Here are several tips for HP webOS developers using PhoneGap on Windows:
Be sure to install the MAKE utility if you are using CygWin... It is an optional install
from the SETUP -- just look for and check that box when running SETUP (more than once ok).
Also be aware with VirtualBox that only versions 3.0 to 3.2 are supported at this time
when using SDK version 2.1... However the newer SDK 3.0+ supports VirtualBox 4.0.x.
Also I created my own Windows command file (.BAT file) to manually run the Phonegap demo Make process
that you might find helpful. It goes in the ..\PhoneGap\webOS folder and calls the webOS .BAT
utility files that are located in \Program Files\Palm\SDK\bin (accessible by your Path setting):
MK.BAT: call palm-package framework call palm-install com.phonegap.webos_0.0.1_all.ipk call palm-launch com.phonegap.webos
It fixes any access denied errors you might get running palm-install from CYGWIN also. But before you run this be sure to open the phone emulator.. If you need to be in developer mode (I didn't on Windows), type (not paste) in this text:
upupdowndownleftrightleftrightbastart
You can also save the current settings when closing the emulator which makes testing go faster. And fyi the Safari-based browser for the webOS emulator is the fastest test platform I have tried so far.
Good luck, hope this helps.