quantumflux

I've loved all the apps that Hobbyist Software created for my Treo. I hope they will create some apps like butler, power hero and Phone Technician for the pre.

ronbo2000

Right now he has two WebOS apps: Remote and VLC Remote on your PRe

I am sure he's cooking up something to further enhance your Pre experience.

KnoxBNYC

Guys,

I gotta tell ya...

I've been a fan of the PalmOS software Rob (Hobbist Software) writes for YEARS. I've chatted with him a few times via email; very nice, responsive, respectful dude.

If he's writing stuff for webOS, it's gonna be some cool stuff!

I can't wait!

HUGE fan of his work!

confusedvorlon

thanks for the kind words folks.

at the moment, the Pre sdk doesn't let me sit in the background and 'snoop' events in the way that the treo did, so no immediate prospects of butler/power hero equivalents.

However I am hoping that they will be possible later and I'll be keen to do them when I can.

In the meantime, I have some slightly more traditional apps (VLC Remote and Remote for iTunes) that I hope you'll enjoy)

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shmoo27

Any chance of a notification helper app?

One thing I'd really love is to have the feature of Butler where it keeps vibrating when you haven't acknowledged an event. It's all too easy for me to miss SMS messages, especially when they come in while I'm asleep!!

confusedvorlon

I'd love to do this kind of app. At the moment I don't think it is possible within the sdk - but that may change...

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tcurtin

Rob, for what its worth, being linux almost anything is possible, it just involves being more of a homebrew kind of thing. Maybe someone in homebrew could create a generic widget architecture that would allow developers of normal store apps access to more low-level capabilities. (Of course, Palm doing so would be better, but homebrew seems to have faster turnaround time for such things.)

confusedvorlon

you are right that I could do a lot in the homebrew world and I may wind up in that side of the camp at some point.

For now though, I'm keen to focus on what is possible in the official side of things so that I can sell things through the App Catalog (yes - I do want to make a living doing this!)

I'm hoping too that by supporting the official channels and engaging in dialog, users and developers can push Palm to expand what is possible. I have had a very positive experience dealing with Palm, and I think they are genuinly keen to allow as much as they can...

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tcurtin

I agree that you're aiming in the right direction. I hope Palm expands the capabilities quickly - sooner is better - I'd love to see this platform really flourish!

confusedvorlon

one comment - do write to Palm, or post at the developer forums.

They are definitely thinking about what to offer in terms of sdk access, and I'm really confident that they will be listening to users.

I'd suggest that someone starts a thread there about wanting a nagging app. Something like 'we want Butler for Web OS' would do the trick

Fwiw - when it is possible, I'll definitely write the app!

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ChasT

As I understand it, Palm left 'the door open', which enabled Homebrewing. So it's not frowned upon by Palm.

Other developers have used Homebrew as a way to get apps up and running, then polish them off and add the final few missing bits when it transfer to the 'Paid For' section of Palm Catalog.

Hopefully when are are all on 1.3.1, thing will move on ...

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Don'tPanic

Already did that months ago. I could've switched our 75+ physician group to the Pre already but for the lack of a nag alert feature/app. I'm here today as part of my regular monitoring. I've seen the root-required tweak for this, but really need an official OS feature update or 3rd party app.

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