Is Flash for webOS Closer Than We Think?

As Precentral.net has reported, clicking on Adobe’s Flash site in the webOS browser leads to an app the Palm App Catalog. It’s a strange app, essentially just linking to other Web pages. Speculation in the comments is all over the place, from this being a spam app (that would have to somehow hijack the Adobe domain and the App Catalog) to it being a placeholder for the upcoming Flash plug-in.   Oh, heck,...

Palm and WebOS – Is This the Strategy?

I was giving some thought to what Palm’s strategy might look like, and I came up with this version. Please note that this is just my opinion. There’s of course a great chance that I’m totally off-base, and I have absolutely no inside information. That said, Palm’s strategy so far might look something like this: 1. Develop and release a device that was advanced enough and innovative enough to...

What's Missing from WebOS 1.3.1 for the Palm Pre

I thought it’s a good time to put together a quick list of what’s still missing from WebOS. It’s been fully five months since the Pre was released, with quite a few updates all the way to 1.3.1. Still waiting for word from developers on any new core functionality that’s been added, but today we’re still explicitly missing (in no particular order): Video recording: I’m not sure...