Dec 19


Yes, thats right. I want you to sell Palm. I want you to sell them so that I can afford more. I can't believe that this stock has taken this kind of hit. This is ridiculously under valued right now as we head into CES.

Think about it!

Palm CEO Jon Rubenstein has been talking about CES.

Palm has been teasing CES 2010.

 


Although they are playing coy with us, those of us who have been using and getting to know the Pre for the past little while really understand the untapped potential inside the device and are patiently waiting for the WebOS updates that will unlock the real power.



Ares just went open beta last night and developers everywhere cannot stop gushing. It's an excellent step in the right direction and the direct result of this is a development environment available to anybody with a computer, and the internet. This could very well change the game. Providing Palm doesn't implement any license fees for amateur development, this could mean that every single person with a computer and an internet connection is a potential WebOS developer. Not only that, but its actually quite impressive.

We already know Palm has joined Adobe's Open Screen Project and can expect WebOS to be one of the first platforms to adopt Flash, and can't even begin to lecture you on why that is a big deal. You should know this by now.

Anybody's guess is as good as mine for what's planned, but I wouldn't be surprised to see some applications that have access to the GPU finally, in order to show they are legit they'll need some games. Why carry a GPU thats capable only to not give any developer access? That's silliness. It's coming, we know it. Hopefully if not at CES they do talk about it sometime soon.

My point is manly this.. I'm sorry to see all the investor confidence flee this company when its doing so many great things, has a great piece of technology on its hands, and has a future that actually gets brighter as the products lifespan increases!

I for one can't wait to hear the exciting new things that are coming.

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Dec 06

Sadly, this will be the last effort I put into battery monitor. My interest in homebrew development waned as soon as the official app catalog opened. Also sad is the list of changed features is shockingly sparse.

 

  • Removed capacity since it was unreliable and caused more headache than it was worth
  • Removed front page, moved options into the application menu
  • The detailed status can also be accessed through the application menu
  • The runtime should now report days, and also won't report data that is 0
Note, changing the polling time on the fly takes effect AFTER the last poll completed. So, if you had your interval set to 30 minutes and you change your mind to put it to 5 seconds, you won't see any updated info until the 30 minute poll is honoured. Changing the polling time on the fly may also skew the graphing data.

Although this closes the chapter on my freshman efforts with webOS, it is not my swan song to webOS. There will be new applications, but they will not be spoofing the Palm vendor id, so they can go to the official app catalog.

Thanks to everyone for your continued support and suggestions, and I'm sorry that I couldn't implement most of them.


The latest version will also be available at precentral.net

com.palm.futurepr0n.batterymonitor_1.0.2_all.ipk (25.22 kb)

 

Edit: Found a bug and was forced to release a new version!

 

If you still like my app (please do!) and want to show support, feel free to donate.

 

 

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