This has attracted the interest of a whole new breed of developers and has sparked the interest of existing developers who want to port over their existing iPhone applications. If Palm can build a better app store, with an easier approval system than Apple (which shouldn’t be hard) the Pre really could give the iPhone a run for its money.
So How Do I Start Developing?
Palm is currently providing a software development kit called Palm Mojo SDK to developers who want to play around with webOS before the Pre and webOS are released into the wild. Palm appears to be letting more people into the program each week, however exactly how many remains unknown. If you can hold out a bit, once the SDK is officially released, it will be free to download for anyone.
From the Palm Website:
The early access program is an opportunity for developers to test-drive and provide feedback on the Mojo SDK prior to its public release. We will admit a small group of developers to start and will increase the size of the program as the tools mature.
Regardless, we are closing in on a launch date and it’s only a matter of time before they open up the doors for everyone to join. Lets just all hope that Palm has an easier approval system than Apple does for their iPhone Developer Program. I know quite a few people who’ve waited over a month to get into the iPhone dev program.
Right you if you are interested in the development kit you can apply for the program here.
It’s also important to note that the Mojo SDK supports 32-bit Intel hardware running Windows (XP or Vista), Macintosh (OSX 10.5), or Linux (Ubuntu 8.04).
You also can follow the developer blog Palm has set up for more updates and information regarding the program.
[Originally posted at palmpreblog.com]
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