Palm Pre & Flickr
July 9th, 2009, 4:55pm by JakeOn another Flickr note, Flickr employee mroth, the man that brought us all The Day of the Donut, has hacked up a quick Pre app and shared the details. This app just does what the Pre browser should do anyways, which is let you find nearby photos. But it is encouraging to see how easy it is to put together a Pre app, even for someone that isn’t more than a hobbyist developer.
Over in the Palm Pre Flickr group, I conducted a little poll to see how many people have installed accuweather. So far it’s 10 out of 11! Of course, sampling only people that have joined Flickr, joined a group on Flickr & actually participate in a poll may skew the results. I don’t really believe the percentage is that high. Finally, you’ll be glad to know that the 2 most interesting photos taken with a Palm Pre on Flickr are both from Pyslent members!
July 9th, 2009 at 6:05 pm
Some investor was mentioned in Barrons for using the number of daily Accuweather downloads as a way to track the sales trends for the Pre. Of course, if one knew the true attach rate of Accuweather on Pre’s, then the parameter could provide absolute rather than relative numbers. So Jake’s work is important.
I would be nice for the Pre browser to suuport geolocation directly.
July 9th, 2009 at 7:32 pm
Yeah, Kelvin was pretty much quoted in Barron’s. I’m also conducting another important poll, this time to discover how many users are returning their Palm Pre phones.