Download Squad http://www.downloadsquad.com Download Squad http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/%SiteURL%/media/feedlogo.gif Download Squad http://www.downloadsquad.com en-us Copyright 2010 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/<![CDATA[Game Boy on your Palm Pre? VisualBoyAdvance hits WebOS]]>http://www.downloadsquad.com/2010/02/01/game-boy-on-your-palm-pre-visualboyadvance-hits-webos/http://www.downloadsquad.com/2010/02/01/game-boy-on-your-palm-pre-visualboyadvance-hits-webos/http://www.downloadsquad.com/2010/02/01/game-boy-on-your-palm-pre-visualboyadvance-hits-webos/#commentsFiled under: , , ,

VisualBoyAdvance is an open-source emulator for Game Boy, Game Boy Color and Game Boy Advance. If you want to relive the glory days of handheld gaming on your computer, it's pretty much your go-to app. But what if you'd rather play handheld games on, well, a handheld device? Palm Pre and Pixi owners can do just that, thanks to a port of VisualBoyAdvance for WebOS.

A very enticing video of Mario Kart running on a Pre [check it out after the jump!] makes me wish that something this cool - and dubiously legal - could ever slip through Apple's app store and onto my iPhone. (I can neither confirm nor deny that I once jailbroke an iPod Touch to play Final Fantasy for the NES.)

Apparently original Game Boy and Game Boy Color games run smoothly on a Pre, but you might get a little lag when playing Game Boy Advance ROMS. Still: Tetris! Super Mario Land! Kirby! I'm certainly not saying that Download Squad condones piracy, but it's very impressive that someone was able to get this running on WebOS.

[via PreCentral]

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Game Boy on your Palm Pre? VisualBoyAdvance hits WebOS originally appeared on Download Squad on Mon, 01 Feb 2010 14:32:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Transmission, the popular open-source BitTorrent client, just got an important update that includes a few of the features topping users' most-requested list. Magnet link support is included, and so is support for trackerless torrents. Those are the big changes, but the list of other improvements and new features is longer than your arm. Check out the release notes for Transmission 1.8 for a full rundown of the 100+ changes.

For Torrent junkies, Magnet links are an increasing popular alternative to downloading .torrent files from a central server. Instead, you get the torrent from a peer, which works even when a tracker is down or the .torrent file is unavailable for download. Magnet support is an important enough feature that leaving it out would likely cause power users to switch to another app for their P2P needs.

Transmission 1.8 also includes some fixes just for Mac users. Quick Look works again in Snow Leopard, and revealing files in the Finder is easier now. You can also optionally add an "incomplete" folder, if you don't want partially-finished files clogging up Downloads.

[via TUAW]

Open-source Mac/Linux BitTorrent client Transmission now supports magnet links originally appeared on Download Squad on Sun, 24 Jan 2010 10:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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It's been just one week since the Foursquare webOS app entered beta, and amidst a flurry of news around the location-based game that broke free of its city-limits this week the webOS application has already seen a sizeable update.

The original beta of the application, whilst stylish, was (understandably) slow and incomplete - however today's new build is both feature complete and blazing fast. Not only that, but the new update sees the app sport a slightly new look.

When it comes to location-based games, Foursquare currently has the lead in terms of devices supported - with a universally-accessible mobile site, Blackberry app, Android client and the original iPhone app available. However we're going to be keeping our eyes on the other location-based services: Gowalla recently announced their plans to bring out Blackberry and webOS applications 'this year'.

If you want to play with the latest version of the Foursquare app, it'll be available in the App Catalogue shortly - or you can download it from the Foursquare for webOS Github page. The app remains open source, with the code available via Github.

Take the jump to check out the gallery!

Continue reading Foursquare for the Palm Pre gets a new look and a speed boost [Gallery]

Foursquare for the Palm Pre gets a new look and a speed boost [Gallery] originally appeared on Download Squad on Fri, 08 Jan 2010 18:07:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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In case you're wondering why your RSS reader has gone into overdrive, it just so happens to be Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas this week -- and that means that all the mobile companies bar one (Apple!) are announcing their new devices and software. Today's turn is underdog Palm, who've been outlining their plans for the webOS platform.

