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It would seem as if there ought to be some way to download WebOS apps from
the palm Palm page
http://www.palm.com/us/products/software/mobile-applications.html

As an example, I thought I would check out the Foursquare app which runs
under WebOS
http://developer.palm.com/appredirect/indexd.php?packageid=com.foursquare.fo
ursquare

I'm wondering if installing Opera for Pre would work with preenv and enable
accessing other apps. I'm dubious, because it looks like Opera for Pre uses
Java. It looks like Firefox might be availble for Palm Pre so I'm trying
that next.

Unfortunately, I haven't found any way to download these apps without a
Palm. Anyone got any idea?

Aldon
-----Original Message-----
From: maemo-users-bounces@maemo.org
[mailto:maemo-users-bounces@maemo.org]On Behalf Of João Olavo Baião de
Vasconcelos
Sent: Tuesday, October 26, 2010 8:20 PM
To: maemo users
Subject: Where to download WebOS games?


Hi there!

I'd like to run WebOS games on my n900 [1], but I can't find any IPK file!

Can someone send me some link to download *free* WebOS games??

Cheers!

[1] http://www.nokian900applications.com/preenv-webos-games-on-nokia-n900/

--
João Olavo Baião de Vasconcelos
Analista de Sistemas - Infraestrutura
joaoolavo.wordpress.com

On Wed, Oct 27, 2010 at 9:36 AM, Aldon Hynes
<Aldon.Hynes@orient-lodge.com> wrote:
> It would seem as if there ought to be some way to download WebOS apps from
> the palm Palm page
> http://www.palm.com/us/products/software/mobile-applications.html
>
> As an example, I thought I would check out the Foursquare app which runs
> under WebOS
> http://developer.palm.com/appredirect/indexd.php?packageid=com.foursquare.foursquare
>
> I'm wondering if installing Opera for Pre would work with preenv and enable
> accessing other apps.  I'm dubious, because it looks like Opera for Pre uses
> Java.  It looks like Firefox might be availble for Palm Pre so I'm trying
> that next.

AFAIK preenv is only for use with SDL programs (which are typically
self-contained games that don't rely on OS widgets etc). And even then
it is limited to programs that use libraries and functionality already
present on the N900.

I think most of the free/open-source SDL stuff on Pre is probably
available on N900 in native versions already, such as ScummVM.

There is a wiki page tracking which games work. There's about a dozen
listed so far:

http://wiki.maemo.org/Preenv/Game_Compatibility
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While I appreciate that most of the free/open-source SDL stuff on the Pre is
probably already available on the N900, I suspect that there may be
free/proprietary stuff that is worth exploring. Also, for that matter, for
the simple task of testing, I'm even interested in trying apps that are
already ported.

So, as an example, I downloaded prefox, a port of fennec to the Pre. It
appears to *almost* work.

Using preenv I get:

PDL: Application asked for calling path, giving './'
PDL: Application asked for calling path, giving './'
SDLGL: called sdl_init with flags = 0x220
X11: PID is 25084
PDL: Init: Service name is com.javispedro.preenv.prefox
SDLGL: Called SetVideoMode(800, 480, 0, 0x0)
SDLGL: Asked if video mode 800x480x16 (0x10000000) is ok
PDL: Set do_not_disturb flag to false
PDL: Screen dimming prevention OFF
./prefox: symbol lookup error:
/home/user/palm/com.fractalbrew.prefox/libxul.so:
undefined symbol: PDL_GesturesEnable

Aldon

> AFAIK preenv is only for use with SDL programs (which are typically
> self-contained games that don't rely on OS widgets etc). And even then
> it is limited to programs that use libraries and functionality already
> present on the N900.
>
> I think most of the free/open-source SDL stuff on Pre is probably
> available on N900 in native versions already, such as ScummVM.
>
> There is a wiki page tracking which games work. There's about a dozen
> listed so far:
>
> http://wiki.maemo.org/Preenv/Game_Compatibility

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On Wed, Oct 27, 2010 at 10:24 AM, Aldon Hynes
<Aldon.Hynes@orient-lodge.com> wrote:
> While I appreciate that most of the free/open-source SDL stuff on the Pre is
> probably already available on the N900, I suspect that there may be
> free/proprietary stuff that is worth exploring. Also, for that matter, for
> the simple task of testing, I'm even interested in trying apps that are
> already ported.
>
> So, as an example, I downloaded prefox, a port of fennec to the Pre. It
> appears to *almost* work.

I don't see any indicator on the web that Prefox uses SDL at all so
it's not surprising that it doesn't work.

For a list of Linux games that are based on SDL, check out the
database on the SDL website. Then google to see if any that interest
you have been ported to WebOS. http://www.libsdl.org/games.php

I just googled and saw mention of some free SDL games that were ported
to WebOS including SuperTux, ScummVM and TetriCrisis, if you can find
a place to download them perhaps one of them will work.

Any game that has already been ported to N900 probably stands a very
good chance of running since the required libraries will be available
on N900.

It seems most of the commercial games that work are EA games. Since EA
ports their games to many platforms they tend to avoid using any
OS-specific functionality or UI elements. (This is also why EA games
historically have worked very well in WINE on Linux.)
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