Mojo and Enyo: Two Great Opportunities

22 BY Sean Lindo

This has been quite a week, with the announcement of an incredible lineup of devices in the Veer, Pre 3 and the TouchPad and a closer look at the next generation of webOS development with our new Enyo framework.

Now, I’m sure many of you are wondering where that leaves apps you’ve developed or want to develop with Mojo. In other words, what should I do now? It’s a choice only you can make, but we believe there are two great opportunities for all webOS developers.

Creating Mojo apps for exciting, all-new HP smartphones

Press and users alike are excited about the all-new Veer and Pre 3. The great news is that these new smartphones come with webOS 2.x, which support apps created in Mojo. These phones provide a huge opportunity for you to update and deliver apps for all-new webOS devices people will want and love for a long time.

To help out, we are extending our free Pre 2 program to all qualified developers. Contact us at devmarketing@palm.com to see how you can receive the latest device to test your apps.

Looking ahead, if you choose to develop new apps in Mojo, you should factor in the effort that will be required to rebuild these apps in Enyo. Rest assured, we’re going to give you the tools and resources to make this transition as smooth as possible.

HP is ready to provide the strongest marketing and distribution ever for webOS devices. We want to work with our development community to provide your apps to more customers worldwide.

Creating Enyo apps for the next generation of webOS devices

While Mojo has been the foundation for apps on current webOS devices and the upcoming Veer and Pre 3, Enyo is the future. We’re working hard to get these tools into your hands quickly, so you can start dreaming about the amazing capabilities that will power webOS 3.0 devices, starting with the HP TouchPad. You’ll be able to leverage this work for Enyo-based smartphone updates as well.

Moving forward, working with Enyo represents an enormous opportunity. HP intends to expand webOS to printers, PCs and beyond – tens of millions of devices every year, beyond smartphones and tablets.

Two great opportunities for all webOS developers

Enyo is the future of webOS development. But Mojo still provides a great opportunity for you to develop and build great apps for the Veer and Pre 3, which we’re putting huge resources behind to get them to as many users as possible.

We hope you see great opportunities developing for the webOS of today and the webOS of tomorrow. Every transition has its challenges but we intend to work hard to give you everything you need throughout this transition.

We appreciate your work, patience and support as we all move forward towards this huge opportunity!

Comments (22)

  1. camron says:

    i think its a joke that 2.0 cant be put on sprints old pre. really why bother then with this new stuff if ya cant get the old stuff right. I think its phis poss.

  3. Charles says:

    What are the qualifications to become a developer. I already registered several months ago and have access to Ares, but what are you considering a qualified developer as I would like to learn how to create strong apps within WebOS.

  4. Will says:

    Thanks for helping the developers. Getting their hands on the other hardware will be a no-brainer as well.

    Cheers!

  5. Terry says:

    Glad to see you all are helping out the Dev Community. WebOS is a great Mobile OS and I am looking forward to working with Enyo.

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  8. Kent says:

    I am a pastor who has a couple ideas for some apps that I would be interested in developing for webOS, can you direct me as to the best course of action to get that started? Thanks.
    Kent

  10. Karl Fife says:

    With this kind of developer backing from HP, it’s hard to imagine this platform floundering. This really seems like a head-start opportunity for us. You can make a name for yourself while the landscape isn’t swamped with a zillion me-too apps. Last one in’s a rotten egg! :-)

  14. rgsheehan says:

    So, for a developer just starting out, does it make any sense at all to learn Mojo? Will the Pre 3 support Enyo, or will you orphan that one also, like my Pre Plus? Will webOS 3.0 only run on the TouchPad 2?

  15. Rod says:

    Great you are making this big splash with Enyo, but can HP please expand the markets that the Pre/Touchpad will be sold in? Android is still a bit player here in Australia – emerging markets are a big chance for WebOS to take a hold, rather than pushing out new phones into markets where customers are annoyed at the poor build quality of past Pre phones and lack of apps.

  16. Doug Reeder says:

    It’s good to see official attention to the transition ahead of us. Providing developer device is an excellent start. I hope official word on running Mojo apps under webOS 3, and support for the gestures they require, is forthcoming. HP-Palm still needs to take more concrete steps to smooth the transition, which still appears abrupt.

  17. stex says:

    Great initiative. Thanks HP Palm!
    Can’t wait to develop for Enyo… but please, keep the *gesture* functionality on webOS 3.0. Gestures are a very appreciated feature of webOS, throughout the whole current user community, and they concurred to make webOS special to users. At least on phones (if not on tablets) we all hope this feature will still be available or, even, enhanced!