Good News: Palm’s Working On The Pre’s Gaming Problem

@Identity: Paradise City.: I guess I should leave a relevant comment also, sorry.

I'm kinda excited about this. If the framework isn't too difficult to learn, I may take it upon myself to make a Pre game. But I won't set my goals too high.

Hey plusEric, I'm not replying to you because that would inadvertently make it so you can comment. I just want to point out how if you have a problem with the site, feel free to leave. This article has nothing to do with the iPhone

@Jim Topoleski: I'm on my third iPhone 3GS. Some failures are to be expected with any gadget. Some of us are just better at beating the odds. To me the real question is how helpful has the Pre customer support been? Both of my Apple Store/Genius experiences have been so positive that it has nearly quelled all my anger at having received 2 consecutive bad units.

I own a Pre. I love my Pre. I don't care so much that it can't play games at the moment. I am willing to use my very awesome phone for the things it can do rather than pine for it to do things it can't.

I don't know why everyone is so interested in busting Palms nuts over a (slightly) delayed SDK for webOS apps. The underlying system being Linux, I believe the native API will be rapidly developed. Palm wasn't in a position to wait around for things to be perfect at launch. This is a marathon for them and I will keep pace. I'm sorry for all those who won't because I think the results will be worth it...

tnt-tek

@Jim Topoleski: Who are these moronic people that need 3? I got mine the minute it came out june 6th and barely have any dings on it. Yeah Ive dropped it a few times down some stairs on concrete but jesus if you need 3 by now, its not Palms falt, its the owners. Maybe "clean hands off when they are dirty so it doesnt slip out of your hands" should be added to the manual.

yankees177

@OMG! Ponies!: I think it actually did say Palin, Giz might be trying to play a trick on us.

@OMG! Ponies!: LOL me too!!!

Razta

Good luck to 'em, and I mean that sincerely. I have fond memories of my first Smartphone, a Handspring Treo 600. The 3 HW replacements in the first 9 months and forever-stagnant OS? Not so fond memories...

@glamajamma: Seconded. I don't know if there are just a lot of people that treat their phones very harshly or I just treat mine relatively well. I've had no issues with the hardware. Short battery life is my only complaint.

@glamajamma: When they say "design" a framework for game development that makes me think they plan on doing their own thing.

turwaith

@Jim Topoleski:
I bought mine on 6/6 and it still works great and I have let that thing go flying several times.

glamajamma

Thats nice, so when are they going to work on the whole falls apart in 2 weeks problem?

They do realize there are Pre owners now on their THIRD Pre right?

Jim Topoleski

I wonder if they will implement standard API calls for this, or will you have to pay for a licenses to get access to the extra OpenGL functionality?

glamajamma

@OMG! Ponies!: Nah, you were right.

The entire job description on Palm's site is: "design, implement, debug, and optimize frameworks for game development and then quit before the job is done" so I think they're looking for her.

@OMG! Ponies!: Of course she is silly. Why else would she have resigned?

@OMG! Ponies!: Every problem Palin's ever worked on has only gotten worse, so you're damn right "that can't be right!"

Dammit. I need eyedrops.

The only reason I clicked on this story was because I thought it said "Palin's Working on the Pre's Gaming Problem" and I thought "That can't be right!"