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Palm Pre gets HTML5 Google Maps app
Palm Pre gets HTML5 Google Maps app
At a Mobile World Congress demo this morning, Google’s VP of engineering, Vic Gundotra showed the Palm Pre running a webapp version of Google Maps coded totally in HTML5, and which operated exactly as native software might. The app - which supported all the Pre’s multitouch ...
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Google offline webapps for HTML5 mobile devices: Pre, iPhone & Android
SlashGear — ... Gundotra also demonstrated a version of Google Maps running on the Palm Pre - which he called “arguably one of my most favorite devices - that has been totally coded in HTML 5.  The application ran just as a native app would, complete with multitouch support, full searching and all the usual Maps functionality. ...

Google demos HTML5-based Maps on the Palm Pre
Engadget — Looks like offline Gmail on the iPhone wasn't the only trick Google's Vic Gondotra has up his sleeve during his talk at MWC -- he also gave a quick demo of Google Maps running as a web app on the Palm Pre. Of course, what's interesting there is that the Pre's HTML-based SDK means that web apps can act like first class citizens on the device -- which is probably why Vic called the Pre "arguably one of my favorite devices." Hopefully that means we're going to see a lot more Pre devs really blur the line between local and cloud-based applications, but for now ...

Video: Google demos Palm Pre running HTML5 Google Maps
MobileCrunch — On top of the offline Gmail app that Vic Gundotra demoed, he also demoed the Palm Pre running an HTML5 version of Google Maps. You’ll have to watch the video to get the gist, but Gundotra said that the Pre was “arguably one of my most favorite devices.” via Precommunity Crunch Network: CrunchBase the free database of technology companies, people, and investors ...

Google demos HTML5-based Maps on the Palm Pre
PalmAddicts — ... during his talk at MWC -- he also gave a quick demo of Google Maps running as a web app on the Palm Pre. Of course, what's interesting there is that the Pre's HTML-based SDK means that web apps can act like first class citizens on the device -- which is probably why Vic called the Pre "arguably one of my favorite devices." Hopefully that means we're going to see a lot more Pre devs really blur the line between local and cloud-based applications" Read in full via Engadget and PreCommunity ...

Palm Pre Bits for the Week [jkOnTheRun]
GigaOM Network — ... Google Maps looks pretty darn good in HTML on the Pre. Just in case you were worried that third-party apps ...

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Video: Google demos Palm Pre running HTML5 Google MapsCrunchGear
On top of the offline Gmail app that Vic Gundotra demoed, he also demoed the Palm Pre running an HTML5 version of Google Maps. You’ll have to watch the video to get the gist, but Gundotra said that the Pre was “arguably one of my most favorite devices.”
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Google held an event at Mobile World Congress to demo several of its latest technologies, including Maps for the Palm Pre and offline Gmail for the iPhone. The Maps webapp is coded completely in HTML5 and uses the integrated WebKit engine instead of working as a native app, while retaining the ...
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Google's VP of Engineering, Vic Gundotra, showed both a new mobile version of Gmail running on the iPhone and HTC Magic today, as well as a new mobile version of Google Maps running on the Palm Pre. The new mobile Gmail app, which Gundotra demoed at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, makes ...