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2010-08-18 , 17:39
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For those that know Engadget, it's a great technology website which has a native application on WebOS (and Android, Iphone, BlackBerry).

I am wondering if it would be feasible to port the WebOS Engadget application to the N900, since the architecture should have many similarities. This is more of an appeal to Engadget, but anyone's thoughts are welcome.

http://www.engadget.com/downloads/webos
 
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2010-08-18 , 18:16
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"Porting" requires access to the source code. You have that then maybe someone around here could be interested in taking up the challenge.
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2010-08-18 , 18:18
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What value does the app offer over simply visiting engadget.com on the browser? Not quite a port, but you could run it either under Garnet VM or Nitdroid.
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2010-08-18 , 18:26
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I'd like this app as well. The app might be able to pull (full) stories & pictures and save them for some amount of time for use offline. I'm not sure how the actual app works, but it seem like a neat idea.

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2010-08-18 , 18:44
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there is an engadget applicaiton on n900 called....

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2010-08-18 , 19:36
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In a word - no. It would be a lot easier to just write one from scratch than try to port it from WebOS, especially one with an interface.
 
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2010-08-18 , 19:49
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Originally Posted by mail_e36 View Post
For those that know Engadget, it's a great technology website which has a native application on WebOS (and Android, Iphone, BlackBerry).

I am wondering if it would be feasible to port the WebOS Engadget application to the N900, since the architecture should have many similarities. This is more of an appeal to Engadget, but anyone's thoughts are welcome.
It's true the main engadget site can get heavy and not too data-traffic friendly, but I would rather suggest following it via RSS - you get the stories and the images, use less bandwidth and also useable offline.
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2010-08-19 , 01:57
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Thanks for everyone's input, I guess an RSS feed it is. I still hope Engadget does make a client for the N900.
 
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2010-08-19 , 23:38
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One can always hope but I wouldn't count on it ever happening. There's not enough userbase to justify it.

Though in the future the whole idea of an app is kinda pointless versus a well-designed HTML5 website for all smartphones.
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Why do you want such an evil blogosphere anyway,
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