On Wed, Aug 19, 2009 at 12:15 PM, Eric House<[email protected]> wrote: > Does anybody know of a place to find out what smartphone OSes are > potential open source software platforms? Ideally there'd be some > discussion of what's involved in installing software without the > permission/involvement of the carrier or device maker. > > * I know from experience that it's possible on Windows Mobile and > PalmOS, though the latter is becoming less relevant. > > * I believe it is not possible on iPhone or Palm WebOS without > "jailbreaking" the phones. >
You don't have to "jailbreak" webOS to install applications outside of the App Catalog. The SDK includes a command-line utility for installing applications. You do need to put the Palm Pre in developer mode with an unlock code. One of the homebrew applications you can install is one that will install other homebrew applications over the network. The SDK is free but not open source. - Ian _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
