Archive for the ‘Commentary’ Category
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Tweet about Hot Palm apps and win a Touchstone Charging Dock
Finding apps for your Palm webOS phone has never been so rewarding. If you download any of your favorite apps from the hot apps seen on the leader board found at palmhotapps.com, you are entitled to winning a Touchstone Charging Dock for free. All you need to do is tweet about your favorite Palm app. The [...]
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Palm Pre Plus and Pixi Plus Available Soon for O2 Customers in the UK
For those waiting to buy the Palm Pre Plus and Palm Pixi Plus in UK, there’s some good news. Palm and O2 have confirmed that both these phones will be launched on the latter’s network in UK on May 28th. As far as the pricing goes, it’s definitely on the higher side. The lowest monthly tariff price is £25 and the highest is £60. If you opt for £35 or above, you get the device (Pre Plus or Pixi Plus) for free on a two year contract. O2 offers an 18 month contract as well.
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webOS 1.4.5 To Offer 3D Gaming on Palm Pixi
If you are a gaming addict, there’s good news for you. 3D gaming is all set to arrive on your Palm Pixi with the release of webOS 1.4.5 in the next several weeks. The new webOS release will support PDK apps and 3D-accelerated games on the entry-level Pixi. Palm launched 3D gaming on the Pre in January this year. Last week, Palm sent out an email to developers encouraging them to test apps that make use of its Plug-in Development Kit (PDK). The Palm PDK extends the original SDK with tools to enable 3D programming – against the newly released webOS 1.4.5 beta.
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Palm Pre Plus Now Available on AT&T, Palm Pixi Plus Coming Soon
The Palm Pre Plus is now available with AT&T in the US.It costs $149.99 on a two year contract. Its younger sibling Palm Pixi Plus will be launching on AT&T on June 6th 2010. The Palm pre Plus features a 3.1 inch multitouch display with a resolution of 320 x 480, a slide out QWERTY keyboard, in-built GPS, a 3MP camera with an LED flash and geotagging. It also comes with 16GB of storage and has 802.11 b.g WiFi, Bluetooth 2.1 +EDR, a microUSB port and a 3.5mm audio jack.
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Ping.fm for webOS: Update all your Social Networks from your Palm Phone
Fed up of having to update each of your social networks one-by-one? Too many passwords to remember? Ping.fm is a cool application which can update all your social networks in one go. All you need to do is configure your social networks with ping.fm and it takes care of syncing all your social networks. The good news is that Ping.fm is now available as a free webOS app in the Palm App Catalog. The app has been developed by Erik C. Thauvin.
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Latest AdMob Report: webOS holds fort
AdMob, a popular Mobile advertising specialist firm has recently released its March, 2010 report on leading mobile operating systems accounting for it’s advertising traffic. The latest report suggest that despite the dwindling fortunes of Palm (now a part of HP), webOS has managed to hold its fort as a popular mobile operating system. The report paints a steady picture for Palm webOS and projects Android as the leading mobile operating system for the future.
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Sprint Offering The Palm Pixi For Free With Contract
Sprint is now offering the Palm Pixi ‘free with a 2-year contract’ through its online portal. Sprint retail stores may not be stocked with these free Pixi handsets and therefore the online option is the safest bet. The catch is that you’ll have to agree to a two-year contract, which is livable if you’re a long term Sprint customer anyways. Sprint’s two year contracts range from $69.99 to $189.98 per month.
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Palm Pixi Plus Heading to Europe
Its official now. Palm Pixi Plus (along with Palm Pre Plus) is heading to Europe. Both phones would be available in Germany on O2 and Vodafone networks starting April 28. In UK, Palm phones will launch on O2 network later this month and they are expected to be available to Vodafone UK customers in May, 2010. Further, it is believed that both these phones will also be available in France on SFR network. starting April 27th. For French customers, the Pixi Plus will carry a €49 up front price tag, while the Pre Plus will cost €149, or €99 including €50 mail-in rebate.
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Verizon to Make Palm a Breakthrough Hit?
[Note: I'm probably going to sound a little over-enthusiastic in this post. Deal with it ...]
Fresh off of being voted Best Smartphone by Laptop Magazine readers, there are a few other reasons why Palm is likely to reach critical mass in the smartphone market. Specifically, Verizon, the US’ biggest phone carrier, is creating [...] -
Palm webOS 1.4.1 Arrives on Bell Canada and Sprint
Palm has released webOS 1.4.1 on a number of networks including Bell Canada and Sprint. There is no official word by either Palm or Verizon as to when webOS 1.4.1 would be available for Verizon customers. The biggest welcome change that webOS 1.4.1 brings for subscribers is that it allows them to purchase and download [...]
