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Palm’s TouchStone hit with quality issues
What would the boys in Orange be without weird quality issues – after their infamous SUDS, the masters of fooked-up power supplies now bring us the on-off-Stone: According to various sources, we are looking at an issue related to improper fix...
Palm Pixi unboxing video – courtesy of WireFly
Palm’s Pixi has been announced some time ago – the independent cell phone retailer WireFly now brings us the unboxing video embedded below: Further information can be had below: http://www.wirefly.com/learn/ Related posts:Palm Pixi &#...
Ajaxian retracts statements re webOS speed-up
Ajaxian’s recent reports about an imminent speed-up of the webOS have caused quite a stir in the developer and user community. Unfortunately, it looks like Palm is not willing to go GPU for now. The web site has just appended the following sta...
webOS 1.3 handled
Palm’s recent management of the media is excellent: nice events on the one side, well-controlled leaks on the other. Combined, this gives them loads of ink…which is a commodity Palm has been struggling for in its pre-Pre days. Ryan Kairer’s te...
Palm Pixi – interesting statements from the Q&A
Don’t ask me why Palm chose to use Twitter for its recent Q&A session on all things Pixi – other mediums like IRC would have been easier to log. Either way, here is a list of a few interesting statements: RT: rawdeadfish @palm can ...
Unlock your Palm Pre with a Rebel SIM card
All those of you who have purchased their GSM Pre from any carrier other than VodaFone Germany have had to live with a SIM lock so far. Fortunately, a solution is on the way – the video below has further info: Related posts:Palm Pre: Irish ...
Bell lowers Palm Pre to 100CAD
Bell Mobile of Canada is one of the CDMA carriers who are planning to switch to GSM in the near future – as the launch of the new network along with new devices is approaching quickly, “old” devices like the Pre need to be thrown o...
webOS to get UI speed bump in the near future
Palm has recently leaked out quite a few interesting things regarding webOS in the past. The latest interesting leak was at an UK developer event… A report on ajaxian contains the following quote: … On ease of use, multitasking has been...
Palm unveils new developer support options
Palm has recently started to see the value of a working software ecosystem (due to the lack of one). And, oh wonder, things like developer field trials are now possible. Chuq van Rospach has announced the following new offerings: … First ...
Palm hires ATI driver engineer
Palm’s Pre can not be considered too good a gaming platform – this is not so much due to weak hardware (its CPU is very fast), but rather due to the OS being unsuitable for high-performance games. Thus don’t ask me what is going on...
Palm Pixi: Q&A session on Twitter
Palm’s Pixi is covered all over the industry – but there still could be a few open questions. In order to clarify these, Palm has announced a Q&A session which will be held on Twitter: Related posts:Palm Pre – information l...
Palm Pixi – in the wild with webOS 1.2.9
We know almost everything that there is to know about Palm’s Pixi – the only open question is the one about the OS version used. Fortunately, devices like the Pixi send their OS version when accessing web sites – and sometimes, the...
Palm Pixi hits FCC as Pixe
Palm’s recently-announced Pixi has just hit the FCC. As of now, most of the photos are still covered by a confidentiality agreement – all we currently know is the list of tested bands and transmitters, which reads as follows: Bluetooth EVDO Re...
Access on the Emblaze Else
Access, the maker of the ALP platform, has just sent further information regarding the Emblaze Else. First of all, they provided the image below: The company furthermore sent out the following press release: Tokyo, Japan, October 22, 2009 — ACC...
Palm starts two new developer support services
Don’t ask me why and how this happened, but it looks like the folks at Palm’s are starting to see the value provided to them by their third-party developers. Like most good companies, they have now provided a few extra buzz sources for i...
Bell lowers Palm Pre to 149CAD
Palm’s Canadian carrier partner Bell has just lowered the Palm Pre to 149 CAD: As usual, expect no gifts. The device comes with a three(!!!)-year contract, and will furthermore revert to its old price of 199CAD on the 5th of November. Further...
Emblaze Else – the next ALP smartphone project
Emblaze Mobile seems to be the only manufacturer who seems to be interested in Access’s ALP platform. The picture on the left shows the Emblaze Else, which Ryan Kairer’s PalmInfoCenter describes as following: … Access and Emblaze ...
Expansys imports GSM Palm Pre to USA
Germany’s O2 is the only carrier who sells the Palm Pre unlocked – Expansys has taken up the offer: As the box is a “grey import”, expect to live with a QWERTZ rather than a QWERTY keyboard. Furthermore, don’t expect 3...
Win a free Palm Pixi
Palm has just started an address collection push to collect adresses of people who are interested in a Pixi. In order to encourage users, 25 will be given away at random: Give up your personal data at the site below – and be prepared to pay u...
Palm Pre: app install limit will be fixed
Don’t ask me what Palm was smoking when they limited the Pre’s install system to very few apps being installed at any time. OK, homebrew patches are available – but an official fix would be nice. Ryan Kairer’s PalmInfoCenter ...
Reject calls via the Pre’s slider
Palm’s Tungsten T, T2 and T3 handhelds were famous for their sliders: slide the box open, and it starts up. Slide it shut, and it shuts off. Don’t ask me why Palm omitted this feature from the Pre: while the box allows you to take a call...
Proporta releases Palm Pre cases
Palm’s Pre has just hit European stores, thereby making it especially interesting for the boys at Proporta’s. They have just released their standard bunch of accessories – the full list is below: Advanced Screen Protector Alumini...
Verizon confirms plans to carry Palm Pre
Palm and Sprint have traditionally been very close – whereever the one went, the other one usually followed suit. Due to their excellent partnership on all things Pre, rumors came up frequently about how the Pre would be “exclusive to Sp...
German Palm Pre – the carrier list
O2 Germany was the first GSM carrier to sell the Pre. Their Pres come with an extra twist – they are SIM-unlocked. While this means that calling should be possible on all networks, getting data services up and running requires some plumbing an...
O2 UK starts Palm Pre sales
O2 Germany has been selling the Palm Pre for a few days now – its UK subsidiary has now joined the fray: Further information can be had at the URL below: http://www.o2.co.uk/palmpre/ Related posts:Telefonica Germany launches Pre portalO2 up...
Classic 2 comes with another free trial
MotionApps Classic emulator is extremely important for Pre heads – after all, it is one of the few ways for them to get their hands onto decent games. People wanting to use it for business unfortunately found themselves limited due to the lack...
Palm Pre hits Germany
Palm’s Pre has hit German roads yesterday, and has been selling extremely well. Our German division visited one of the launch parties and has a bunch of images below: http://tamspalm-de.tamoggemon.com/live/2009/pre-launch-party/ Related post...
Rod Whitby on the Pre app limit
Don’t ask me why, but the Palm Pre is limited to 64MB worth of apps. Install any more, and you get an out of memory error – even if you still have gigabytes of free memory. Rod Whitby analyzed the OS and found the following: … If ...
Palm Pre spotted on Telcel, might have MicroSD
Telefonica has the exclusivity on the Palm Pre in Europe. As Mexico is not part of Europe, another carrier had a chance there – and it looks like Telcel made the run. A batch of Youtube videos which have since been pulled by their creator show...
Palm Pre hits Spain on the 14th
Telefonica is long known to be the exclusive carrier of Palm’s Pre in Europe. We know of a few countries which will get “Preified” in the near future – but didn’t have too many firm details as of this writing. Engadget&...
