Archive for the ‘Commentary’ Category
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webOS 1.4.5 Now Available For Sprint Palm Pre and Palm Pixi Users
Last week, Palm finally released the webOS 1.4.5 update for the Sprint Palm Pre and Palm Pixi. While the latest OS upgrade is available in Europe since last month, there’s still no news as to when Palm plans to release the webOS 1.4.5 update for Verizon and AT&T customers. If you are a Sprint webOS user, you’d probably have already received a notification regarding the availability of webOS OTA. If not, just hit the update button your Palm device to launch the upgrade process.
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Palm Launches New Facebook Beta for webOS
Palm last week released the updated Facebook Beta v.1.2.32 for webOS. Apart from the usual bug fixes, the latest beta offers significant performance improvements over the last release which included photo tagging & viewing of photo tags.
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Sprint Palm Pixi Gets Wi-Fi Courtesy Radio Board Hack
There’s good news for Sprint Palm Pixi users who complain about the lack of Wi-Fi capabilities on their devices. A PreCentral forum member gitit20 created a neat hack to rip the radio board off a Verizon Palm Pixi Plus and then transplant it into a Sprint Palm Pixi. After you install the new radio board, your Sprint Palm Pixi is well and truly ‘Wi-Fi capable’. Smart piece of thinking and very innovative too!
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webOS 1.4.5 Status Update
The much anticipated webOS 1.4.5 update is now available for O2 subscribers in Germany. As reported by PreCentral, the update is 9 MB in size and downloads pretty quickly on the O2 network. The update fixes a ‘rare problem so that podcasts now download correctly’. Apart from this fix, the update finally brings 3D gaming support on the Palm Pixi. While Palm Pre owners on O2 have already enjoyed 3D gaming on their devices for a while now, Palm Pixi owners were left in the lurch. It’s fair to say that this update restores parity amongst Pre and Pixi users for providing an enhnaced gaming experience.
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HP Wireless Central Offering Free Palm Pre Plus & Palm Pixi Plus (on Contract)
HP’s recently launched online shopping store – HP Wireless Central is offering your favorite Palm devices free on contract. To make the deal even more lucrative, HP is offering free goodies, zero cost activation and free shipping on select models as well. You can choose from the following devices
Palm Pixi Plus (Black) on Verizon Wireless/ AT&T – offers free activation + free shipping via FedEx
Palm Pre Plus (Black) on Verizon Wireless/ AT&T – offers free shipping via FedEx + free Renegade Mini Bluetooth Headset (worth $49.99) + free Axiom Premium Genuine Leather Case (worth $29.99) + free Premium In-vehicle Charger (worth $19.99)
Palm Pre (Black) on Sprint – costs $99.99, offers free shipping via FedEx
Palm Pixi (Black) on Sprint – costs $19.99, offers free shipping via FedEx -
Good News for webOS Developers – $99 Annual Development Fee Waived Off
Palm is throwing in one good news after the other these days. Shortly after it announced a two-week extension for its Half-off apps sale, the company has now permanently waived off the annual $99 developer fee. This is a double bonanza for developers as Palm had recently announced that it would waive and refund the $50 fee that used to be required to get your app listed in the official app catalog. If you’ve already paid this fee, expect a refund to be credit in your Paypal account shortly.
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Palm Extends Half-Off webOS Sale Until July 23rd
There’s good news for all your webOS app addicts! Palm is extending the Half-off sale on webOS apps until July 23rd. As per an update on Palm Developer Blog, the company made this decision keeping both customers and developers in mind. An additional two weeks 50% sale will give customers more time to explore the catalog and get great deals on your apps. As a developer, it gives you more time to develop and publish your app on the Palm app store. So, if you are a webOS developer, you can take the extra time in order to polish your app and fix some bugs to generate higher sales and revenue.
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FlightTrack App Now Available on Palm Pixi (and Palm Pre)
FlightTrack, one of the best mobile flight tracking applications earlier available on Android, iPhone and Blackberry is now available as a webOS app. The app is now available for Palm Pixi and Palm Pre users. The application is developed by Mobiata, a company which specializes in developing some of the most popular mobile travel applications available in the market today
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Palm Offering 50% Discount For Nearly All Apps in webOS App Catalog
There’s good news for all Palm Pre and Palm Pixi owners – Palm has halved the prices of nearly all the apps in the US Palm App Catalog and Palm web channel. The promotion runs from June 18th through July 9th, 2010. As a Palm customer, you are entitled to a cool subsidy of 50% on your favorite webOS applications. If you were thinking of the buying any of the following bestseller apps from Palm – Need for Speed Undercover, Jump O’Clock, or James Cameron’s Avatar, the time is now!
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Amazon Offering Palm Pre Plus (AT&T and Verizon) for One Cent
The prices of Palm phones continue to plunge. Amazon is now offering the Palm Pre Plus – both for AT&T and Verizon subscribers for one cent. That’s just about as close as it gets to getting a Palm webOS phone for free. That’s not all, there are other complimentary goodies as well. Amazon is offering free activation and free two-day shipping for users who purchase the Palm Pre Plus between 12:00 midnight PDT on June 14, 2010, through 11:59 p.m. PDT, June 30, 2010. If you are a Verizon subscriber, there’s good news for you as well – Verizon has waived off the $40 monthly fee to turn your Palm Pre Plus (and Palm Pixi Plus) phone into a 3G Mobile Hotspot. The mentioned offers are not valid for prepaid and unlocked phones.
