Palm has the closed beta of its development package MojoSDK for WebOS of Palm OS pre finished and the tool for all published. Interested developers can view the software from the developer also freshly decorated portal webOSdev here. They have the only one with a valid email address.

The website is also comprehensive documentation, including an introduction to using the development environment, policies, and some application examples, including the obligatory Hello World application. There is also a forum where interested developers can share with others.

The MojoSDK for the Palm Pre carries the version number 1.1.0 and is 160 to 180 megabytes in size. It supports the operating systems Windows XP and Vista and Mac OS X10.5 and Ubuntu 8.04. In addition to English are the languages German, French, Spanish and Italian. The program requires a current Java runtime and the free VirtualBox 2.2.4 Detailed to the pre-advance emulator. In addition, various Eclipse plug-ins available.

According to the chief of the Division for online communication, Jon Zilber, the interest of customers and developers at the Palm Pre, whose operating on relatively simple HTML, CSS and JavaScript based overwhelming. Already in the closed beta test have several thousands of interested participants. In the first six weeks of its existence, the applications in the Palm App catalog more than 1.9 million copies downloaded. The release is for all of the download store probably be well filled when the Palm Pre end of the year at o2 Germany comes into the shops.