Palm Pre: Blurring the tubes with webOS
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Palm's latest smartphone, The Palm Pre, runs on the new "Palm webOS" which basically means the entire UI layer of the phone is a browser. Applications are developed using HTML5, CSS, Javascript and Palm's own Mojo Framework which uses a "JSON-based message bus to tap into a wide range of device services, including contacts, calendars, and location".
I think Palm's choice of using web technologies as its application programing language puts it in a good position to outshine the iPhone's extensive catalog of apps. Palm also "borrowed" the idea of an app store baked into the device.
I am very excited about ...