[Images courtesy of our brethren at Engadget]

Continue reading Mobile Minute: Palm's 2010 plans for webOS

Mobile Minute: Palm's 2010 plans for webOS originally appeared on Download Squad on Thu, 07 Jan 2010 16:41:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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If you've used a Palm Pre, you're probably wondering just what's possible with the webOS developer SDK. Over the last few updates, it would appear that Palm are really working to bump the number of technologies available for games -- and the homebrew community has been busy looking at the updates to figure out what's available.

Over the Christmas break, the folks at Pre Central noticed that some plucky coders have taken it upon themselves to bring DOOM, in full hardware-accelerated glory, to the Pre. Whilst it's not ready for mainstream consumption, and requires the webOS 1.3.5 update that still isn't out in certain areas of the world, the app certainly opened my eyes to applications that may potentially be in the pipeline for the Pre.

Be sure to check out the video of DOOM in action on the Pre after the break!

[via PreCentral - Photo by gillyberlin - http://flic.kr/p/76cQge]

Continue reading webOS homebrew brings DOOM to the Palm Pre

webOS homebrew brings DOOM to the Palm Pre originally appeared on Download Squad on Tue, 05 Jan 2010 21:18:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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It's not quite the App Store frenzy by any stretch, however Palm's webOS App Catalog has hit an important milestone with 1,000 applications now available for the Palm Pre and Pixi devices.

We're going to be covering some of these 1,000 in the coming days here at Download Squad, however we'd be remiss to not mention the 1,000th app which (quite by chance) happens to be from our comrades at Engadget.

The Engadget app - which complements the iPhone and iPod touch application covered by our friends at TUAW a few days ago - provides you with news from Engadget, Engadget Mobile and Engadget HD along with comments for each story. There's also the option to share stories via Facebook, Email and Twitter.

You can grab the (free) Engadget application directly to your phone here, or browse for it in the App Catalog.

Palm's webOS App Catalog hits 1,000 apps originally appeared on Download Squad on Sat, 02 Jan 2010 11:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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For the last month or so, I've been keenly keeping an eye on the progress of the open source webOS application for Foursquare: the location-based mobile game that's been in the tech spotlight since its launch at SXSW last year.

Whilst you can check in online using Foursquare's mobile website, the folks at Foursquare have been gradually rolling out more native applications after launching with just an iPhone app. On top of the existing iPhone, Android and beta Blackberry applications out there, the new webOS app has just been made available for Pre and Pixi users to use.

Though the application is available as part of the webOS App Catalogue, it's currently still in beta. As such there are a couple of unfinished areas to the app - including the leaderboards for each Foursquare city.

However, if you simply have to check into it at the gym, coffee shop or elsewhere on your Pre, be sure to have a look at our gallery after the break and visit the App Catalogue to download the beta!

Continue reading Foursquare beta now available for the Palm Pre

Foursquare beta now available for the Palm Pre originally appeared on Download Squad on Fri, 01 Jan 2010 21:40:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Ever since Palm and Apple started their dance about the Pre's ability to sync with iTunes, I've been keeping an eye out for alternative ways to move media to my Pre.

Over the last few weeks I've been putting three applications through their paces with my Pre to find a suitable workaround for this glaring omission on Palm's part: MarkSpace's GoGadget for webOS, Salling Software's Media Sync and doubleTwist. All three applications are available for Windows and Mac OS X, however in this review were tested on Mac OS X.

Photo by whatleydude

Continue reading Palm Pre Media Sync Showdown

Palm Pre Media Sync Showdown originally appeared on Download Squad on Fri, 01 Jan 2010 17:28:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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It's been just over a month since Palm last updated their webOS devices, however today the Palm Pre has seen webOS 1.3.5 released (well, at least in the US). The update is notable, albeit for the items that the update does not address: video recording is still missing, and there's no sign of the Pre's iTunes syncing being re-enabled with this new release either.

