Palm Introduces webOS 2.0 for Developers

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Submitted by lalit on August 31, 2010 - 10:57pm.

Palm today introduced webOS 2.0, the next generation of Palm’s mobile operating system. webOS 2.0 will be released later this year, and a beta version of the webOS 2.0 SDK is available now via the SDK Early Access Program. Few of the new features Palm has added to the new OS are as follows:

  • Stacks: Palm introduced card metaphor for multitasking with webOS 1.0 and with the new OS the cards will be grouped in stacks, reducing clutter and making it easier to move quickly between applications.
  • Just Type: Palm has renamed the Universal Search to Just Type as the new feature allows users to “start an email, create a message, update your status, search your favorite websites—all without having to launch an app.” According to Palm, with webOS 2.0, whenever you want to do something on your phone, whether it’s emailing, texting, search, or almost anything else, just type.
  • Exhibition: It is designed to be used with Palm Touchstone Charging Dock allowing users to run new apps specifically when the phone is on the dock. Set your phone on the dock and Exhibition launches automatically, showing you anything from today's agenda to a slideshow of your Facebook photos.
  • Synergy: In webOS 2.0, Palm will open up Synergy accessing and managing personal data technology to the developers. Third party apps will be able to pull more information from Contacts, Calendar, Messenger and social networking sites.
  • JavaScript Services: The popular Node.js runtime environment is built into webOS 2.0, which means that you can now develop not just webOS apps but also services in JavaScript.
  • PDK Plug-ins: webOS 2.0 will allow developers to incorporate PDK plug-ins. Using plug-ins, developers can more easily port app logic from other platforms while leveraging the Mojo Framework to give users a familiar interface and integrate seamlessly into webOS.
  • HTML5 Enhancements: webOS 2.0 will bring enhanced Canvas support, web storage, geolocation support and application cache.