Palm Pre

webOS 1.3.1 was always destined to come right around the launch of the Pixi , but it's surprised us by showing its face early. No app catalog bombshells here, but there are a slew of more minor fixes and updates that should make users experience a great deal smoother. Is this the update that final...

The new Palm Pixi is smaller in size and configuration when compared with Pre . The full qwerty keypad is not slidout , resulting in extra length of the device .There is a 2.6 inch capacitive touch screen that is smaller than in Palm Pre . Unlike in Palm Pre ,Pixie will only have a 2 mega pixel camera...

Remember that FCC filing for a GSM-loving North American Palm Pre ? Looks like the mystery's been solved, Encyclopedia Brown, and our culprit is just south of the border. As previously rumored , Mexico's Telcel will get the Pre, SIM card slot and all. Launch date is November 27th, just in tim...

The Palm Pre hasn’t been as huge a success for Palm or for Sprint as both companies had hoped, but they’re reapproaching the market with something a little more affordable.

MEXICO CITY----Palm, Inc. and Telcel today announced that the Palm® Pre™ phone is scheduled to be available Nov. 27 in Mexico on the Telcel network. Palm Pre is the first phone in a family of products based on the Palm webOS™ software, which brings mobile applications together in a unique and...

PAUL SAKUMA/APThe Palm Pre is shown at Palm headquarters in Sunnyvale, Calif. Lost in the recent deluge of smartphone news — Apple’s iPhone store hitting 100,000 applications, and the launches of the new Droid phone and the BlackBerry Storm, among...

The Palm Pre and Palm Pixi are great little smartphones, but at this point, it’s clear that the platform is languishing behind the likes of the iPhone, Google Android and Microsoft. Palm and Sprint both needed a hit phone as a hail mary pass, but it’s just not generating the sort of public cla...

Palm will introduce a Web-based development environment for WebOS applications, called Ares, by the end of this year. Ares got its first public demonstration on Thursday at the Open Mobile Summit conference in San Francisco. It is designed to make it easy for developers to pull various co...

Do you need a little help with your Palm Pre Smartphone? Palm Pre Made Simple by Gary Mazo might be just the thing for you. This 348 page paperback book has hidden secrets and useful tricks for Windows and Mac owning Palm Pre users. More details after the jump. … [visit site to read [...] Filed in cate...

The latest version of Apple [AAPL] iTunes, version 9.0.2 is out and is said to contain many enhancements and “fixes”. Palm Pre owners that download the new version of iTunes will find that once again that they have lost the ability to synchronize their smartphones. It’s been a back and forth ba...

Apple and Palm continue to play a cat-and-mouse game, and this time it was Apple's turn to do the chasing. Apple on Thursday released an iTunes software update that once again blocks the Palm Pre smartphone from syncing DRM-free music, photos and videos from the iTunes Store.

Palm Pre owners tonight discovered that iTunes 9.0.2 once again breaks sync with iTunes. It's unclear what Apple has done to deny a native presence and, unlike with some past iTunes updates, there are no direct allusions to altering compatibility. Users are known to still have use of gateway...

You know how easy and natural it is to hang up a call on a cellphone by sliding it closed or flipping it shut? It's a small satisfaction that's been lost on touchscreen-only phones, but it would seem to still make sense on something like, say, the Palm Pre -- just not to Palm, it seems. Well, it lo...

The next best thing to an iPhone? Review The most hyped phone of the year, the Palm Pre, has arrived and now you can actually buy one . The 3.1in touchscreen combined with a physical keyboard are welcome features, but it’s the software that might change the face of the smartphone market and cha...

Yes, this was only a matter of time, and we're a little surprised we didn't see one earlier. Regardless, this is the Palm Pre knockoff we've been waiting for. Seemingly called just iPhone +QWERTY -- this KIRF is being marketed as just that -- a real business phone with a hybrid identity blendi...

