Pandora's CTO talks about Pre, webOS development, gaming, and small children

by Tim Stevens posted Jan 14th 2009 at 2:42PM

While we were happy just to see pictures, Tom Conrad, CEO of Pandora, is one of the lucky few to have seen in action the innards of the software that keeps things moving on the Pre. He sat down with Palm Infocenter (on the wrong end of a zero-bar concall by the sounds) to talk details of webOS software development. Conrad clarified that, despite all apps being mixtures of HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, webOS is more than just a big browser -- it has direct access to local files and UI elements. However, he echoed the fears of others that this web-friendly programming interface won't exactly be well suited for gaming, expressing hope that Palm will address this with integrated Flash support or some sort of a lower-level API to appease those who want to tap that OMAP processor directly. Hit the read link to hear the whole conversation yourself.

[Thanks, Jay]

Filed under: Handsets, Palm, webOS

Tags: palm, palm pre, palm webos, PalmPre, PalmWebos, pandora, pre, sdk, tom conrad, TomConrad, webos, webos sdk, WebosSdk

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000000 @ Jan 14th 2009 3:14PM

If the Pre gets full blown Flash support that would be totally awesome. Browser and stand alone.

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zafa @ Jan 15th 2009 12:55PM

That would be seriously great. If they included Flash support, there is already a huge coding/designing base in place. Also, they would provide one of the very necessary browser plug-ins that currently hamper other phones. Also it would allow for Palm to hand over optimization, etc. to Adobe and not have to invest as much on their side. It's a win for everyone, Palm, Developers, Designers, and the users.

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