It seems like a long time since we found out about webOS 1.4 and the video capabilities coming with it for our Palm Pre handsets. And apparently the lucky owners of the GSM Pre phones are already getting the update while we still wait here in the US to get our webOS update.
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It has been a long while (August 2009) since we saw the Model/SKU # P100UNA from Palm, which we reckon at the time it was the GSM Palm Pre for North America. Apparently we were right, Scaredy over at Howard Forums has been digging on Industry Canada’s Certification and Engineering pages, and check what [...]
Here in the US Palm Pre and Pixi owners got an update to webOS 1.3.5.1 just a few days after receiving version 1.3.5. Now our friends across the pond got an update of their own to version 1.3.5.2, which gives them bluetooth tethering capabilities. Ok, now I’m jealous!
According to many Palm Pre users around the [...]
Happy New Year 2010! Another year is gone, and we find ourselves with new goals, more tech, and many more things to come. Here at MyPre.com, we are focused on anything that has to do with the first webOS device, but you already knew that, so let us begin with this year in review. Palm [...]
If there’s one thing that we seem to take for granted with our smartphones, it’s the fact that the only people that get to listen to our conversations are the fuzz and their wiretaps. But that all has the potential to change, at least if you’re on GSM, as the New York Times has noted that industrious German computer engineer Karsten Nohl has deciphered the encryption algorithm used by the 3.5 billion GSM phones in the world. Nohl essentially force fed random strings of numbers to crack open the 21-year-old 64-bit A5/1 encryption algorithm. And he’s published the code online for torrenting fun.
So what does this mean? Two things. One: Having the code alone is not enough to eavesdrop on a specific conversation. Cracking into the algorithm only exposes the streaming torrents of digital data, one still has to be able to pick out the desired call. Of course, there may very well be software to accomplish that task as well. Two: Carriers need to update their encryption algorithms stat. Simply changing to a different 64-bit algorithm won’t stop a similar cracking attempt, as it would be just as vulnerable as the current code. The GSM Association has had a 128-bit A5/3 algorithm available since 2007, but carriers have been slow to implement the more secure code. We hope that’s going to start changing really quickly.
[via: Engadget]
Engadget has found a Palm model number on the WiFi Certification Database quite similar to a number we’ve seen before, the Palm P101EWW. Previously we’ve seen the P101VZW pop up in Verizon inventory screens, and judging by the number used here (and the fact that they call it the Pre), we’re tempted to call this the previously rumored Pre Plus.
Is it the Verizon Pre? We’d love to think so. Oh, and let us not forget the P121EWW that was found a few weeks ago – that’s the Pixi on Verizon, complete with WiFi.
Earlier this month we reported that those who had imported the SIM-lock free German Pre for use on a non-O2 network were unable to access the App Catalog after updating to webOS 1.3.1. We hypothesized that Palm wouldn’t provide a remedy to the issue other than a rather convoluted work-around involving multiple Palm profiles and SIM cards, but it appears that Palm has been addressing the issue on their side, as a number of importers have been reporting that they once again have access to the Catalog.
The issue has to do with the way the GSM Pre is activated, and the way in which applications are certified for certain countries. If you were to activate your imported Pre with a SIM card from a Swedish network for example, you wouldn’t be unable to access the App Catalog.
Having access to the Catalog is important for all webOS users, and hopefully bringing paid applications to markets outside of the US is a top priority for Palm in 2010 as they expand the number of countries and carriers selling itsproduct.
Importers: can you access the App Catalog again?
[via Palminfocenter]
It’s only a rumor from an O2 representative in Germany, but we love us our rumors, so here it is: webOS 1.3.5 is coming soon and will fix an SMS bug in the GSM Pre that inexplicably decreases the character limit to 70 when a special character is entered. Other fixes should be included as [...]
Finally, the update to webOS 1.3.1 for the GSM Palm Pre has arrived to our friends and relatives across the pond. After a little over a week that we, here in the US got the webOS update, Europe finally gets it too.
For us here in the States, the new update to 1.3.1 finally brought Yahoo [...]
While the Palm Pre may be launching on Friday on Telcel (Mexico’s largest cellular network), other networks in the nation are snapping up the Pre as well. In fact, if you go to Iusacell’s website you’ll see the Pre displayed front and center with a “cómpralo aquí” (buy here) link that opens a pop-up where you can sign up for more information and to be contacted by a Iusacell representative.
Unlike GSM carrier Telcel and #2 Telefonica, Iusacell is a CDMA network. Regardless of the network, it’s good to see Palm still making headway in expanding the footprint of webOS outside the US. As for when we’ll actually see the Pre on Iusacell is anyone’s guess…
Thanks to Akitayo for the tip!