Palm Pre 2 Introduction Video Surfaces, May Be Commercial
HP has begun to release what may be the first television commercial for the Palm Pre 2. The video appears to be a designed-for-web teaser video, but may mark a major shift in marketing for Palm. A large part of Palm’s failure as an independent company can be blamed on poor marketing for the Palm […]
HP Drops Palm Branding, Announces HP webOS 2.0, French Pre 2 Launch This Week
HP has officially announced the forthcoming launch of webOS 2.0, heretofore now branded as HP webOS 2.0. The latest and forthcoming update to the operating system features true multitasking, an updated version of Synergy with improved social networking integration, Adobe Flash 10.1 support, and new advancements related to the user interface. The first webOS 2.0 […]
Verizon – Palm Relations Hit New Low as webOS 1.4.5 in Doubt for Pre Plus
Verizon has clarified that they are not currently releasing webOS 1.4.5 to Pre Plus device owners, adding to the existing user frustration for Pre Plus owners on Verizon Wireless. The last significant update, webOS 1.4.1, was issued over five months ago. After some initial disagreements between the carriers on a botched marketing rollout, Verizon and […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
HP Acquires Palm for $1.2 Billion
HP and Palm have just issued a joint announcement that Palm will be acquired by HP. The cost of the deal is $5.20 per share, or $1.2 billion to purchase all outstanding shares of the company. Palm will now become HP’s main mobile phone device infrastructure, replacing the aging iPAQ line as their flagship mobile […]
Palm to Add Camera and Microphone Access for Developers, Improved Tools
Image courtesy of PreCentral During Palm’s Developer Day conference this past weekend, the manufacturer took time out to introduce a new slate of functionality and tools for developers to use. Palm has confirmed that the improvements should be available to owners by Fall.