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11/01/2010, 08:26 PM
#45
Ok thanks to tasogare's awesome changes this is what we have now-
Hi,
Did you know that the popular iPhone game Angry Birds By Rovio Mobile was ported to webOS in less than four days? No really…it was! My name is (your name) and I find your (game/app) (name of game/app) really awesome! I was wondering if you had any interest in porting (name of game/app) to HP/Palm’s amazing operating system, webOS. WebOS is what many experts say is one of the best--if not the best--operating systems on the market today. Within a couple of months, HP and Palm will be releasing webOS 2. WebOS 2 adds a ton of functionality—like stacked windows for true multitasking, and Quicksilver for Mac-type searches of apps (neither of which is possible on iOS)--to an already great operating system. You can read the Engadget review of these new features here. So enough of how awesome webOS is! Why on earth should you port to it when you already have the iPhone? Three reasons that you should port to webOS are that, there are really great developer tools to help you out, Palm was bought by HP, and MONEY!
Palm provides developers interested in porting to webOS not only an easy experience but also a quick one. Like I said earlier, the popular iPhone game Angry Birds was ported and tested in less than four days! One main tool that Palm provides to developers is the PDK. Simply put, it just makes porting and creating new 3D games and cool apps very easy for you. You can learn more about how easy porting is here. There is really little downside when it comes to porting. If you have any questions about porting you can probably find the answers here.
On July 1st, 2010 HP bought Palm for 1.2 billion dollars. Palm is now a part of HP the world’s largest technology company. With HP’s proven success and scale, and Palm’s innovation, webOS is destined for tremendous growth. In fact, HP is pumping a lot of manpower into webOS because they know how successful it will be. At CES 2011 HP is expected to release a webOS tablet and one or more great phones that will definitely grow the user base of webOS, which leads me to my next point.
You will make a lot of money. It is completely free to join the developer program and have your app in the App Catalog. That, combined with the ease of porting equals high profit margins. Also, there is already a large paid-app user-base that uses webOS—an independent research company found that webOS users are far more likely to install paid apps than Android users. Moreover, after the new devices debut, there will be more and more users coming which means more and more app downloads. Finally, you will have far more exposure with webOS than by competing for limited user attention with 200,000 other apps. Go where the growth is!
Porting to webOS can be very rewarding. All I ask is for you to seriously consider it. But really, what do you have to lose?
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Originally Posted by mfaye21
