webOS Needs A Developer Phone∞
Jonathan Ezor over at PreCentral argues that webOS needs a developer phone.
Palm needs to release a webOS developer phone sooner rather than later.
Whatever the price for the device (and without a carrier subsidy, it could be significantly higher than those of the Pre, Pixi and even other Android devices), being able to purchase it as a standalone unit, without being tied to a carrier, will help developers explore and expand its capabilities.
I think the issue is less that Palm needs a developer phone (whatever that is) and more that they need to get developers excited about webOS in general. You can sell all the unsubsidized, unlocked phones you want; nobody’s going to write apps for your platform if they’re not interested in it themselves.
