HP gives app developers access to webOS 3.0

HP have provided developers with a development kit for their new operating system – webOS 3.0.

The OS will not feature on a tablet until the new TouchPad device is released in the summer, but HP hope that by giving developers a head start they can provide TouchPad users with a range of useful and unique applications.

HP Palm development blogger, Sean Lindo believes that the features of webOS 3.0 give developers a great opportunity to create some mindblowing apps for the new device:

“When we introduced the HP TouchPad on February 9th, you could really feel the excitement,” Lindo writes. “People everywhere wanted to know what the buzz was all about. Well, that day not only marked the introduction of the first webOS tablet – it marked the beginning of a new vision for webOS and an unprecedented opportunity for developers.”

The software development kit – or SDK – for webOS 3.0 provides access to Enyo – the new framework for webOS – as well as allowing developers “helpful guidance on app structuring, design and navigation” within the operating system.

No concrete date has yet been set down for the release of the HP TouchPad, but it expected to ship in the summer. It boasts a 9.7 inch display with a 1024 x 768 pixel resolution and comes with either 16GB or 32GB of storage.

Not only will this be HP’s first competitor to iPad 2, the release of the TouchPad also signals HP’s foray in to the OS battle currently raging between Google Android and Apple iOS.

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