That said, if you're sporting a Pre the update is probably one you'll want to apply to your device. Here's the notable changes in this update:
  • Users can now store more applications on their devices, with the artificial limit on installed applications removed.
  • Improved battery life (especially when in 'marginal coverage areas')
  • Support for audio and video when received via MMS
  • Data detectors to launch either Google Maps (or Sprint Nav) from Address Book contacts' addresses
The update is now available for download via the Pre's built-in Updates application, although devices will try to download the update over the coming days if you're connected to a high-speed data connection.

[Via Engadget]

Mobile Minute: Palm webOS 1.3.5 is now available originally appeared on Download Squad on Mon, 28 Dec 2009 22:22:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Oh my... not content with finally being at the stage where they're ready to release a working version of their 'Fennec' mobile web browser (albeit only for the Maemo based Nokia N900 initially), Mozilla seem to be on something of a mad world-domination-power-trip at the same time.

Why? Well, Mozilla have declared that Firefox Mobile will render all existing device application stores redundant as developers shift to developing applications which simply run in your mobile web browser.

Although this is probably the millionth time I've read that web applications will make client applications completely redundant, I'll explore their asseration for the benefit of you, dear DLS reader.

Vice President of Mobile at Mozilla, Jay Sullivan, spoke to PC Pro about application development and raised some valid points. He talked about the relative simplicity of developing in JavaScript and HTML and the benefits of not having to learn the development platform required for a specific mobile or desktop OS. It is valid to say that, featuring the fastest Javascript engine of any mobile browser, some great experiences will be possible with Firefox Mobile.

But I see a problem -- two, in fact.

Continue reading Mozilla on Firefox Mobile: All your app store are belong to us!

Mozilla on Firefox Mobile: All your app store are belong to us! originally appeared on Download Squad on Fri, 18 Dec 2009 10:26:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Project Ares
Ever since Palm announced its webOS system earlier in the year, the company has been continually working out its approach for application development for the device. With the App Catalog in beta for customer use, and the Mojo SDK available for developers to build applications, whilst Palm may not yet be rivalling Apple's "there's an app for that" campaign the company is certainly working to provide a far more open developer environment than its Cupertino rival.

Today sees the introduction of Project Ares: an open beta of an IDE for building Palm applications that - get this - runs entirely in your web browser. It even offers drag-and-drop interface building, code editing and a debugger for rooting out bugs in your code. Given that from the browser it integrates with any local installation of the webOS SDK for deployment to your Pre or Pixi, and Project Ares allows you to build an application without a multi-gigabyte SDK download, it's a mighty impressive technology.

Project Ares is available as a beta to all webOS developers via the Palm developer website, and requires Safari, Chrome or Firefox to run.
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Palm unveils "Project Ares" webOS developer tool originally appeared on Download Squad on Thu, 17 Dec 2009 17:32:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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The SEVEN Beta setup is an interesting one.

As a company, Seven (enough capitalising already!) sell their excellent push e-mail products only via mobile operator channels, however their Beta program is an excellent way for users on unsupported carriers (that's likely you and I) to enjoy their software.

Available in a variety of editions on a variety of platforms, Seven's software allows you to receive push mail on your device from a variety of services - Exchange, Yahoo, GMail, AOL Mail, HoTMaiL and standard POP and IMAP services are all supported. A Beta release it might be (with the usual associated disclaimers), but the application is a supremely useful piece of software that i've been using for many years to push synchronise GMail with my Windows Mobile devices.

I happened to visit the Seven Beta site earlier today to download the latest Windows Mobile client and I was intrigued to notice that an Android download option had appeared. Obviously I had to download the application and take a look!

As expected, it's a Seven client for the Android OS that includes all of the goodness that i'm used to - push mail across a host of platforms, 'quiet times' when push can be automatically disabled, multiple accounts, server contact search, customisable notifications and more! Although the currently version of the software is missing a few features i'd like to see (primarily HTML mail), for Android users it can often be a trying task getting mail set up and working as desired if you are using something other than GMail, and Seven is making that story easier. I've been pushing an additional e-mail account and a HoTMaiL account all day without any issues!

