14 DAY TRIAL // Forbes.com announced on Monday the launch of a new application meant for the users of the Palm Pre handset running under Palm's webOS platform. The new software solution is available for the owners of a Pre at the App Catalog and provides them with access to the latest news, analysis, opinions and stock market updates on Forbes.com.
According to Forbes, users that will try its applications on the webOS device will gain free access to its latest content, which includes news from the Home Page and the site’s editorial channels (such as Markets, Business, Personal Finance, Entrepreneurs, Technology, Forbes Life, Opinions and Leadership), in addition to receiving access to news from the CMO Network, Intelligent Investing and ForbesWoman areas.
The new Forbes.com application for the Palm webOS platform also comes with a customizable “My Stocks” area that enables users to keep track on stocks and indexes, a “prepare for offline” function that allows Pre owners to download news so as to read them when offline, the most e-mailed and most popular stories option, as well as integrated e-mail and social sharing services like Facebook, Yahoo! Buzz, Digg, and Redditt.
“Professionals are increasingly relying on their mobile devices to keep them up-to-date with business and financial news, and the Palm Pre phone’s capabilities make it an excellent tool for the mobile executive and entrepreneur,” said Jeff Bauer, Product and Creative Director, Forbes. “The Forbes.com app for Palm webOS is the first application to deliver deep business content for this platform, and we expect it to solve a core business need.”
The new Forbes.com software solution has been developed by BlueSwitch. As stated above, users can download it from the Palm App Catalog for webOS. The installation of the new app is quite simple, and no instructions are necessary. More details on it can be found on Forbes.com via this link.