3rd Party apps come to a non-rooted Pre a bit early…*maybe*

I can see it now…people running in the streets, arms in the air, clothes on the ground: mass pandemonium. The Palm Pre was one of the most anticipated gadgets of the year. While the sales numbers are no where near what Apple attains with each successive iPhone launch, the Pre is none the less a great phone with a few glaring drawbacks. Probably the most glaring is the lack of native 3rd party apps. One would think that after the massive amounts of criticism and backlash from the 1st Gen iPhone’s lack of native apps that every handset maker from here on out would incorporate one at launch. Apparently Palm thinks different as Pre users will have to wait until later this year, (that is if you haven’t rooted into your phone and taken matters into your own hands). However, the open source community cares for the individual geeks more than the manufacturers do. Specifically, xorg, simplyflipflops, and Shaya Potter can be credited for making available on the Palm Pre the ability to run native 3rd party programs without having to root into your phone. Plain english: You can install 3rd party apps on your stock Pre! Woo Hoo! Right? Wrong!

It seems the Pre community is a little less aggressive than the iPhone jailbreaking/unlocking/hacking community who’s reaction is often “F apple” as they continue on with their work. Because of their slightly more passive nature, the hackers responsible aren’t releasing the how-to on how to install the 3rd party apps on un-modified Pre’s just yet as they are awaiting response from Palm. Don’t get to excited people as it is highly likely that Palm will deny the hackers’ true wishes and force them to not post any how to, code, programs, etc. Hopefully the Pre hacking community will get a little more aggressive and truly make the Palm an awesome device for all! To hell with dictators!

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