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Motorola RAZR Developer Edition smartphone announced

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Motorola has recently posted on their Inside Motorola blog and this one should come as good news for anyone that had been waiting for a version of the RAZR smartphone with an unlocked bootloader. It seems Motorola has announced the RAZR Developer Edition. And better yet, the handset will be available in Europe and will more »

Android app problems: piracy, paid apps and

The Android operating system for smartphones is gaining in popularity in leaps and bounds. Devices running Android outsold the mighty iPhone in the first half of 2010. One battle the platform is not winning is apps. Currently, Android apps are sold in only 13 of 46 countries where the devices are sold. Vast regions where more »

400 iTunes accounts hacked

A Vietnamese developer hacked 400 iTunes accounts over the weekend in order to push his iPhone apps into bestseller status, but Apple says relax, it’s no big deal. Thuat Nguyen hacked the accounts and used them to buy his own book apps, resulting in 42 of the top 50 bestselling e-book apps being his. Users more »

Palm continues to try and attract webOS developers, now permanently waiving $99 developer fee

As of late, Palm has been doing some interesting things with pricing on the apps and the costs that developers are charged to submit apps for entry into the App Catalog. But just in case you missed some of that, Palm is offering all apps at 50% off until July 23rd and they have also more »

Palm drops $50 app submission fee for webOS developers, also returns it to those who previously paid

It looks like Palm is making a serious run at both attracting new app developers and also getting webOS users to start downloading more apps. Of course, in the end they both go hand in hand. After all more users using more apps should entice more developers. Either way though, as of yesterday Palm extended more »

Discounted, yet carrier-locked Pre and Pixi’s now available directly from Palm

Palm has recently rolled out their Developer Purchase Program, which will allow developers to purchase either the Pre, Pre Plus, Pixi or Pixi Plus. Sadly though these handsets are not coming as unlocked, but instead need to be purchased for the carrier that you plan to use it with. In other words those hoping to more »

Palm releases the webOS PDK public beta

In what can only be seen as a good move for future game development on the webOS platform, Palm has recently released the public beta of the webOS PDK. The news was announced during the Game Developers Conference and promises to let “developers use C and C++ alongside the web technologies that power the SDK more »

Google Voice app gDial Pro no longer available for webOS

Sure Google may have recently released a shiny new web app for Google Voice users on webOS, but that does not mean everyone wants to use a web app. Sometimes a dedicated app seems a little nicer, which was the case with the gDial Pro app that was available for both the Palm Pre and more »

Palm gives everyone the chance to make apps

So if your the person who would love to make some gnarly iPhone apps but don’t have the knowledge to do so, well then its time to migrate to the Palm Pre/Pixi. Palm is now providing an in-browser SDK called the Ares pitch. Basically, you don’t need to download anything, just need to load the more »

Google Android Developer Challenge 2 underway, Android to get lots more apps

Google has announced the start of the first round of judging for its second annual Android Developer Challenge. With 10,000 applications already available in Android Market, the Developer Challenge is a way to spur new, creative additions from developers. Users of Android-powered phones can get in on the judging action by downloading the Android Developer more »