Microsoft has a new video on the YouTubes that mocks Apple's App Store. Or means to. Inadvertently, it seems, it attempts to mock any number of companies--Google, Apple, Palm, Blackberry--for making good smartphones that run good ...READ»
Nokia may be excited about gesture control on the N900, and Apple may be all over multitouch patents that make multiple gestures possible, but Google's taken the next step, and built a programmable Gestures API into Android 1.6.
Of ...READ»
An angry rant by a prominent developer describes Palm's app store as developer hell: fees, paperwork, and a PayPal account are required. But as counter-rants have pointed out, Palm is letting unofficial app stores thrive. Is Palm ...READ»
It was way back in 2006 when Palm showed us how to beam our love to strangers using the quaintly unconnected Palm V. But since then, a whole litany of apps have made the quest for strange much more direct. Match.com has had success ...READ»
Verizon has reportedly lost interest in carrying the Palm Pre smartphone, according to the Street. The Pre is currently offered only on the Sprint network, which has been losing customers of late (though its prepaid division, Boost, ...READ»
Evernote is a remember-everything notebook app beloved by obsessive developers, project managers, and generally forgetful creatives everywhere. This week the company launched a revamped Windows version, which will bring it up to speed ...READ»
Remember when I said Apple probably wouldn't let the Pre sneakily connect to iTunes for media syncing? I was right. And now, after some to-and-froing, the USB's regulatory body has sided with Apple, effectively agreeing it can block ...READ»
With
the Pilot, Palm changed the way we work – now it is back with the Pre,
another rival to the iPhone. Is this make or break for the troubled
company?
"What they need to do, obviously, ...READ»
The App Stores War is getting a lot more interesting: Palm, it seems, is paying serious cash to app developers, while Microsoft has resorted to placing ads for developers in iPhone Apps. All to beat Apple.READ»
Palm's next WebOS smartphone has been rumored for ages, and now Palm's just made the Pixi official. Choosing this morning for a launch pitches Palm in a race to beat Apple's iPod news...but can the Pixi beat the iPhone in a specs ...READ»
Sprint has announced they'll be selling HTC's next (and best) Android phone, the Hero, starting October 11th for $180 (after a hefty rebate). We profiled the Hero when its prototype was touted around town in July and loved it, but a ...READ»
Now this is interesting: As well as an agreement with Google to avoid hiring staff from one another, Steve Jobs wanted the same from Palm. But Palm's CEO Ed Colligan turned him down flat . What's going on here?
The news surfaced ...READ»
The Pre has been getting plenty of attention for its Apple-spoofing iTunes trick, but what's more material to the device is its selection of apps. Now there are two pieces of software that let you download custom apps to your Pre from ...READ»
Palm's secret sauce for its Pre smartphone is its clever WebOS software; it's the tech that'll carry into future Palm phones. Palm now appears to be trying to inject some much-needed gaming fun into the platform, looking to hire a ...READ»
Palm just waved its magic wand and abracadabra'd the Mojo Software Development Kit into public reality. It's the software that developers have been waiting for, and it could turn the Pre into something much more interesting.
Palm ...READ»
It was only a matter of time before Apple retaliated against Palm's USB chicanery. When it was launched, the Pre boasted full compatibility and syncing with iTunes; the device effectively spoofed the popular Apple software into ...READ»
Below, you'll find the latest television ad for the Palm Pre. It's simply shot, backed by soothing music, and consistent with Palm's other Beijing-opening-ceremony style ad from June. It's also bizarrely, pervasively creepy. What's ...READ»
Can't wait until winter, when the Palm Pre will ship for Verizon customers? Have some time to kill? Well, you too may be able to hack your Pre into working on Verizon's CDMA network, should you possess the immense patience and ...READ»
The world's largest cellphone company won't be making a Google Android-powered Smartphone. But Nokia's recent partnership with Intel means a new OS is inevitable.READ»
We said the Palm Pre's early performance was "not doing too badly." And now some new figures cement that fact: The Pre has likely sold 300,000 units. That's especially good since it sold only that many phones in the entire ...READ»
The Palm Pre has been out for nearly two weeks, and seems to be doing pretty well. But some numbers have surfaced that cast a shadow over the device's success: Pre users just aren't downloading many apps, despite the fact that there ...READ»
Here's one for the iPhone haters: Just ten days into its life, Palm's Pre seems to be doing not as badly as some hoped. There are, of course, some big plusses and minuses to talk about, and it turns out that some of our early Pre ...READ»
The Palm Pre has only been in customers' hands a few weeks, and already the hackers are hard at work tearing down the guts of the software to make it do wonderful, unnatural things.READ»