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Palm responds to iTunes / Pre statement, defiant and unfazed

noreply@blogger.com (Joffin) — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 15:44:05 PDT

We're still not 100 percent clear what Apple's next move is, but we do know they're a little more than nonplussed about Pre's ad hoc iTunes syncing methods. Despite Cupertino's update to its support...

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Pre hackery brings some fancy VNC action

noreply@blogger.com (Joffin) — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 15:43:24 PDT

They certainly weren't kidding when people declared the Pre a very hackable OS. Nebula from the #webos-internals IRC channel has done it again. Not too long ago he mad history by porting running a...

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Palm Pre to take Europe by storm this September at around 400 euro

noreply@blogger.com (Joffin) — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 14:50:22 PDT

Palm have been pretty secretive about their European domination plans obviously aiming at getting us by surprise with the Pre embarking on our shores out of the blue one sunny day. While we like that...

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No Skype For Palm Pre Yet

noreply@blogger.com (Joffin) — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 11:44:19 PDT

Palm's Pre smartphone has received generally positive reviews since its June 6 launch, but one complaint is that its application store lags behind the competition. It's unclear how quickly developers...

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ARM A9 Dual Core Arm Chipset Coming to Palm Soon

noreply@blogger.com (Joffin) — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 11:40:13 PDT

ARM the makers of smart phone chips said they will deliver the new chipset which contains more than one core, will be delivered in the next generation devices very soon. We are speculating that this...

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Indications of Pre coming to Telstra and Optus in Australia

noreply@blogger.com (Joffin) — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 11:37:53 PDT

Crikey mate, that ROM is chock full of interesting stuff! Edoan on our forums uncovered something quite interesting for our Australian friends: evidence that the Pre will be landing not just on...

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How to: Rearrange and Delete Apps in your Launcher, Plus Shortcuts

noreply@blogger.com (Joffin) — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 11:36:05 PDT

The Palm Pre’s launcher is good, and it’s also okay. The best description is a melding of the iPhone and Palm launchers, giving you a scrolling application list like Palm, but with no categories or...

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Homebrew Pre firmware just a button, cable away?

noreply@blogger.com (Joffin) — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 11:33:10 PDT

If you were to put the Pre on a scale of hacker friendliness from 1 to 10, where 1 is the iPhone (remember how long it took for the first jailbreaks back in the day?) and 10 is, say, OpenMoko, we're...

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Font Bureau takes credit for Palm's custom 'Prelude' fonts; our hearts melt

noreply@blogger.com (Joffin) — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 11:31:25 PDT

Normally we're just happy to be able to read a bit of legible text on a mobile device -- maybe with a bit of anti-aliasing tossed in -- but we really have to hand it to Palm for the truly stunning...

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Texas Instruments: The New Force in Palm's Cellphone Chips

noreply@blogger.com (Joffin) — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 15:24:24 PDT

TI, which has decided to exit the market for baseband chips, seems to be the big winner in the new device. The company provided Palm with a chip called the OMAP 3430, which has an application...

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Rooting the Palm Pre and the webOS

noreply@blogger.com (Joffin) — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 15:25:05 PDT

This has been a long day full of Palm Pre webOS rooting news. Many of the contributors over at precentral and others around the world, have been up half the night and most of the day working with ...

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Total cost and feature chart: iPhone 3G S vs. Palm Pre vs. Android G1

noreply@blogger.com (Joffin) — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 15:14:17 PDT

Many original iPhone adopters have their contracts ending this summer and many others are simply looking to take the plunge on a new smartphone. There’s never been as many solid choices in smartphone...

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My top 5 wish list for the Palm Pre

noreply@blogger.com (Joffin) — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 15:06:46 PDT

For a first-generation device, the Palm Pre is quite impressive. Palm has developed a strong operating system in WebOS, beating the competition in certain areas and laying a solid foundation for...

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Palm Pixie leaked as follow-up to Palm Pre

noreply@blogger.com (Joffin) — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 15:02:47 PDT

According to the data buried within the webOS structure, Palm has two new handsets in the pipeline, code-named Pixie and Castle. Although there are no details about when these devices will be...

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Palm knows EAS support is lacking, fix due within 60 days

noreply@blogger.com (Joffin) — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 15:00:38 PDT

There are a few areas that Palm could stand to improve webOS and the Pre. One of the most glaring are the holes in their implementation of Microsoft Exchange Active Sync. As undoubtedly many of you...

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The Missing Sync for Palm Pre arrives

noreply@blogger.com (Joffin) — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 14:59:10 PDT

Less than a week after the Palm Pre landed in thousands of eager palms nationwide, the first local desktop synchronization solutions are coming. Perennial saver-of-Mac-Users Mark/Space has released...

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Jon Rubinstein takes over as Palm CEO

noreply@blogger.com (Joffin) — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 15:01:29 PDT

You sort of knew this was coming after he shepherded the Pre to launch, but Palm just announced that Jon Rubinstein is taking over as CEO, replacing Ed Colligan after sixteen years in the top spot....

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Enter Palm Pre Developer Mode with Konami Code

noreply@blogger.com (Joffin) — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 14:47:54 PDT

Ah yes, the Konami Code. This was the wonderful series of button presses that provided me with 30 lives in Contra. Since then, we’ve seen the Konami code implemented on a series of websites, but it...

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Palm's Pre goes head-to-head with newest iPhone

noreply@blogger.com (Joffin) — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 14:45:33 PDT

The smart phone wars have heated up over the past few days with the release of Palm's new Pre and Apple's announcements of a new iPhone, a cheaper price for its existing phone and a new operating...

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First Palm Pre homebrew app arrives

noreply@blogger.com (Joffin) — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 14:42:27 PDT

What was that, 4 days? The Palm Pre only went on sale in America on Saturday, but already one Pre owner has hacked into WebOS and made his own Pre app. Read on to see how it’s done! Last night, a...

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Palm Pre reaches stores with Cellufun Social games

noreply@blogger.com (Joffin) — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 14:40:01 PDT

Palm launched its recent Pre smartphone, with the App catalog in its beta stage. Consumers of the smartphone will have inadequate privileges to use third-party games, applications, and other software...

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Five of my favorite things about the Palm Pre

noreply@blogger.com (Joffin) — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 14:36:43 PDT

On Monday, I asked readers to tell me about their experience with the Palm Pre, and the response has been overwhelmingly positive. Not surprisingly, the Palm WebOS received most of the accolades for...

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Sprint achieves weekend record sales of the Palm Pre

noreply@blogger.com (Joffin) — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 14:33:23 PDT

The most awaited smartphone received a humungous response within hours after its release in the market. Sprint introduced the Simply Everything plan with the Pre, enabling users to save $1200 as...

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PALM PRE - PALM POOP! Great Joke

noreply@blogger.com (Joffin) — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 15:47:28 PDT

Check out the video Greatest Joke she acts well!!!!!

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Slider crashes inspire MacGyver solution

noreply@blogger.com (Joffin) — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 15:28:01 PDT

A number of Palm Pre phones seem to be afflicted with an unsettling issue: closing or opening the slider causes the Pre to reset. Considering that the slider is a fairly major component of the phone,...

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