the quick interview after the break:
"Jean Pierre Elkabbach: According to Le Point, your partner Apple will launch a Tablet…
Stéphane Richard: Yes.
Jean Pierre Elkabbach: …with a webcam…
Stéphane Richard: Yes.
Jean Pierre Elkabbach: …would Orange users benefit from this?
Stéphane Richard: Sure! They are going to benefit from the web cam, they are going to be able to, in effect, transmit images in real time. We are going to modernize, in essence, the video phone that we knew a few years ago… the size of the resolution, and the quality of the resolution will be better, and it will be available to all in France."
Jump To 6:15 to hear the interview about Apple in French
This confirms what we pretty much already knew, but it doesn’t hurt to have the input from someone most likely to be in the know.
There were some rumblings from various sites today that WebOS1.3.5 may be coming today. The update is here and is being pushed to your device as we type this. The update comes in at just 13MB, but has some significat fixes for those of you using WebOS.
App limit fixed.
App Catalog downloads continue even after leaving the app’s page.
App purchases have been expanded to US territories (sorry Europe, Canada, etc).
Switching between days in Calendar is now faster.
Sprint Navigation can be launched from a Contact.
Palm Profile app restores happen in the background, letting the user get to the phone faster.
Future webOS updates can be downloaded over 2G wireless (1xRTT).
Notifications now work in landscape mode (which has strangely lost the rounded corners).
Improvement in battery life optimization when in marginal coverage areas.
QCELP capability fix to allow play and audio of video sent via MMS.
Launch Google Maps or Sprint Nav when tapping an address from contacts.
Minimized package of MR size through binary difference. Customers can now download over 2G connections if necessary.
This will probably be the last update before any new announcements by Palm at the upcoming CES Expo in Las Vegas shortly. An interesting tidbit to note is that some who have scoured over the code have found pengles.ipk and opengles-omap3.ipk, which are what you need to get GPU acceleration running. Happy updating!
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 all knew this would happen once the exclusivity deal with Sprint came to an end. Verizon appears to be picking up the WebOS devices very soon. According to the image above, Verizon employees can watch the 20 minute online training session for WebOS from the 15th of December up until the 4th of January 2010. This all makes sense when you know Palm cannot possibly survive with just Sprint as their carrier. Hopefully the appearance of the Pre and Pixi on Verizon will give Palm a boost and make WebOS grasp sustainability. Still no official announcement, but we would bet it is coming very soon.
