Palm Announces webOS 2.0 Features
Palm, fresh off of its HP acquisition has announced the key features for webOS 2.0. The seven key new features will effectively take webOS from its current incremental state to a finished one and demonstrate its goal to utilize web technologies for full applications more effectively with the exit of the PDK plug-in from Beta. […]
Verizon EOL List Leaks, Palm Pre Plus End Of Life in October
Verizon’s End of Life device lists has been leaked and has revealed the firm discontinuation dates for a variety of devices, including recent releases such as the Droid 2 and Droid X, along with other older devices such as the Palm Pixi and Pre Plus. The aforementioned Palm devices are slated to be discontinued on […]
Hackers take Palm GPS Fix to 1.0, Verizon & Palm Continue Looking Into It
While Verizon and Palm continue to investigate why third-party applications cannot utilize GPS, hackers have taken their solution beyond the beta. We previously reported on the Verizon GPS Fix application that has been released to the Palm Beta Catalog. The application uses VZ Navigator’s signed GPS files to wake up, and ping the GPS chip […]
PalmCentral Releases GPS Fix Beta App for Verizon Palm Pre, Pixi Plus
PalmCentral has released a new beta application in the Palm BetaFeed for the Verizon Palm Pre which activates and maintains the aGPS radio connection to use the radio in third-party navigation apps besides the pre-loaded VZNavigator application. The application does address a tedious workaround for GPS activation whereby VZNavigator would be launched to activate GPS […]
HP Begins Rollout of Palm webOS 1.4.5, Carries on with Integration
Shortly after closing the acqusition of Palm, HP has begun rolling out webOS 1.4.5. The update makes improvements to the web browser and delivers security fixes, however, the most relevant addition is the long-awaited arrival of final PDK support. This will give the Palm Pixi its first official PDK support, and allow independent developers to […]
PSA: Avoid Droid X Mobile Hotspot Charges, Carry a Pre Plus or Pixi Plus as a Backup
It appears Verizon is going to make good on their offer of giving all Palm Pre Plus and Pixi Plus owners free 5 GB of Mobile Hotspot usage per month, despite charging upcoming Droid X a 2 GB-for-$20 for the exact same service. The Palm Pre Plus and Pixi Plus were the first phones in […]
Editorial: Why Palm’s Giving Away the (App) Store
A million to developers, half off all apps, what’s Palm up to? Edicts from HP, that’s what. Read more.
50% Off Palm webOS Apps
Palm has announced that almost all Palm webOS apps will be 50% off from June 18th through July 9th. Palm developers won’t loose a dime on this promotion, since Palm will subsidize the 50% discount for developers: “Palm will subsidize the cost of the discounted price for developers; payments to developers and revenue tracking for […]
Droid Eris Heads for EOL, Froyo Update Not Guaranteed
While the HTC Hero remains on Sprint, Verizon appears to be moving quickly to clearance its counterpart, the Droid Eris. Multiple sources have confirmed that the Droid Eris is on the EOL (End Of Life) list, and will be sold out by the end of July. This leaves customers asking if the device will be […]