Palm Rolling Out webOS 1.4.1 Incremental Update (Updated)
Following up the recent release of webOS 1.4, Palm is slowly beginning to roll out the 1.4.1 incremental update for all versions of the Palm Pre. The update adds European support for paid applications in the App Catalog along with the following fixes and changes: Hit Read More for a detailed change list. Update: Palm […]
Palm Responds to Pre Overclocking Hacks
Palm has issued an official statement regarding the overclocking hacks developed by the homebrew community for the Palm Pre after receiving questions from customers: While we appreciate the effort the webOS community has put forth to try and help us along that path, the use of this application is neither endorsed nor recommended by Palm […]
Calling The 2010 Phone of The Year: Palm Pre Plus
We’re declaring the Palm Pre Plus as the 2010 Phone of The Year. First, we’re bumping up our timing of the award this year to be in-line with CTIA Wireless expo. Why? A couple of months ago, we started contacting every phone manufacturer with a simple offering; show us what you’ve got, and we’ll see […]
AT&T Announces Palm Pre and Pixi Plus
AT&T has announced the forthcoming launch of its own variants of the Palm Pre Plus and Pixi Plus after months of speculation. Both versions are identical in technical specification to the versions sold on Verizon save for the difference in cellular radio from CDMA to GSM/W-CDMA with 16GB of storage, GPS, WiFi radio and Bluetooth […]
Palm Confirms Further PDK Details At GDC
Palm has confirmed further details regarding the native PDK during GDC specifically relating to development support and hardware compatibility. First, the most recent version of the PDK released recently is compatible with the Pixi for application development, rather than being limited to the Pre and Pre Plus as first thought, which means that all currently […]
Following Android’s NDK Update, Palm Makes PDK Beta Public
Within a day of Google releasing their first major Android NDK update, a tool that allows for native code to be run in Android applications, Palm has followed suit with a release of their similar too. The Palm PDK Public Beta is now available for download, and is the first time that most developers will […]
Verizon Eliminates Mail-in-Rebate for Palm Pre Plus and Pixi Plus
Verizon has eliminated mail-in-rebates for the Palm Pre Plus and Pixi Plus. The price for the Pixi is now $79.99 and the Pre Plus is $149.99 with new two-year contracts. There has been much speculation on the current sales performance of the Palm WebOS handsets but according to a report, a Verizon spokeswoman explains that […]
Palm Rolls Out Verizon Pre and Pixi Plus webOS 1.4 Update
Not long after Palm rolled out webOS 1.4 for Sprint, Palm has now rolled out the same update for Pre Plus and Pixi Plus owners on Verizon Wireless. The update is otherwise identical with all the features of the Sprint release that we previously covered. The update also makes improvements to VZ Navigator, and Mobile […]
Sprint Discounts Pixi to $50, Amazon Discounts to $25 After New Agreement
In response to the recent price drop of the Pixi Plus on Verizon, Sprint has responded by dropping its version down to $149.99 after new 2 year agreement before an additional $100 mail-in rebate, bringing the total to $49.99. In related news, Anazon has a discount of its own, repricing the Sprint Pixi to $24.99 […]
Palm webOS 1.4 for Sprint Pre Now Live (Updated)
Palm has begun rolling out the long awaited webOS 1.4 update for the Palm Pre in order to add Flash 10.1 compatibility (plugin available in App Catalog), on-board video recording/editing and 3D gaming/native application support via the Palm PDK. The changelog is inline with the previous leak on Thursday and is currently only available for […]