If you'd like to try out Seven on Android (or indeed any of their other support platforms, which include WinMo Standard / Professional, Symbian S60, Palm OS and even J2ME!) then head on over to the Seven Community Forum to sign up for an account.

SEVEN on Android - Ah, push it - push it real good... originally appeared on Download Squad on Mon, 23 Nov 2009 15:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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In early December, Palm is set to launch its App Catalog to showcase third-party applications for its WebOS devices (the Pre and recently-launched Pixie). Whilst the App Catalog may be later to the party compared with Apple's all-conquering App Store, we're on the lookout for the latest and greatest WebOS applications for your Pre and Pixie handsets.

So, if you're a WebOS developer working on an application, we want to hear from you! To get in touch with us about your apps, simply drop us a note via our Tips form -- or send press releases to the address listed on our About page.

Calling all WebOS Developers: Tell us about your Apps! originally appeared on Download Squad on Tue, 17 Nov 2009 15:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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If you're one of the folks sporting a Palm Pre, it's time to check for updates as you'll want to grab the WebOS 1.3.1 update that dropped over the weekend (at least for Sprint customers in the US).

Whilst there's no new applications, the update (which weighs in at 126MB) packs a tonne of features and improvements that you'll probably want add, including support for Yahoo! as a synchronization account.

That's not all, either, as PreCentral has discovered a list of extra undocumented changes that are included in release - and Facebook have launched an embarrassingly barebones application for the Pre that requires the 1.3.1 update.

If you're elsewhere in the world, the launch of the 1.3.1 update will depend on your carrier - in the UK, where I'm based, O2 are reported to be launching the update towards the end of the month.

[Via Engadget]

Mobile Minute: Palm WebOS 1.3.1 is out! originally appeared on Download Squad on Mon, 16 Nov 2009 15:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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By now, iPhone users who haven't jailbroken their devices have learned that they can't get an app unless it goes through Apple's approval process and reaches the iTunes App Store. A new eBook reader called Ibis, planned for iPhone, Android and Palm's WebOS, plans to get around Apple's restrictions. How? Simple: it's a web app. You can access the reader from your browser, and your books are stored offline using HTML5.

It doesn't seem like there's much Apple can do about that, unless they want to start blocking web apps on their device. Unlikely. So, you can enjoy your DRM-free books in ePub format to your heart's content, and even buy new ones from Ibis' bookstore. You'll be able to sync books and bookmarks across devices via the cloud, too. Ibis isn't launching for "several months," but it could be a real winner if it looks as good as it sounds.

[via Daring Fireball]

Ibis eBook reader aims to get around iPhone app store originally appeared on Download Squad on Mon, 02 Nov 2009 15:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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One of the first things you'll want to do with any smartphone is get your bookmarks set up in the phone's browser. It can be a real pain to add them one-by-one, though, so it's a lot easier if you can just import them from the browser on your computer. Fliq Bookmarks lets you do just that, assuming the following: 1) Your browser is Safari, 2) Your phone is a Palm Pre and 3) You have the Missing Sync, a Pre-specific media-syncing app for your Mac.

Fliq seems of limited use, although it does sync your toolbar bookmarks from Safari. Really, bookmark syncing should be a feature of the $30 Missing Sync app, not a standalone app. Also, how many Safari users have a Pre instead of an iPhone? Feel free to flame me in the comments if I'm wrong, but it seems like if you're one of those folks, you're probably in the minority.

[via Appscout]

Fliq Bookmarks is a sort-of sync between Safari and the Palm Pre originally appeared on Download Squad on Sun, 09 Aug 2009 10:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Not even two weeks after Apple's iTunes 8.2.1 update removed iTunes syncing capability from the Palm Pre, Palm has announced an update to webOS that adds several features and restores syncing. A few of the new features are business-oriented, including improved Exchange AccessSync support (remote wipe, PIN/password improvements, and better certificate handling). webOS 1.1 also includes "person reminders" that pop up a message when a person calls you, making sure you remember things you wanted to talk to them about.

