Developing with webOS 3.0

We've been busy working on webOS 3.0 and the devices we announced in February. I'm really excited -- especially about Veer; the smallest and cutes smartphone I've ever seen.

If you are a developer, now it is a time to get started. We made the HP webOS 3.0 SDK developer beta available for download through the webOS Developer Early Access Program. This is the first webOS release specifically targeted at the HP TouchPad, and we want to make sure you have time to make great apps ready for this exciting platform.

Your old apps will also run OK, but you may wanna take a look at the new platform and see if you could benefit from it. The new Enyo framework is also more developer friendly, and provides many enhancements for the TouchPad form factor. Of course, it is an early access program so things will still change. But changes should be very manageable.

Some people commented to my last post and suggested that we'd take qt as a part of our tool set. I don't see that happening. WebOS is much easier. It offers web based tools, such as Ares, and a rich framework (Enyo). Developers use familiar tools (HTML, Java Script). Those developers who want to go deeper and develop e.g. real time games can use our PDK. Providing these two powerful tools, we keep the platform simple and accessible. Other tools would just make things more confusing and provide no real added value. I claim that for developers, webOS is the best platform available.

I also want to remind you that we have a lot of open positions. But that you already knew, eh?