Palm Delays SDK Release, Dismisses Homebrew Developers and Hackers
The Palm Developer Network Blog has posted an update regarding the release timeline for the Mojo SDK and more early access program details. Regarding the early access program, Palm is accelerating the growth of the early access program inline with the growth of resources, publishing webOS specific information outside of the early access program to […]
Are Palm’s Forced Pre Updates Illegal? (Yeah, they probably are)
Over the past couple of days, users have noticed that the Palm Pre has begun a systematic process of updating all Pre devices to webOS 1.0.2. Palm claims that this is necessary, due to the tight integration between webOS and Palm’s cloud computing servers. However, such moves may put Palm into legal trouble… or worse. […]
Palm webOS 1.0.2 Released for Pre
Palm has issued webOS 1.0.2 for the Palm Pre. This is an over-the-air firmware update which will be available to all Sprint Palm Pre devices. Palm notes that webOS 1.0.2 is a general bug fix release, containing many bugs fixes that would have held up the initial release to launch. This also is timed with […]
Trolls Complained, but Sprint Responded: Hard of Hearing Get the Pre Too
Despite the complaints of a vocal minority to our world-first Palm Pre review, Sprint appears to have listened. As of today, the Palm Pre is now available to hard of hearing customers on the Sprint Relay Data Only plan. This is a $30/month plan that provides unlimited data and text messaging, as well as 5 […]
Review: Palm Pre (Sprint)
We’ve got a lot of sources out there. For the past five years, we’ve dominated coverage of all the carriers. Sprint was the first. So when Sprint decided to finally ship a somewhat open, Linux-driven, modern Palm phone… it wasn’t a question of who was going to review it first. And now, for the first […]
Sprint Sets Two Launch Dates for Palm Pre, Employee Training Underway
According to internal memos circulating within Sprint Retail Stores, Sprint has implemented a vacation freeze during the month of May for all front-end employees and has begun the process of employee training with the Palm Pre in preparation for one of two launch windows. The first window involves Sprint receiving retail units of the Pre […]
Palm at CTIA Wireless 2009
Palm was showing off the Pre, but they weren’t too happy with the photos we grabbed. They seemed to not like our quick shots of the Pre on the magnetic charging cradle… as we grabbed a rare Pre bug. The accelerometer refused to kick in, preventing the “cool effect of tilting the accelerometer while docked” […]
Palm Pre Classic Details Released, webOS SDK Wait List Released
At the concurrently-running Web 2.0 Expo, Palm released new details regarding both the new Palm webOS SDK, and the Pre’s ability to run legacy Palm OS applications. Palm has launched a wait list for the Pre SDK. Palm won’t say what criteria they will use to let developers gain early access to the Mojo SDK, […]
Pre to Require Everything Plan Lineup, On Track for First Half Release
During a webcast this afternoon, Sprint and Palm confirmed that the forthcoming Palm Pre will require the Everything plan lineup for purchase and activation in the vein of the Samsung Instinct. This means that the phone will be limited to the 450 minute ($69.99), 900 minute ($89.99) or unlimited plans ($99.99) along with the Everything […]
Palm Pre to Be Flash-Enabled
Adobe has announced that the Palm Pre will be the latest device to support the Flash platform as a part of the Open Screen initiative to seamlessly bridge information and multimedia across computers, mobile phones, and other devices without resorting to using custom versions for each platform. Flash Player for the Pre and other smart […]