News

webOS not on Google's Buzz Roadmap

Jonathan I Ezor News Tuesday, 09 February 2010

webOS Market Share: Needs Work?

Dieter Bohn News Tuesday, 09 February 2010

 

As came up quite often in yesterday's Round Robin Response, the most important thing for Palm to do right now is sell as many phones as possible. Two reports today seem to indicate that perhaps that effort...

Contest Reminders: Developer Survey and Round Robin

Dieter Bohn News Tuesday, 09 February 2010

 

A couple quick contest reminders as deadlines loom (LOOM I tell you!):

The Developer Survey we mentioned here is still running but will end this weekend. ...

Palm Pre Plus and Moms, Continued

Dieter Bohn News Monday, 08 February 2010

Adam sent in a link to the...

Palm Pre Poetry, EVDO Setting questions and more... From the Forums

Robert Werlinger News Monday, 08 February 2010

 Here's some of the latest talk in the forums:

The Web browser in webOS is good indeed, but there are many sites out there that were designed solely for Mobile Safari. Palm's browser is certainly capable of displaying sites iPhone style, and user Rand

Talkin' Palm - Week ending 06 Feb 10

Annie Latham News Monday, 08 February 2010

Super rumors drove Palm stock as high as $11.29 before closing out the week at $10:38. M&A potential said one analyst.

Pre is the Fall Guy in Superbowl Commercial

Dieter Bohn News Monday, 08 February 2010

 

We didn't see any of the Mom-focused Verizon commercials for the Pre, unfortunately, but we did briefly see the Pre appear in a commercial for SMS Info company KGB.

It was bittersweet, though, as not only...

Say Hello to TiPb: The iPhone, iPod, and iPad Blog!

Dieter Bohn News Sunday, 07 February 2010

Win a Palm Pre from O2 Litmus

Dieter Bohn News Friday, 05 February 2010

O2 Litmus is O2 UK's portal for mobile apps and mobile app developers. Got that? Now get this: they have three Palm Pre phones to give away and they're doing it in a clever contest

Sprint Data Issues?

Dieter Bohn News Friday, 05 February 2010

 

Jay points us to this PreCentral Forum Thread where folks in New Jersey, New York, Detroit, and Philly seem to be having issues with data on Sprint. Our pals at...

SFR and Palm to Celebrate French Launch of the Palm Pre with Developer Contest

Dieter Bohn News Friday, 05 February 2010

 

We knew that the Palm Pre was coming to SFR in France, but details on the launch have been a...

Vote for Palm in the 2009 Engadget Awards

Derek Kessler News Friday, 05 February 2010

Our friends over at tech blog Engadget have assembled the votes and put together the nominations for the 2009 Engadget Awards, and Palm is recognized in every category (five!) in which it ought compete....

Win a Palm Pixi or Pixi Plus! (Survey)

Dieter Bohn News Thursday, 04 February 2010

 

Developers take note: Interpret is looking to find a bit more about you and they have a brief survey to do just that - finish that,...

Not So Fast? Mobile Hotspot on Verizon

Dieter Bohn News Wednesday, 03 February 2010

Pre/Pixi Plus MiFi

PALM Stock On the Move -- Ignited by Analysts

Annie Latham News Tuesday, 02 February 2010

On Tuesday,  Palm's stock closed at $11.29, up $0.75 (7.12%).  Analyst activity on Monday helped trigger the move. 

After Monday's closing bell, Jonathan Goldberg of Deutsche Bank issued a...

WebOS Quick Install v3.0 Now Available

Jason Robitaille News Tuesday, 02 February 2010

Interested in Homebrew apps or patching? The single best way to start is with WebOS Quick Install. A few days later than expected, WebOS Quick Install v3.0 has been released (well, technically 3.01, but who's counting)! This update brings along with it many user-requested...

