Correction: Propel is made by iambic, not AstraWare – thanks to all of you who sent this in!
After the release of the Palm Pre, a flurry of web sites covered all aspects of the device. Look below for an overview!

Press conference reports
Both Engadget and PalmInfoCenter were at the conference and covered it in “live-blog style”.

Engadget’s version of the coverage contains a pretty good overview of the system specifications (8GB of memory, WiFi, Bluetooth, 480×320 multitouch screen)…

UI demo
The folks at Engadget’s handled the device a bit, and produced a short video which unfortunately can not be embedded. Cutting a long story short, the device contains an operating system similar to iambic’s Propel, Initiate or other keyboard-based launcher tools with added graphical oomph…

Developer information
So far, Palm has not provided developers with development tools. However, the platform known as Mojo is said to be made available in the future:

Besides the Palm Mojo Application Framework, the SDK will include sample code, documentation, and development tools. An Eclipse-based IDE is included, and you will also be able to use your choice of tools to build WebOS applications. The Mojo SDK is currently in private prerelease, and will be available later this year as a free download from the Palm Developer Network.

Unfortunately, Palm OS emulation is not likely to be included:

And good news for Palm OS developers! There are a number of ways to migrate data from a an existing PDB file to your new WebOS app. Stay tuned for more information for developers with Palm OS applications who want to build WebOS applications.

Related posts:

  1. Palm, Inc: Some News on the SDK Front
  2. Palm launches Early Access program for webOS
  3. Palm courts game developers
  4. Palm to hold pre developer camps
  5. Palm opens webOS developer program in December