We’ve been hearing about the iPad 2 having a camera for weeks. Months. There’s been leaks and rumours suggested by case makers with iPad 2 cases for sale and dummy iPad 2 models, and all manner of hints and whisperings. Now, there’s some info from the SDK: camera logos at iPad resolution. Click through for the images.
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Two new teaser videos of the BlackBerry Playbook are out, one showing off the multimedia capabilities of the PlayBook, the other detailing the RIM developer SDK. Videos after the jump.
We’re hot and bothered for some Android 2.3 Gingerbread love. While we sit and wait patiently for our Samsung Nexus S and the Android 2.3 update to roll out to the Google Nexus One we’ve got some big news — video chat and game controls are coming to Android 2.3!
Windows Phone 7 has racked up 300,000 downloads from developers but they’re still stuck using unfinished beta tools to make their apps. Microsoft has promised that the finished set of Windows Phone 7 developer tools will be released on September 16 but that potentially gives app builders just weeks to get their creations finished…
The Palm Pre just got another little update to its webOS operating system. webOS 1.0.4 fixes a number of security problems and bugs in the OS, but has the unfortunate side-effect of stopping homebrew developers from installing their apps.
Palm Pre is off to an encouraging start and is putting the company in healthier financial straights, but right now the handset still has one problem – its Palm App Catalog is still a little thin on, well, apps. That’s because Palm has been dragging its heels over the webOS Mojo SDK, which will finally allow anyone with a knowledge of programming to make their own Palm Pre apps. Fortunately for those eager to start testing the limits of Palm’s new webOS, a version of the Mojo SDK has been leaked onto the internet.
Palm Pre has already created a stir in smartphone fields, but if it’s ever going to have the faintest chance of catching up with Apple, it’s going to need an awful lot more applications under its belt. Despite the openness of the Palm Pre webOS platform, the depressingly small number of webOS apps right now is due to the lack of webOS SDK (software development kit) which helps mobile developers on their way to creating top notch software. Luckily, Palm is nearly ready to launch one.
Vodafone plans to get in on the mobile apps action by opening an app store (note lowercase) of its own, with some unique features.