As Palm Begins Monthly Tethering Fees, RIM Offers Tether Sans Fees
Sure, PDANet gained acceptance on the Android Market. Thanks to how Android is built, open apps can’t be locked out of creation. A quarter-million downloads of PDANet off-market later, and Google told the carriers to stuff it. Today’s events however are simply timed for comedic effect. It was expected that Palm would sign on to […]
AT&T to Launch Two webOS Devices from Palm This Year
Following up, AT&T CEO Ralph de la Vega has confirmed that the carrier will launch two webOS-based devices from Palm, likely the Pre and Pixi, which would make them the first new Palm devices available on the carrier since the Treo 680 and Centro when they launch later in the first half of the year.
Sprint Rolling Out Palm Pre 1.3.5 Update (Updated)
Sprint has begun rolling out the long awaited webOS 1.3.5 update for the Palm Pre in order to address issues and adds small changes such as improved MMS compatibility, improved battery life in marginal coverage areas and reduced update size to allow downloads and updates over 1xRTT data connections. Update: The update is now live […]
Palm Launches Ares SDK Beta
Palm has opened up its Ares browser based SDK into a public beta not long after announcing the closed beta in October. The purpose behind the Ares SDK is to provide interested web developers the capability to program and create webOS apps using web-based technologies as was originally announced during the debut of the device […]
Verizon Employees Begin webOS Training, FCC Approves Pixi with Wi-Fi
Image courtesy of PhoneArena Verizon employees have been receiving information on training sessions for webOS in recent days. The training sessions are themselves designed to help dealers sell devices like the Pixi, which was revealed by the FCC to feature Wi-Fi and also being assigned a new model code for Verizon. Since the training sessions […]
Palm Releases webOS 1.3.2 Update for Palm Pixi
Not long after the release of webOS 1.3.1, Palm has rolled out another update to the Palm Pixi in webOS 1.3.2 designed to address issues that have surfaced since the release of the device relating to the device when using multiple applications and device speed in general. Palm has not officially updated its knowledgebase as […]
Palm, Sprint Issue Statement On Palm Profile Backup Failure
Palm and Sprint have issued a joint statement regarding the increasing incidents of Palm Profile backup failures when switching devices due to repair, upgrade or replacement, with many losing complete profiles and vital information and others recovering a majority of lost information. The main issue is the fact that replacement devices are not pulling the […]
We’re making the Palm Pixi free! And a new phone each week too!
Today, we’re taking the wraps off PhoneCashback.net’s Free A Phone program. In a nutshell, each Monday at 2 PM, we’re going to take a new phone, and amp up the cashback in order to make the phone for free. It’s a nifty way for us to make PhoneCashback.net even better. And, as we teased, today […]
Palm Releases Updated Mojo SDK
Following up on the release of webOS 1.3.1 on the Pixi today and the software update on the Pre yesterda, Palm has also released an updated version of the Mojo SDK compatible with the new webOS version. The biggest additions to the SDK include an API for controlling screen dimming in applications, fixes for tools […]
Sprint Launches Palm Pixi
As expected, Sprint has launched the long awaited Palm Pixi webOS device, the second webOS-based device from Palm and the second such device available from Sprint after the Pre. The featureset consists of 8GB onboard storage, 2.0 megapixel camera with flash and video recorder, a full QWERTY keyboard, a 2.63-inch 320 x 400 resolution capacitive […]