Palm Pre - WebOS

[Kitty Hello]

You can get Palm Pre devices for 150,- EUR *new* these days (the older ones, but they suit fine). It's really a lovely device. I start liking it more than my iPhone, really.

[Leginus]

Do these devices all have different resolutions or different processing power like the iphones??
I was just wondering how to test.  At the moment I have access to the full range of iphones, but I would only have one palm if i bought one

[Hatonastick]

I've always liked Palms handhelds.  Mind you I haven't looked at any of their devices now for years so would be interested to see what a Palm Pre is like (might go looking around the shops).  Did some programming for the old Palm devices too ie. the Palm III and hmm I had the newer one too but forget what it was called -- both long gone now though.  Back then it was in C I think, but my memory might be faulty.

Is it hard to get your program from your PC to the device?

[Hatonastick]

Hmm I was informed today that you can't buy them new in Australia anymore -- something to do with when HP bought out Palm because it was going under.  If that's true, doesn't sound like there is much of a market worth developing for there?

[Kitty Hello]

http://www.mobicity.com.au/catalogsearch/result/?q=palm&x=0&y=0

They seem very expansive, though. Is 1 AUS$ ~= 1 US $?

[Kitty Hello]

OT: They only have to break us to get the Eur drop to $1.00, then there will be a world currency. The yen is already 0.01$

[ampos]

Do these devices all have different resolutions or different processing power like the iphones??
I was just wondering how to test.  At the moment I have access to the full range of iphones, but I would only have one palm if i bought one

I would like to know this too. Is there just 1 or 2 resolutions, or a miriad as in Android wolrd?

[Leginus]

Thanks for advice 

[ampos]

Thanks for advice 

+1

[XanthorXIII]

Excellent work Gernot. Thank you for the update. Psssst... Android.......

[Marmor]

i've got one !

[erico]

damn! I'm still on my way to get full glbasic+apple stuff...
nice work!

[Kitty Hello]

If you have a Palm Pre, can you help me checking if everything works with the first connect?

Get this:
http://www.glbasic.com/beta/palm_dev_tools.zip


Step 1: Prepare the device
   In card view (no cards open type
   "webos20090606" (without the quotes)
   in the search box.
   
   There will be an icon "Developer Mode Enabler"
   Tap that, and turn developer mode on.
   http://developer.palm.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1973&Itemid=336
   

Step 2:
  Install the driver for your OS from the drivers directory of that zip file. /tool/bin/novaterm/drivers

Step 3:
  Upload the SSH server for the device. The firewall only
  allows access through USB, so you're safe installing this.
 
  With a command line run: "pdk-device-install.bat install" (it's in the zip  /tool/bin/novaterm)
  Post the output of that here, please!
 
Step 4:
  Try to run  /tool/bin/DeviceShell.bat - does it open a root console? Yay!
   

[Marmor]

ok i have

1. developer modus on with load only also on
2 connectet to winxp (vmware)
3.pdk device install bat install - says " novaterm is not a win32 programm"

ive downloaded the sdk also  but no changes
maybe it has todo with webos 1.4.5 ??

[Kitty Hello]

no, webos 1.4.5 is perfect.
(I'm in chat right now)

maybe it's missing a library?
Stupid VMware