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Palm Mojo SDK Beta Publicly Available
Techtree News Staff, Jul 17, 2009 1719 hrs ISTFor all developers the developers
Palm has released the long awaited Mojo Software Development Kit (SDK) beta free for all interested app developers. The Mojo SDK beta for Windows, Linux and Mac OS X is available for download at http://developer.palm.com/. Palm is trying out the Mobile phone SDK success gig that Apple has been enjoying since the launch of iPhone 2.0 SDK. Any developer can use this Mojo Application Framework based on HTML, CSS and JavaScript web development standards for developing apps.
Jon Zilber, director of online communications for Palm, wrote in the blog post, "Over 1.8 million apps have been downloaded from the beta App Catalog since Palm Pre was released less than six weeks ago. Thousands of developers have participated in the Mojo SDK early access program since it began in early April." And, it was about time that Palm releases its Mojo SDK since many homebrew guys had found workarounds to install apps without even hacking the phones.
This Mojo SDK is bound to be compared with iPhone OS SDK and Android SDK. On the basic grounds, a developer has to pay $99 (Rs. 4,870 approx.) for getting the iPhone OS SDK while Mojo SDK and Android SDK are free. Also, iPhone OS requires knowledge of Objective C programming language, familiarity with Apple's Development frameworks and Xcode development environment tools. On the other hand, anyone with knowledge of HTML, CSS and JavaScript can develop applications for WebOS, which is more of web standards friendly.
Palm's wise step has opened avenues for developers and also the limited Palm Pre owners as well as potential buyers. It's a difficult situation for both developers and consumers since only one WebOS based Pre smart phone is barely available yet. The app submissions for developers will open by this fall. More information about tools, guides, process and other material can be found at "http://developer.palm.com" webOSdev portal.
Mobile Operating Systems are getting smarter and open to all. A year down the lane, all the major mobile platforms will have their own apps and consumers will have more options to choose from. But for the near future of Palm Pre's Mojo SDK, we'll get to see how well does this kit performs in terms of apps developed and the number of Palm Pre.
Jon Zilber, director of online communications for Palm, wrote in the blog post, "Over 1.8 million apps have been downloaded from the beta App Catalog since Palm Pre was released less than six weeks ago. Thousands of developers have participated in the Mojo SDK early access program since it began in early April." And, it was about time that Palm releases its Mojo SDK since many homebrew guys had found workarounds to install apps without even hacking the phones.
This Mojo SDK is bound to be compared with iPhone OS SDK and Android SDK. On the basic grounds, a developer has to pay $99 (Rs. 4,870 approx.) for getting the iPhone OS SDK while Mojo SDK and Android SDK are free. Also, iPhone OS requires knowledge of Objective C programming language, familiarity with Apple's Development frameworks and Xcode development environment tools. On the other hand, anyone with knowledge of HTML, CSS and JavaScript can develop applications for WebOS, which is more of web standards friendly.
Palm's wise step has opened avenues for developers and also the limited Palm Pre owners as well as potential buyers. It's a difficult situation for both developers and consumers since only one WebOS based Pre smart phone is barely available yet. The app submissions for developers will open by this fall. More information about tools, guides, process and other material can be found at "http://developer.palm.com" webOSdev portal.
Mobile Operating Systems are getting smarter and open to all. A year down the lane, all the major mobile platforms will have their own apps and consumers will have more options to choose from. But for the near future of Palm Pre's Mojo SDK, we'll get to see how well does this kit performs in terms of apps developed and the number of Palm Pre.
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