WebOS homebrewers say ‘hello world’ to Palm Pre

It’s begun. Although lacking a general release of the SDK, the first homebrew apps have emerged thanks to last night’s leaked WebOS root image . The first application puts a stake in the ground by displaying a simple “hello world” on the screen. Unfortunately, the code overwrote the pre-installed Sprint Nascar application… oh wait, that’s probably a good thing. Devs have also started tampering with existing code to disable the shutter sound on the camera while leaving the rest of the sounds enabled. Now why would somebody want to do that? Update : Added the blurry image above from an excited developer that shows scm6079’s work over at PreCentral evolving with a 5-second photo timer and more. [Thanks, Scott M. and C.J.] Continue reading WebOS homebrewers say ‘hello world’ to Palm Pre Filed under: Cellphones WebOS homebrewers say ‘hello world’ to Palm Pre originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 10 Jun 2009 05:43:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Read ?|? Permalink ?|? Email this ?|? Comments
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