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HP introduced the Veer, Pre3, and TouchPad one year ago today

By: Derek Kessler in: Editorials on: Thu, 09 Feb 2012 3:20 pm EST

This time last year, Derek, Dieter, and Riz were running around San Francisco's Fort Mason Center covering what turned out to be the biggest planned event in the history of webOS. It was the coming out

How to install homebrew apps on your TouchPad or webOS smartphone

By: Derek Kessler in: Apps, How To on: Wed, 08 Feb 2012 8:32 pm EST

Ready to jump into the wide world of homebrew on your TouchPad, Pre, or Veer? Alright! Here's what you need:

The webOS Wish List: Global promo codes

By: Derek Kessler in: Editorials on: Wed, 08 Feb 2012 6:11 pm EST

We'll be honest - this one is more for the developers and our own lazy purposes. Right now, webOS App Catalog developers are only able to generate promo codes for their apps on a per-country basis, i.e

Zhephree's Wooden Rows sees release, incredible! price cleaved by a buck

By: Derek Kessler in: Apps on: Wed, 08 Feb 2012 4:00 pm EST

It was early December. The whirlwind year that was 2011 was coming to a close and the future of webOS was still a great unknown. But one developer stood up and proclaimed, "My name is Zhephree, and I shall

Developers: Use open source Enyo for web-based previews of your apps

By: Derek Kessler in: Apps, Editorials on: Tue, 07 Feb 2012 7:49 pm EST

Hey there webOS developer, have we got a suggestion for you. Frustrated by the lack of a trial option or refunds for your webOS customers? Wish you had a way to offer a free trial that was easy to find

HP's Android TouchPad kernel released, still never existed

By: Derek Kessler in: News on: Tue, 07 Feb 2012 5:48 pm EST

A few months back, deep in the midst of the TouchPad fire sale, at least a few of HP's webOS tablets shipped out the door and to customers with an unexpected install: Android. While HP never figured out

Theme Manager, ready to manage your themes, sees a public release

By: Derek Kessler in: Apps on: Tue, 07 Feb 2012 11:37 am EST

Good news, webOS Nation: Theme Manager is now available! The Enyo-based app by Janne Julkunen (better known around these parts as homebrew master coder Sconix) is now available from WebOS Internals and

App Giveaway: 100 copies of Stereo Camera

By: Derek Kessler in: Apps on: Mon, 06 Feb 2012 8:06 pm EST

So far 3D in smartphones has proven to be a bit of a gimmick. At least we don't have to wear glasses to make it work with devices like the Android-powered HTC Evo 3D, but as it turns out - you don't need

The webOS Wish List: A truly global App Catalog

By: Derek Kessler in: Editorials on: Mon, 06 Feb 2012 6:37 pm EST

This weekend's post from webOS developer Dan Perlberger on dealing with app piracy has generated one of the best conversations on the issue I think I've ever seen. A lot of opposing voices have been brought

Whitman receives $16.5 million performance-based package for 2011, one dollar salary

By: Derek Kessler in: News on: Mon, 06 Feb 2012 5:12 pm EST

HP CEO Meg Whitman isn't making out like a bandit as much as her predecessor, but she still has potential to do pretty well for herself as HP's chief executive. She agreed to a salary of one dollar a year

Fix a missing lock screen [webOS 3.0+]

By: Adam Marks in: Tips on: Mon, 06 Feb 2012 5:11 pm EST

This tip is only for devices running webOS 3.0 or higher

Flashcards to Go lands on iPad, brings Enyo goodness to iOS

By: Derek Kessler in: Apps on: Mon, 06 Feb 2012 4:23 pm EST

The first Enyo open source framework-based apps to land on other platforms flew quickly to Android and the world wide web. One of those was James Harris' Flashcards, now suffixed with a "To Go", which

HP to shuffle webOS group out of Palm campus, sending to Cupertino [exclusive]

By: Derek Kessler in: News on: Mon, 06 Feb 2012 11:11 am EST

Over the past several months we've watched HP's webOS work force get chopped in half and suffer some pretty serious attrition, all thanks to HP's former lack-of-a-plan. That's now getting resolved, but

Monday Brief: WP8 Features, Fitness Month, Free PlayBooks, and an iPad 3 Giveaway

By: Ashley Esqueda in: News on: Mon, 06 Feb 2012 9:10 am EST

Youtube video link for mobile viewing

PalmCast 153: Open source roadmap, Enyo, Ruby's out, apps apps apps

By: Derek Kessler in: Podcast on: Sun, 05 Feb 2012 10:02 am EST

Derek and Adam discuss HP's open source roadmap, Enyo everywhere, Jon Rubinstein's departure, and apps - what else?

Taking it to the pirates

By: Dan Perlberger in: Apps, Editorials on: Sat, 04 Feb 2012 11:50 am EST

As a webOS developer, Dan Perlberger has been responsible for the creation of popular apps like Music Player (Remix), Quick Post, and GeoStrings. He's also leading a crusade against webOS app pirates,

The webOS Wish List: Social status in Contacts

By: Derek Kessler in: Editorials on: Fri, 03 Feb 2012 6:20 pm EST

Synergy is awesome, and it's been awesome since Palm unveiled it as part of webOS way back at the beginning of 2009. The simplicity of webOS' linked contacts has yet to be matched by any other OS maker

PreDoodle - Pure Inspiration

By: Jason Harrison in: Predoodles on: Fri, 03 Feb 2012 5:17 pm EST

Mobile Nations Fitness Month is here, and we're getting motivated!

PalmCast Live is tonight at 8:30 PM (yes, it's Friday)

By: Derek Kessler in: Podcast on: Fri, 03 Feb 2012 3:48 pm EST

Listen up webOS Nation, things are about to get c-razy up in here. And by c-razy, we mean PalmCast Live on Friday night, of all nights. We wanted to do it on our regular Tuesday, but things didn't come