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#7: You can try cutting edge stuff. Yet you can't even do css background gradients. Real cutting edge.
CSS background gradients are visually appealing, but I'm not sure that's what users want to spend the ergs in their mobile device battery on.
#5: The source is easy to find. Does this mean that all apps' source is accessible, or just Palm namespaced applications?
PDK application are compiled C++, so you only have object code. Most of the apps HP ships on device are JS apps, so source is there. A developer can choose to only ship minified/obfuscated source code if they want, but there still has to be something for V8 to parse and execute.
If so, is there any way to make it not publicly available?
I really hope they succeed if only because of the openness of their phones. It feels amazing to have full access to your device out of the box without having to jump through 1.5 million jailbreak hoops.
#7: You can try cutting edge stuff. Yet you can't even do css background gradients. Real cutting edge.
Only one recent device (at the moment) and it is carrier exclusive in most countries (for me, in germany). I like the new devices and the operating system, but sadly, I also have a good contract with a different carrier.
So: sorry HP, but i'll pass. I never bought a locked phone and I will not start because of your hypergeeky operating system.
#5: The source is easy to find. Does this mean that all apps' source is accessible, or just Palm namespaced applications?
Earlier quoted context omitted.
PDK application are compiled C++, so you only have object code. Most of the apps HP ships on device are JS apps, so source is there. A developer can choose to only ship minified/obfuscated source code if they want, but there still has to be something for V8 to parse and execute.
Right, I understand that but what I'm getting at is: if I create an application that is purely JS/HTML/CSS based, will my source be available to other developers that put their phone into "developer mode"? If so, is there any way to make it not publicly available?
#7: You can try cutting edge stuff. Yet you can't even do css background gradients. Real cutting edge.