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Better luck today loading the $PALM Pre Emulator
Yesterday, I decided to install the Mojo SDK for the Palm Pre (open to everyone at developer.palm.com). That wasn’t going so well, because of the emulator’s dependence on VirtualBox, and my version was too old for use with the emulator. Today, I had better luck on a different machine, but still had conflicts with running…
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Despite my pessism for $PALM’s long term prospects, I’m installing the Mojo SDK
(Besides, I can’t afford a Mac at the moment to begin native app development for the iPhone.) I guess Palm finally started feeling the pressure of the developers wanting to get their hands on the SDK and opportunity slipping away with other phones stealing the Pre’s thunder. One thing I’ve noticed so far is the…
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The varied cost of applications (and developing them) for different mobile devices
As I find myself slowing losing resistance to buying an iPhone, I started thinking about all the free and $0.99 apps on the App Store. Granted, I’m using a platform (Palm OS) that is migrating from being “cheap because it’s old” to being “expensive because no one builds them anymore.” However, there are still Palm…