Palm and HP to be at OSCON2010, we'll be there too 20
Long-time open source innovators Palm and HP are going to be at the Open Source Convention in sunny Portland Oregon next week, where many of the key players in the Open Source space - including Google, Intel and Microsoft - will converge. HP's Phil Robb is set to give a presentation on Wednesday titled "Cloudy with a Chance of Revolution" where he'll outline how the company plans to innovate:
Join us in this session to hear how our recent acquisition of Palm, our focus on modular platforms integrating servers, storage, and networking, our expertise with open source cloud stacks, and our latest research into virtualization, security, and scalability of Linux and other components of cloud computing creates new opportunities for developers. Also, you might walk away with some cool shwag in the palm of your hand.
While the Palm crew themselves won't be giving any presentations (outside of a non-Palm related presentation by Josh Marinacci on how to market your open source project on a shoestring budget), they'll be present at the event in HP's booth demoing Ares and giving away phones. Hit the break for the full schedule as it relates to Palm (those not interested in OSCON can still visit the Palm booth for free), or you can find the full schedule for the event here.
And we'll be there just like we were at MobileBeat when HP CTO Phil McKinney gave the keynote speech for the event, of course, so drop us a line if you're going to be there too!
Source: Palm's Developer Portal Blog, OSCON
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More exposure...Good Stuff
I'm ready to see some new hardware! My patience is getting kinda thin nowadays... But I'm gonna tough it out.
I'm thinking HP wants to get those few key missing apps and capabilities all sqared away and then we might see a WEBOS relaunch in proper debut style. No compromises this time, no "to be added". And launch-day partners to be onboard and native, or else no mention. No more free rides while they decide if they're gonna actually deliver. No credit before due for DTG, Sling or Adobe.
go palm go palm go hp go hp *dances while singing*
I agree, good stuff. Something I've wondered a few times: when Palm gives away free phones, are these unlocked-unbranded things (ie: GSM unlocked), or is the new 'winner' literally walking over to Sprint/Verizon/AT&T (depends on the model of phone given away) to sign-away their life on a contract?
the free phones givin away and far as I understand it has a contract already tied to them.
Palm is not going to be giving away Pres. thos are old. they will be giving away pluses.
Yes, they are locked to a carrier. The last time they gave away devices, they were AT&T devices given away by AT&T themselves after AT&T held a developer tele-conference.
Before that, Palm gave away Pre Pluses on VZW at the Palm Dev Conference in April (before AT&T was even announced)
There is a good chance we'll either see an AT&T dev device (they are less of a loss to Palm) or an all around new device which could be given out under NDA. Who knows.
The devices we give out are locked to a carrier, but folks get a choice of Sprint, Verizon, or AT&T. Recipients can then either activate the phone themselves or use it as a wifi-only dev device: http://developer.palm.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2...
I didn't think we could use webOS devices as wifi only unless we use metadoctor?
New Hardware?? Pleaseeeeee
Thank You for Open Source!
My announcement prediction for the event:
"We have some really cool devices coming. Stay tuned!"
lol
sounds about right... Stay tuned.. HP/Palm is going to sneak attack and blindside the competition when we all least expect it... Like Palm did at CES announcing the Pre.
hopefully now Palm has decent resources behind them they won't drop the ball on the launch of the new hardware.. I'm patient... I'll stick it out and not let the BestBuy limited edition white EVO temp me.. Lol.. What a joke they're trying to be Apple. Lol
how is "how to market your open source project on a shoestring budget" not Palm-related? Obviously the Pre launch advertising was on a shoestring budget, paying market rates for that crap would have been criminal.
Instead of wasting their time going to these events which don't tell us anything useful. Why don't they just stay at work and make themselves useful.
I have exactly 90 days from today until my 2 years is up with my trusty Centro. I hope there is a big announcement between now & then! Take care, Jay
they've been having these for like year and it hasn't resulted in a flood of major apps and no regular companies are making apps. less of these more paying companies to make apps. look at the recent apps http://www.precentral.net/app-gallery/app-catalog/ and it's almost always just a long, daily stream of apps from companies i have little interest in.
Geeze people.
These events are great news. HP is showing up at practically every mobile show in the US lately. One thing we can all agree on is that Palm and WebOS had very little mindshare. HP is making sure that the media, devs, and general public, know as much about WebOS as possible.
New hardware will come so give the whining a rest. What happened when Palm announced the Pre, six months before it ever arrived? HTC and Google came out with 20 more phones and the competition built off of what they knew of the Pre. And of course we definitely know what the iPhone did to it. It was, subsequently, dead in the water because of it.
If HP/Palm isn't ready to release a new device within two months of announcing new hardware, then it would cause way more harm than good, and they won't capitalize on hype.
Give it time people.
ya know i buy a car and i may want to buy some accessories but that doesn't mean i care about the goings on at car part trade shows. For me it's the same. this is stuff for programmers or something. i'm like big whup? they've done it for a year and still just a lot of no name apps. Call me when someone i've heard of makes an app. This phone always feels more for tech geeks, tinkerers, and developers not for regular consumers.