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Palm Pre Closes iPhone Gap With MP3 Downloads, Still No Video

BY Kit EatonTue Sep 29, 2009 at 7:56 AM

Palm's just let loose the latest version of its innovative webOS (1.2) on the Pre-user world. It's packed with tweaks and enables 3G Amazon MP3 downloads over the air--but there's one important feature missing: the Pre still can't ...READ»

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Announcing PhotoDialer for the Palm Pre

BY Howdy PierceFri Sep 18, 2009 at 2:35 PM

Cardinal Peak's PhotoDialer application is available for free download in the Palm Pre App Catalog.READ»

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Palm Pre Goes Pre-Fab

BY Cliff KuangThu Aug 20, 2009 at 9:57 AM

To promote its smart phone, Palm deploys a well-known prefab house in L.A. shopping malls.READ»

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How Should Marketers Guard Against Viral Backlash?

BY Cliff KuangWed Jul 29, 2009 at 10:52 AM

A frightening re-mix of a Palm Pre ad makes you realize: It's shockingly easy to wreck an ad campaign costing tens of millions of dollars.READ»

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Palm Hiring Game Developers to Inject Fun Into the Pre

BY Kit EatonMon Jul 20, 2009 at 9:03 AM

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»

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Smartphone App Wars: Palm's Mojo Application SDK Stumbles Into Battle

BY Kit EatonThu Jul 16, 2009 at 10:55 AM

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»

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iTunes Update Blocks Palm Pre Syncing

BY Chris DannenWed Jul 15, 2009 at 3:30 PM

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»

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Accelerometers Everywhere: Get Used to Wiggling Your Gadgets

BY Kit EatonFri Jul 10, 2009 at 4:27 AM

Some new research by iSuppli has an interesting implication--sparked by the iPhone's innovations, accelerometers are going to be the thing to have in cell phones over the next year. In fact, one in three phones will have them. The ...READ»

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Over 300,000 Palm Pres Sold, but Is It Enough?

BY Kit EatonTue Jun 30, 2009 at 12:10 PM

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»

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Where Are All the Palm Pre App Downloads?

BY Kit EatonFri Jun 19, 2009 at 9:06 AM

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»

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Ten Days In, How's the Palm Pre Doing? Not Too Badly

BY Kit EatonTue Jun 16, 2009 at 6:08 AM

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»

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Palm Pre Code Leaks, Indie Apps Follow

BY Kit EatonWed Jun 10, 2009 at 8:09 AM

Coders have been hard at work since this past weekend's Pre launch delving into the digital innards of the phone. By tweaking the Reset Doctor, designed to resurrect a crashed phone, they've found all of webOS's root code, and that's led to the first independently developed Palm Pre "apps."READ»

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Palm Pre Review Roundup: Why They Love It, Why It Might Not Beat the iPhone

BY Kit EatonThu Jun 4, 2009 at 6:07 AM

The highly anticipated Palm Pre smartphone arrives in U.S. shops this Saturday, and today multiple reviewers have published their hands-on insights. All in all, they like it--a lot. But it has exactly the shortcomings we predicted.READ»

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Palm's Pre Syncs With iTunes, but Apple May Squash the Link

BY Kit EatonFri May 29, 2009 at 5:46 AM

Palm's Chairman, speaking at the D7 conference yesterday, confirmed that the Palm Pre has a neat trick: It syncs with iTunes just like an iPod would. While that's handy, Apple isn't likely to tolerate the situation for too ...READ»

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AT&T May Make Smartphone Tariffs Cheaper, and It Should

BY Kit EatonThu May 21, 2009 at 11:34 AM

According to a number of sources, and one direct hint from an AT&T exec, the network is thinking of cheapening its smartphone data tariffs. And actually it really has to, in the face of the Palm Pre and upcoming iPhone. The ...READ»

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Palm Pre Vs Rumored iPhone 2009: Features Comparison

BY Kit EatonThu May 21, 2009 at 6:56 AM

The specs for Palm's Pre smartphone are now officially on public view, and it looks like a fairly hot-ticket item. But with more swirling rumors about the next-gen iPhone, it was time to update our features comparison. When we ...READ»

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Palm Pre Challenges iPhone to a Duel On June 6--Who Will Win?

BY Kit EatonTue May 19, 2009 at 8:24 AM

Official details about Palm's Pre smartphone are out. As rumored, it's price is set at $200, with a June 6 launch, placing it head-to-head with the expected release of Apple's next iPhone. And it looks like a battle that the Pre ...READ»

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Palm Pre's Rumored $200 Price Won't Cut It Against the iPhone

BY Kit EatonMon May 4, 2009 at 7:26 AM

Uh-oh. There's a another rumor about Palm's upcoming "iPhone killer" cellphone, and it's not nice. According to "sources" the Pre's price will be $200 with contract for new customers, placing it at the same price ...READ»

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Does the Palm Pre's Low-Build Price Suggest a Cheaply-Made, Inferior Product?

BY Kit EatonWed Apr 29, 2009 at 11:18 AM

iSuppli recently published an estimate of the build-cost of the Palm Pre. Given iSuppli's pretty reliable history of similar estimates, the comparatively low price of the Pre raises some interesting questions. Is it in fact a sign ...READ»

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Billionth iPhone App Sold, Other Smartphones Still Just Hoping You Download One

BY Kit EatonFri Apr 24, 2009 at 6:19 AM

The iTunes App Store is the absolute king of the smartphone applications world. Not only has the billionth app just been downloaded, but a recent survey shows that smartphone users who don't own an iPhone simply don't ...READ»

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Palm's Pre Gets More Interesting: WebOS Has Classic PalmOS Emulator

BY Kit EatonThu Apr 2, 2009 at 9:41 AM

One cloud hovering over the potential success of Palm's upcoming Pre smartphone was its empty app store--definitely something for new buyers to bear in mind. But Palm, it seems, has got that base covered: the Pre's funky new WebOS ...READ»

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Could Palm Survive a Failed Pre Smartphone?

BY Kit EatonMon Mar 23, 2009 at 7:20 AM

Palm's upcoming Pre wonderphone has been the focus of attention here and elsewhere in the media for two reasons: First, because it appears to be a serious contender; second, because it looks like Palm is betting the bank on the ...READ»

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Palm Pre vs iPhone 3.0: A Feature-by-Feature Comparison

BY Kit EatonTue Mar 17, 2009 at 3:15 PM

The Palm Pre is going to be a hot item when it launches this summer--possibly hot enough to tackle the iPhone. One reason it's gaining so much traction is that the Pre's features weren't designed to compete against the current ...READ»

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Palm and Sprint Hold Pointless Event for Pre: No New Details Surface

BY Kevin OhannessianThu Mar 12, 2009 at 2:03 PM

Other than patting its own back for its technological prowess and capabilities related to launching Palm's Pre, a press event from Sprint today, demoing the device, served little purpose. Well, at least not the purpose we hoped it would.READ»

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Get off the swing Steve Jobs. Its time to give someone else a turn.

BY cat dumasSun Feb 1, 2009 at 3:59 PM

Wow! Is it a great time to be a lawyer or what? It seems that Apple has been locked in court, as both defendant and plaintiff, for the last couple years over petty school yard crap. Now they are planning to sue Palm for the ...READ»

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