Palm Releases Mojo SDK Beta For webOS

by Jennifer Johnson — Friday, July 17, 2009, 04:22 PM EDT

Developers and Palm Pre owners received some good news yesterday when Palm announced the public release of its Mojo Software Development Kit for the webOS platform. Palm also announced a new developer portal, Palm webOSdev. This portal has FAQs, forums, and all of the associated documentation for the SDK.

Palm plans to open the app submission process to all developers this fall. New applications are already in the pipeline thanks to Palm’s early access program. The initial response to Palm webOS apps from both developers and customers has been enthusiastic. In the initial beta stage, over 1.8 million apps were downloaded from the beta App Catalog. Palm says thousands of developers participated in the Mojo SDK early access program since it began in early April.

Palm is offering a few upcoming events for developers interested in learning more about Palm webOS and the Mojo SDK. These events include:

webOShelp is organizing a developer meet up at Palm’s Sunnyvale headquarters on July 28
preDevCamp, an informal network of Mojo developers, will host events in 73 cities around the world on August 8.

Additional opportunities to find out more about developing for Palm webOS can be found on the webOSdev portal.

Tags: Mobile, smartphone, Palm, SDK, Pre, Palm Pre, webOS, Mojo SDK

Jennifer Johnson

Jennifer grew up around technology. From an early age, she was curious about all things related to computers. As a child, Jennifer remembers spending nights with her dad programming in BASIC and taking apart hard drives to see what was inside. In high school, she wrote her senior term paper on her experiences with building custom computers.

Jennifer graduated from the Jeffrey S. Raikes School of Computer Science and Management at the University of Nebraska at Lincoln. After college, she began writing full-time for various PC and technology magazines. Later, she transitioned to the Web. In these roles, Jennifer has covered a variety of topics including laptops, desktops, smartphones, cameras, tablets, and various consumer electronics devices. When she's not playing with or writing about the latest gadget, Jennifer loves to spend time with her family, capture memories with her camera, and scrapbook.

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