PhoneGap 1.0 lets you write applications for seven platforms

So far, mobile application developers have followed the fairly predictable modus operandi: first develop an application for iOS, then for Android, and then for other platforms.

Last year, Nitobi began developing an open project PhoneGap , which allows using HTML, CSS and JavaScript to easily create applications for Android, Bada, BlackBerry, iOS, Symbian, webOS and Windows Phone 7.

In addition to Nitobi, hundreds of individual developers participate developers and a team of senior software engineers at IBM. The project is rapidly gaining momentum, it already has about 40,000 downloads per month - a total of 600 thousand - and a constant stream of donations.

PhoneGap 1.0 has now been released, which focuses on access to native device APIs. Other improvements include general API stability and a “plug-in” architecture, W3C DAP API compatibility, contact APIs and remote debugging tools. Moreover, the new interface makes adding platforms and platform extensions easier, while simplifying the plug-in development process.

via Engadget , The Next Web