Magnetic induction charging with the Touchstone charger for Palm Pre. A Internet tutorial series by butterscotch.com. Controles. espanol.video.yahoo.com

The new version of webOS, the OS used on the Palm Pre, has officially been released today. Version 1.2 features several improvements , including a major update to the Synergy application. Users can now add contacts from social networking site LinkedIn, and have more options when it comes to...

Bad news, Palm Pre owners: it looks like Apple has broken the Pre's iTunes syncing ability once again. On Wednesday Apple released the latest version of its media software, iTunes 9, which includes social networking features, a new iTunes Store interface, and, apparently, a way to break...

O'Reilly has published two books about the Palm Pre and its Linux-based WebOS operating system. Palm CTO Mitch Allen's Palm webOS shows how to build native JavaScript applications for WebOS, while Ed Baig's Palm Pre: The Missing Manual offers a thorough tutorial on the smartphone itsel...

Palm Pre users eager for just a bit more convenience in using the (still invite/wait list) Google Voice service can grab dkGoogleVoice, a homebrew app that dials, grabs voicemail, and otherwise makes...

A week ago Apple blocked the Palm Pre from syncing with iTunes via the new iTunes 8.2.1 update. Yesterday Palm hit back and released webOS 1.1 that amongst other things enables syncing with iTunes 8.2.1 on the Palm Pre again. This basically means war as...

The Palm Pre is the latest in a line of supposed "iPhone killers," but underneath all the hype there's a surprisingly competent phone, if accompanied by uninspiring hardware.

The Palm pre has been out and about for a while now, so stories and items about what it can do are popping up all over the place. One thing is becoming quite clear already: the Pre and its WebOS are quite hacker-friendly, and hackers have already found all sorts of ways to extend the device's fun...

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NEW YORK - Move over, iPhone. You've had two years on top of the smart phone world. Now there's a touch-screen phone with better software: the Palm Pre.

Earlier today we featured in our Palm Pre Review Round-up also Mossberg's Palm Pre review for the Wall Street Journal. In this review Mr. Mossberg made several references to the new iPhone 2009. I agree with Engadget that his comments regarding the new...

PC World Verizon is also expected to gain the Palm Pre a short time after Sprint. Now kiplinger states that a Bernstein report says Apple could double sales of their ... iTunes 8.2 preps for new iPhone firmwareCNET News Verizon Could Be Smartphone WinnerKiplinger.com

The Palm Pre is going to launch on June 6th. Pretty much all aspects of the highly anticipated new smartphone have been published in videos and documents. Boy Genius Report posted today that they have a Palm Pre already in there hands. They made some comme...

Alas, the best they came up with was the Storm (which I returned within 2 days of purchasing.) Oh well, Palm Pre here I come!!! I've decided to give Sprint a try since both Palm and Sprint really need this to be a win. The phone will definitely be an ...

Speaking of “cards”, that reminds me of the Palm Pre and its multitasking cards (plus its Synergy feature, hardware keyboard, Amazon MP3 integration… and the list goes on). Assuming that I can tether either an iphone 3G or a Palm Pre for modem use, ...

There's no Wi-Fi or 3G, only EDGE. It runs the Palm operating system -- not the sexy, new WebOS that powers the upcoming Palm Pre, but the old OS that's due to be phased out. Yet in some ways, I like the Centro better. The OS, though it's old, ...

One of the innovations coming with the Palm Pre is its Touchstone charger, which will wirelessly juice the handset's battery. It's at the forefront of a variety of wireless charging products that are expected this year. Now comes word that the charger ...

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By Simon Sage Read the full post from IntoMobile - Mobile Phone News, Information, and Analysis Tags: Podcast, the signal via Blogdigger blog search for "Palm Pre" (webOS OR "Palm webOS" OR CES OR Sprint OR Touchstone OR MicroUSB OR iPhone OR Synergy OR "multi touch" OR Accelerometer).

