Preview of GSM UMTS smartphone Motorola Milestone DROID

“Launching Motorola DEXT (codenamed Morrison, also know as the CLIQ in the US), Motorola had a global task in mind – they were targeting the top-tier as well with their brand-new Anroid-based line-up. The first flagship device in this range they’re releasing into the wild is the Droid, although in reality this handle is employed by Verizon Wireless for a whole plethora of phones from various manufacturers they are distributing, for example, they’ll launch an HTC-branded device as “Droid” too. In Europe, though, we’ll know it as the Motorola Milestone (its original codename was Sholes), which is a very fitting name, as it’ll mark either the rebirth of the company or its complete fiasco.” Read more here:

Palm Unveils Ares, Web Based webOS Development Tool

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“Palm has released the first public beta of its innovative new development tool for webOS. Called Project Ares, this new webOS development environment runs completely in a desktop browser. Its aim is to simplify and lower the entry barrier for developing webOS applications by allowing developers to code, debug and build webOS apps within a standard web browser.The web-hosted development environment features an array of developer tools including a drag-and-drop interface builder, code editor, visual javascript debugger, log viewer, framework enhancements, single click deployment on a device or emulator and built in SVN/Mecurial version source control. With this set of features interested developers can simply log in and upload a project or build a new one from scratch. Projects can be easily be uploaded and downloaded for what Palm describes as a seamless “desktop/cloud workflow.”Palm recommends that Ares users have the Mojo SDK v1.3.1 pre-installed, although it is not required.
Palm says Ares has been tested on:
* OSX: Safari 4.0+, Firefox 3.5+
* Windows: Chrome 3, 4, Firefox 3.5+, Safari 4.0+
* Linux: Firefox 3.5+
Ares will not work on:
* Chrome 4 beta for mac (Launch, other plugin-related features don’t work)
* Firefox 3.0.x
* Internet Explorer” via palminfocenter.com