Out of the blue the possible first device from Palm after HP acquired the once glorious, but embattled smartphone pioneer, slid through the cracks to appear on the website of the French carrier SFR. Called the Palm Pre 2, it doesn’t break radically with the tradition, but instead enhances it where it had to.
The Palm [...]
HP, Multimedia, Palm, QWERTY, Uncategorized, business
Multimedia, Palm, Touch, Uncategorized, webOS
After the first screenshots of Palm’s (or should we say HP’s) next webOS version leaked, we are now treated to a short video preview of some of its new features. We don’t know how long will that video be up, considering the way Palm halted the admissions for the SDK shortly after some virtual keyboard [...]
Apple, Multimedia, RIM, Touch, Uncategorized, webOS
HP’s PC division head confirmed in an interview that it will show the fruit of its marriage with Palm early 2011 in the form of a tablet, running webOS. HP put on the shelf its plans for the Slate – a Windows 7-powered tablet, but it is no doubt using the hardware expertise acquired on [...]
Apple, Multimedia, Palm, Uncategorized, iOS, software, webOS
The latest version of webOS, that was released by Sprint for its Palm phones, seems to have unlocked some gaming capabilities on the Palm Pixi munchkin. Since webOS 1.4.5 brings OpenGL support to the handset, it is now able to run 3D games for mobile. Need for Speed: Undercover was installed on it to test [...]
AT&T, Multimedia, Palm, QWERTY, Stylish, Touch, Uncategorized, business, webOS
AT&T came up with a press-release to officially announce the upcoming availability of the webOS-powered Palm Pre Plus and Palm Pixi Plus. Unfortunately, users won’t be able to enjoy the many advantages of Palm’s webOS soon, since both smartphones will become available sometime “in the coming months”, so the information hinting at a June or [...]
Multimedia, Palm, QWERTY, Touch, Uncategorized, Verizon, software, webOS
With Sprint receiving their Palm Pre and Pixi webOS 1.4 update on Saturday, it only took a day later before Verizon customers started to get the 1.4 update on their Pre Plus and Pixi Plus units. The total time it takes to download the 40-some MB file and install it is roughly 1 hour, so [...]
High-end, Multimedia, Palm, Touch, Uncategorized, business, software, webOS
European webOS users are now a step ahead of North Americans, as they have been presented with version 1.3.5.2 of the operating system, which for the record is higher than the version available stateside by 0.0.0.1. What’s great is that the update really brings some useful improvements. For example, you can now browse App Catalog’s [...]
Multimedia, Palm, Uncategorized, Unofficial, Verizon, exclusive, pre, webOS
A leaked Verizon document reveals detailed specifications about the carriers upcoming Palm Pre Plus and the Palm Pixi Plus models. The Pre Plus will come with 16GB of internal memory, as the original Pre on Sprint only had 8GB, a 3.1″ capacitive display with 320z480 resolution and multi-touch support, slide out QWERTY keyboard, Wi-Fi, EVDO [...]