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By Matt Burns The smartphone market used to be reserved just to business types and nerds, but now everyone wants an iPhone or Palm Pre; Dell likely wants a piece of that action and might have a smartphone ready. It could be unveiled as soon next month at 3GSM or the Mobile World Congress. But does Dell have...

By Shawn Brown Microsoft has managed to pull ahead of Google and Yahoo for a major search deal with Verizon Wireless. This deal is expected to generate between $550 million to $650 million in guaranteed revenue a year. Big news this week at CES as Palm announced the new webOS mobile platform along with the n...

By edit@cnet.com.au (CNET.com.au) CES 2009: Palm Pre (Credit: CBSi) Palm Pre wins Best of CES 2009 and People's Voice Award (Credit: CBSi) Samsung unveils P3 touchscreen MP3 player (Credit: Samsung) THX, internet content grace Panasonic plasmas (Credit: Panasonic)

By James Kendrick Palm Pre- Kevin and I were both very impressed how smooth Palm has made working with the Pre. It feels nice in the hand and while it’s too early to tell if the Pre can save Palm it’s definitely a gadget that has impressed me here at the show.

By Danny Dumas Our first impressions? The hardware itself is...succulent. When the slider is closed, it's a little smaller than an iPhone, when opened it's a little larger than a BlackBerry Bold. The touchscreen itself is prettier than an Icelandic supermodel with colors that pop like an M-80. The screen is...

By Danny Dumas Our first impressions? The hardware itself is...succulent. When the slider is closed, it's a little smaller than an iPhone, when opened it's a little larger than a BlackBerry Bold. The touchscreen itself is prettier than an Icelandic supermodel with colors that pop like an M-80. The screen is...

By Patricio Robles With the Apple iPhone, Blackberry Bold, and Google G1, some might ask whether the world needs another sleek smart phone. It has a touch screen with a 'gesture bar' designed to make controlling the device easier with one hand, a slide-out keyboard, a wireless charging station and an accele...

By John Mahoney CES 2009 brought us a new player in the smartphone upper-echelon. Let's drill down and see how the Palm Pre compares with the iPhone and Android's G1. A phone with a built-in QWERTY still hasn't touched the iPhone in terms of sleekness and pure sex. And it might still be a while. Advantage: iPhon...

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By Xeni Jardin Flash video above, downloadable MP4 here.) Hello from CES in Las Vegas! Boing Boing Gadgets' Joel and Brownlee got a hands-on demo with the new Palm Pre here, and Boing Boing's video team was there to cover them. Watch the whole review above. In the first half of the video, Brownlee and Joel gri...

By Zach Epstein Nope, it’s not over yet. More Pre news is coming down the pipes and this time it comes from rumorsville. The two biggest pieces of the puzzle omitted from the Palm hoopla yesterday were pricing info and timing for the GSM version. Many have speculated that Pre pricing would fall in line with the...

By Eric Savitz What we know: They produced an operating system that, at least from the demo, looks pretty darn compelling. In short, I would say it exceeded most expectations. The buzz in the room was almost universally positive. And the device likewise seemed to hit all the key check boxes, with multi-tou...

By sam mcloughln The new platform introduces Palm Synergy(TM), a key feature of webOS that brings your information from all the places it resides into one logical view. You don't have to worry about tracking multiple calendars, contacts and messaging applications - Synergy brings it to you for a more com...

By PatrickJ He presses the center button and all the apps zoom out to a scrollable set of smaller windows, like tabs in iPhone safari. – Engadget live blog … very iPhone esque. Launcher comes up over any application without leaving it. - Engadget live blog

By charles.cooper@cnet.com (CNET.com) At the CES gadget extravaganza in Las Vegas, Palm has just unveiled its much-anticipated new handset, the Palm Pre, which features the new Palm Web OS. CNET News reporter Tom Krazit takes a look. That, and other headlines of the day, on Thursday's...