I have just received word that Palm has teamed up with social media expert Giovanni Gallucci. The intent of this partnership is the launch of the so-called pre developer camps – further information is below:
preDevCamp is an upcoming not-for-profit gathering to develop applications for Palm Pre using both the Mojo SDK and traditional web standards. The event is currently being planned in over 60 cities around the world.
Dates: 1 week after the US release of the Palm Pre
Venue: See individual city sites for venues and related updates.Registration: A system has been put in place so that registrations are broken down by city. Please see your city to register.
The event inspired by BarCamp, SuperHappyDevHouse, and MacHack, and the original iPhoneDevCamp to develop applications (local and web based) for the Palm Pre using the Mojo development SDK.
Attendees will include mobile developers, web developers, UI designers, and testers, all working together over the weekend. Development projects will include both solo and team efforts. While some attendees will wish to work solo during the event, we encourage attendees to team up, based on expertise, to work in ad-hoc project development teams. All attendees should be prepared to work on a development project during the event.
Attendees will be able to:
* Create new applications for the Palm Pre.
* Migrate existing mobile and Linux based applications to the Palm Pre.
* Test and optimize applications for the Palm Pre.
As of now, most cities are in the USA, with just a few in Asia and Europe. However, I predict that further cities will be added shortly – the full list can be had here, with volunteers being encouraged to start such camps in other cities.
I personally feel that this move is yet another clear sign stating that the old Palm OS economy is dead. These camps seem to be targeted at new (Linux and Web) developers rather than existing ones, but nevertheless are a great idea if done correctly.
Stay tuned for further info as we get it!
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Tam,
Thanks for mentioning this to your readers. One small clarification. This event is not associated with Palm. We are individuals doing this on our own. Hope to see you on a live stream in Vienna!
giovanni
“Migrating existing Linux applications” Hope you have your C-to-JavaScript converter ready. I don’t really believe, given the current SDK, that porting Linux applications will be any easier than porting MS-DOS or Commodore 64 ones.
Hi Folks,
we’ll see more soon – even though I am also somewhat skeptical…
As I never heard back from the team….
All the best
Tam Hanna