HTML5 Editors Draft Hits W3C, Flash Doesn't Break a Sweat (yet)

Robert Werlinger News Tuesday, 02 February 2010

The HTML5 specification came another step closer to becoming a Web standard today, as the first editors draft of the technology was released to the World Wide Web Consortium. HTML5 is the technology that makes up a significant portion of webOS, the new and...

Palm Sighting: Castle

Derek Kessler News Tuesday, 02 February 2010

Psst, Castle, it's upside down...

Clearly, people expect that the microphone for the Palm Pre would be on the slider. In fact, that's where we all thought it was for a while after it was unveiled. Why else would Rubinstein talk about...

Talkin' Palm - Week ending 30 Jan 10

Annie Latham News Monday, 01 February 2010

This week, we officially welcomed the arrival of the Pre Plus and Pixi Plus to Verizon.  We also were inundated with a ton of hoopla related to the Apple iPad announcement. Our sister site, The iPhone...

Verizon Finally Advertising Pre Plus ...to your Mom

Dieter Bohn News Monday, 01 February 2010

George Clinton gives Palm some love at the Grammys

Derek Kessler News Monday, 01 February 2010

Another celebrity-studded awards show means that Palm was again out in force behind the scenes rubbing elbows with the stars. And slapping the Palm Pre Plus and Pixi Plus into their hands. This time it was the 52nd Annual...

Palm’s Hot Apps $1 million competition begins today!

Derek Kessler News, Apps Monday, 01 February 2010

Developers, start your engines! Palm’s Hot Apps program begins today, and there’s $1 million on the table just waiting for you. Running from February 1, 2010 to May 31,...

Best of Smartphone Experts, 31 Jan 2010

Dieter Bohn News Sunday, 31 January 2010

Hands On With T-Mobile myTouch 3G Fender Edition

Epocrates for webOS coming early this year

Robert Werlinger News Saturday, 30 January 2010

When Epocrates entered usability testing last month, there was a collective sigh of relief amongst the medical professional contingent that the highly useful (and sometimes even required) medical...

Palm Sighting: Leverage

Derek Kessler News Saturday, 30 January 2010

EDIT: As the commenters have so astutely pointed out, I apparently need to get my eyes checked again. That's an HTC Touch Dual. Mea culpa.

VisualBoyAdvance Hits webOS with a Vengeance

Jason Robitaille News Friday, 29 January 2010

What to expect with webOS 1.4

Derek Kessler News Friday, 29 January 2010

There’s been some confusion as of late about how Flash will be coming to webOS and to which devices. It all pretty much stems from Jon Rubinstein’s announcement at CES about the very same thing, where he said that

Droid defectors, More 3D Gaming Mayhem and Hardware Speculation... From the Forums

Robert Werlinger News Friday, 29 January 2010

Here's some of the latest talk in the forums:

Sure, the Droid may have been big stuff when it was released a few months ago on Verizon, but now there's a new kid on Big Red's block: the Pre Plus.

Public beta of webOS PDK coming in March

Derek Kessler News Thursday, 28 January 2010

We’ve all wondered what Palm would be talking about in March when they present at the Game Developers...

Poll: What patches do you want Palm to adopt?

Derek Kessler News Thursday, 28 January 2010

We’ve heard it time and time again in the comments and forums: “Why doesn’t Palm incorporate these patches into webOS?” We get it, we dig...

PreCentral.net Store
Palm Pre Accessories Palm Pre Cases, Chargers, and More webOS Accessories
Palm Pre Touchstone
Palm Pre Batteries
Palm Pre Chargers
Palm Pre Cases
Palm Pre - All Accessories
Palm Pixi Accessories Palm Pixi Cases, Chargers, and More
Palm Pixi Touchstone
Palm Pixi Batteries
Palm Pixi Chargers and Cables
Palm Pixi Cases
Palm Pixi - All Accessories

Smartphone Round Robin

Classic App Store

Latest Pre Forum Posts

Recent Comments

From the PreCentral.net Store