Of course, the main thing that's going to be reported about the webOS update is the ongoing tussle between Apple and Palm over iTunes sync. Pre owners and Apple fanboys are now waiting to see when the other shoe will fall and Apple will disable syncing again. Just in case that happens, Pre owners might want to check out a third-party app that can handle syncing for the device.

Palm restores iTunes sync for Pre, adds new webOS features originally appeared on Download Squad on Sun, 26 Jul 2009 20:15:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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In what will no doubt become another game of device authentication tennis, Palm webOS 1.1 fixes what iTunes 8.2.1 tore asunder: sync with the Pre. Yep, 1.1 is hot off the networks and ready for a hefty 87MB download. I like how Palm's notification states "We'll download it over the next couple of days when your device is idle and a high speed network is available." There's that background magic at work! Your move, Apple.

Oh, apparently there are bugfixes and fancy things like remote wipe and auto-lock added in this update. Like you care while syncing all those torrented episodes of The Office, right?

[via PreCentral and Engadget]

Mobile Minute: Palm Pre syncs with iTunes again... for now originally appeared on Download Squad on Thu, 23 Jul 2009 22:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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When Apple updated iTunes to block the much-anticipated iTunes syncing feature of the Palm Pre, some of us at assumed it was just a matter of time until a third-party developer added it back. Salling Media Sync, an app that already had quite a few useful features, now does Pre-to-iTunes syncing, too. Salling Software admits the update was specifically designed to appeal to Pre users who feel burned by Apple's update.

Salling Media Sync can transfer photos, podcasts, playlists and music to a variety of phones. Along with the Pre, it supports a ton of Nokia, Sony, and HTC devices, as well as the Blackberry Bold and Blackberry Storm. There are Mac and Windows versions, and they both requireiTunes 7.6 or newer. Salling Media Sync is free, with faster syncing if you buy a license for $22.

Salling Media Sync replaces missing Palm Pre iTunes sync and more originally appeared on Download Squad on Thu, 16 Jul 2009 17:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>itunesmusicpalm-prephonesailing-media-syncsyncThu, 16 Jul 2009 17:00:00 EST<![CDATA[Palm finally unleashes Mojo SDK so you can make webOS fart apps for the Pre]]>http://www.downloadsquad.com/2009/07/16/palm-finally-unleashes-mojo-sdk-so-you-can-make-webos-fart-apps/http://www.downloadsquad.com/2009/07/16/palm-finally-unleashes-mojo-sdk-so-you-can-make-webos-fart-apps/http://www.downloadsquad.com/2009/07/16/palm-finally-unleashes-mojo-sdk-so-you-can-make-webos-fart-apps/#commentsFiled under: , ,

Yep, time to fire up the code editor of your choice and get crackin' on that explosive "app market" the mobile space is all abuzz about. It seems Palm finally had enough of the paltry offerings in their App Catalog for the Pre and opened the SDK and documents to any fool crazy enough to write a list app, tip calculator, etc.

Palm's blog post about this momentous occasion offers some dates for webOS meetups and conferences, handy if you're trying to get up to speed fast. Or, you can go straight to the Palm developer center, cleverly called webOSdev (camel caps, radical!) and get the SDK and documents yourself.

While I am clearly dubious of Palm's efforts, coming late to a party they practically started and having failed so many times before (and in some of the most spectacular ways ever seen in consumer electronics), in the end I really am hoping they can nurture a strong application environment. Choice is good, and Palm still has a lot going for it. I also hope the developers for Pre find what they are looking for. Will their app catalog burst with over 50,000 apps in a year? Time will tell.

What apps would you write for webOS?

Palm finally unleashes Mojo SDK so you can make webOS fart apps for the Pre originally appeared on Download Squad on Thu, 16 Jul 2009 13:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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