Palm Waiving $99 Fee for New Developer Accounts for a Limited Time
People interested in becoming Palm webOS developers can now do for free as Palm is waiving the $99 fee for new developer accounts for a limited time while providing all of the information necessary to publish applications on the App Catalog. The move to waive the fee was spurred to stir up more interest in […]
Palm Considering Third Party webOS Licensing and Additional Investment, Patent Portfolio Valued At $1 Billion
Following up on Bloomberg’s initial report regarding Palm’s intentions to seek bids for a potential sale as soon as this week, Reuters has followed up with more news, which includes the revelation that network hardware manufacturer Cisco is now interested in purchasing the smartphone platform developer and manufacturer. Palm is also said to be interested […]
Verizon Mobile Hotspot Now Free on Pre and Pixi Plus, Pricing Cut to $49.99 and $29.99 with BOGO Offer
Verizon is now making the Pre and Pixi Plus nearly irresistible for new customers by repricing them to $49.99 and $29.99 respectively with no rebates required. An additional BOGO special being offered on both devices as well. However, the biggest news lies in the change in pricing for the Mobile Hotspot feature on both devices, […]
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 […]
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 […]
Editorial: Now You Can Dismiss Windows Phone 7 Series
Microsoft touted heavily that Windows Phone 6 Series had one key advantage over iPhone: native code without any gatekeepers. Groundbreaking apps like GPS, SlingPlayer, Rhapsody, and so on, and so on, could exist on Windows Mobile… while they took years for Apple to turn around and support. Innovation was a key ally to Windows Mobile, […]
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 […]
Yes, Apple Blocked MobileEdition: What We’re Doing About It
A year ago, at CTIA, we announced MobileEdition. It was the first tool that allowed bloggers to quickly take a blog, and turn it into an App Store app. No, it never shipped. We were told by Apple it wouldn’t last long on the market, as they’d pull the plug. In fact, they even rejected […]
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 […]