What’s New in Homebrew Apps, 6 August 2009
There are plenty of new and updated apps in our beta Homebrew App Gallery for the Palm Pre just a day after launch. If you've never tried it, we'll have a first-install walkthough up for you later today. It's just a 'first-install' walkthough because your second and seventieth install are a lot easier now that fileCoaster allows you to directly browse and download from our gallery.
Longtime PalmOS users can relive the glory days of low-fi stylus-tapping action with Dope Wars, BlackBerry switchers can get that BrickBreaker feeling back, shippers can track a package (and watch the sometimes insane routes they take) with PrePackage, shoppers can put together a Shopping List, runners can help test out the fledgling PREtracker GPS/running app, and, well, you get the idea.
Oh, and people who aren't afraid of Linux access should take a look at My Tether, which does exactly what you think it does. Don't overdo it, though, because even Sprint will get grumpy if they see you pulling down 'too much' data.
We'll help to add more features to fileCoaster (and big ups to PreGame for bearing with us) and offering a standard, open format feed for other app downloaders, so stay tuned. As always, the apps in our Homebrew Gallery are for testing, not production.
What’s New in Pre Homebrew Apps: There are over 100 of Them
You read that headline exactly right - there are now over 100 apps in our Homebrew forums and more on the way. There are three different Google Voice Apps (including one with SMS support, update: make that two), the above-pictured iTunes Remote app, calculators, games, an iCanHazCheezburger picture finder, an excellent podcast downloader/player.. there's a lot.
Once you get your SDK installed, you're ready to participate in the beta testing action. With any luck at all, Palm will be accepting many of these apps into their App Catalog. Until they're able to get their high falutin', city-slicker system up to speed, though we invite you to check out the down-home, wild west of homebrew apps for the Pre. Don't forget that there are now easier ways to install now - fileCoaster and webOS Quick Install.
If homebrew isn't your thing (it can be a bit much and yes, everything here is very much Beta), it's still worth looking around to get a taste of how easy it is to develop webOS apps and see the stuff the grass-roots developers are working on.
After the break, we present you with the current list compiled by chuccck, newer additions in bold. Before you get to browsing all the homebrew, though, do chuccck a quick solid and congratulate him on his bacon-based proposal (she said yes!). Also, take some time to thank all the great developers who are building these apps!
