Palm’s WebOS mobile operating system has gotten a lot of attention for its slick, card-based user interface. But the platform trails behind other mobile OSes in terms of third party app development. Palm is hoping to change that, and today the company launched a public beta of a WebOS Plug-in Development Kit, or PDK. The kit will allow developers to create plug-ins using C or C++.

The PDK will let thid party developers tap into the 3D graphics capabilities of WebOS devices like the Palm Pre and Pixei. And that means we could see developers port existing iPhone and Android games to the WebOS platform — or create new titles for WebOS.

Some of the games Palm is already showing off include NFL 2010, Need for Speed Undercover, the Sims 3, and Assassin’s Creed – Altaïr’s Chronicles.

via CNET

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Brad Linder is editor of Liliputing and Mobiputing. He's been tinkering with mobile tech for decades and writing about it since 2006. Brad has also worked with NPR, WHYY, PRI, and AOL.

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