Topic: Palm Pre

Palm Pre Vs iPhone 3G S: Feature by Feature Comparison

We tagged the Palm Pre as a hot-ticket item before its launch, and so it was, even with many a rumor about the new iPhone. But now that iPhone 3G S has rocketed off Apple's design launchpad, does Palm's effort stand a chance of ...READ»

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

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»

Top 5 Palm Pre Hacks

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»

What's Wrong With This Palm Ad?

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»

Where Are All the Palm Pre App Downloads?

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»

iPhone 3G Vs iPhone 3G S Vs Palm Pre, Which one will you choose

The rumor is over, Apple finally announce the next generation iPhone 3G - iPhone 3G S at WWDC 2009 on June 8th, Don't let appearances fool you. On the outside nothing looks much different with the iPhone 3G. Meanwhile, Palm Pre is ...READ»

Palm Pre Code Leaks, Indie Apps Follow

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»

Design Roundtable: Why Do Cell Phones Go Out of Fashion so Quickly?

Once again we've got our favorite design experts gathered around our virtual roundtable, talking about cell phones. Here's how our design roundtables work: We choose the topic, put forth a few questions to our panel ...READ»

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

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»

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

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»

Seven Things to Read Now

Why is Philip Morris Backing Antismoking Bills? On Thursday, the U.S. Senate passed legislation giving the FDA authority to regulate the tobacco industry. Just 10 years ago, when Senator John McCain introduced a similar bill, ...READ»

Consumer Electronics Show

Every year, thousands of geeks gather in Las Vegas for the Consumer Electronics Show, the world's largest consumer technology trade show. This year's keynote speakers feature regulars such as Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer ...READ»

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

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»

Apple Won't Sue Palm Over iTunes Syncing--There's No Need

The Palm Pre's ability to sync with iTunes led to speculation that Apple would drop the legal hammer on its competitor. But it turns out there are plenty of reasons for Apple to just look the other way.READ»

Announcing PhotoDialer for the Palm Pre

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

iPhone 3G Vs iPhone 3G S Vs Palm Pre, Which one will you choose?

The rumor is over, Apple finally announce the next generation iPhone 3G - iPhone 3G S at WWDC 2009 on June 8th, Don't let appearances fool you. On the outside nothing looks much different with the iPhone 3G. Meanwhile, Palm ...READ»

Will Telecoms Push Netbooks Over Smartphones?

Some mobile networks say that smartphone users are sucking down too much data. But as netbooks become more popular, won't a burgeoning problem get that much worse? (Below, the Palm Pre.) No, says a new study -- having millions more ...READ»

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

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»

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

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»

Is Today's Wireless Charging Tech Kind of Useless? Nope

Wireless power. You've heard about it, you want it...but until we get our hands on it, there's just the existing wireless charging tech to please your wire-free urges. Except that, according to Strategy Analytics, it's kind of ...READ»

The "Greatest Single Phone Call in the History" That We've Never Heard

Yesterday at the Worldwide Partners Conference, Microsoft COO Kevin Turner regaled attendees with a tale of the "greatest single phone call in the history that I've ever taken in business." Not to be tripped up by a grammatical ...READ»

Pre season nerves for Palm

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»

Design Roundtable: How Can Cell Phones Improve the World?

With more details about the Palm Pre and some rumors about Apple’s 2009 iPhone event on Tuesday, it seemed a good time to gather our design experts together and ponder some issues about our love affair with mobile. Today's question: How can cell phones be used to improve the world?READ»

• Design Roundtable: How Have Cell Phones Changed Our Behavior?

Speed Test: iPhone 3G S Even Faster Than Apple Claims

Apple has made claims that the iPhone OS 3.0 yields significant performance gains on the 3G model, and that the new 3G S can accomplish the same tasks up to twice as fast as its predecessors. Anecdotally, the new 3G S definitely ...READ»

Now That He's in Control, Can Jon Rubenstein Turn Palm Around Too?

Jon Rubenstein just consolidated his management position at Palm--as of yesterday he's now the company's chairman and CEO. While this sounds like some dry business news, it may be revolutionary for Palm. Can Rubenstein turn Palm ...READ»