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webOS 2.0 details: Stacks, Just Type, Exhibition, and more!

2010-08-31 16:15
webOS 2.0 is due out later this year and Palm has dropped some serious details about what s coming in the new OS to us. In addition to lots of goodness for developers in the form of new APIs and a SDK Beta download available today, we have the details on some user-facing features. Here s the short version: Palm s multitasking card metaphor is getting a refresh with Stacks Universal Search is getting majorly beefed up with Quick Actions, will be opened to developers, and rebranded as Just Type Apps can have custom Touchstone at-a-glance views with Exhibition Synergy is opening up to developers HTML5 and Javascript support is much improved Hybrid PDK/SDK apps will be fully supported Palm s announcements today are primarily directed toward developers, so much of what you re going to see is about frameworks and not features - the killer user-facing features will come from webOS developers and (hopefully) from Palm themselves in future announcements. There s still plenty to dig into with the above features, though, so join us after the break as we get a peek into what Palm has planned for webOS 2.0. read more
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