According to a report from AllThingsD, former Palm CEO Jon Rubinstein has left Helwitt-Packard effective immediately. It was Rubinstein who was at the helm of Palm when it was bought by HP back in April of 2010 for $1.2 billion. HP is saying that Rubinstein left after he completed 12-24 month commitment post-acquisition and the [...]
UK wireless carrier Orange has posted the support pages for the HP Pre 3, a webOS smartphone that was initially unveiled in February alongside the HP Veer 4G and the HP TouchPad. It’s unclear what the delay is that’s holding back the third-generation Pre from launching, but whatever the case it appears that a launch [...]
Texas Instruments is making its Qi-compatible wireless charging chips smaller. According to the company, the chips are 80 percent smaller than the current generation chipsets and this would help to make wireless charging a feature on various consumer electronic devices, including smartphones, digital cameras, portable gaming consoles, tablets, and other gadgets. Here are some of [...]
To date, HP’s and Palm’s efforts in the webOS smartphone space has yielded devices with keyboards, making this leaked image of a webOS smartphone sans keyboard a first for the form factor. The device reveals what appears to be a device of similar size to the Palm Pre 3 without the sliding keyboard. The display [...]
Despite its refined elegance, the iOS platform–used by the iPad, iPhone, and iPod Touch-has a jarring notifications system with its pop-up notification box that demands your attention no matter what app you’re in. Developers who didn’t want to have their iOS experiences interrupted with Apple’s notification scheme have created a mock up to show a [...]
It looks like some of the cooler features of webOS 2.0 won’t be making it to Palm’s older hardware as the Palm Pre, Pre Plus, Pixi, and Pixi Plus will not be getting its webOS operating system upgraded to version 2.0. According to Engadget, which had an interview with HP’s Jon Rubinstein, HP will try [...]
Along with the webOS TouchPad tablet announced today, HP had also announced two smartphones to extend its webOS family. The company announced the HP Veer, a smartphone that is about the size of a credit card while still accommodating a full-size portrait-oriented sliding keyboard in the style of the Palm Pre, and the HP Pre [...]
In addition to the Palm Pre 2 running on webOS 2.0, which is more of a refinement of the original Palm Pre with an updated processor and Gorilla Glass screen, PreCentral is reporting that HP Palm is showing that the new venture is committed to the webOS platform with four additional codenamed devices. The codenames, [...]
No real surprise here, but HP has officially announced both WebOS 2.0 and the Palm Pre 2.0. Since HP’s acquisition of Palm, there’s really been no doubt that HP was going to get back into the handheld business and of course HP has made no secret that it is banking quite a bit on WebOS. [...]
CNBC’s Tech Check reports that HP will use webOS exclusively when they step into the current smartphone market. This must surely come as a surprise to everyone who thought they were going to take that $1.2B they spent to buy Palm then dump it in the trash. Also, they’re making a Windows 7 tablet.
If you’re an iPhone or Palm WebOS user and you’re itching to “beat the system” with Google Voice, your life just got easier thanks to the new web app version of Google Voice. The web app offers easy access to your inbox, a keypad for dialing out from GV, text messaging, contacts, and settings. The [...]
Personally, I don’t think the current state of wireless chargers are really worthwhile. Placing your device on another device seems no more convenient to me than plugging it in to another device, or at least not worth the extra cost. However, this hack turning a Palm Pre Touchstone charger into a magnetic car mount has [...]
Billshrink has put together a good looking comparison chart of four touchable smartphones. The chart speaks for itself.
I guess there are times when a company shouldn’t let CEOs speak. I’m thinking this is one of those times. Sprint CEO Dan Hesse appeared on the Charlie Rose show and when asked how well the Palm Pre was doing vs Apple’s iPhone he had this to say: It’s-it’s doing well, but you can almost [...]
That was quick. A few short hours ago I noticed posts referencing that Sprint was offering $100 off to folks who changed carriers and picked up a new two year contract with Sprint. The idea was obviously to get folks to switch. Well, looks like the switch is on, but not quite that way. Sprint [...]
Announced on the Palm Developer Network Blog, submissions are now being accepted for the Palm App Catalog, allowing entrepreneurs to show us what they can do on WebOS. They are accepting both free and paid apps with the minimum allowed pricing set at 99 ¢. Criteria for acceptance are: Acceptance Criteria Palm will accept apps [...]
From the looks of it this might be real. Folks are spotting info that Best Buy has dropped the price of the Palm Pre to $99 with a two year contract. Competition. Isn’t it a wonderful thing. Via Pre Central.net UPDATE: Turns out this was, er, um, er… a mistake by Best Buy. Apparently [...]
Apparently in a bid to create a newsworthy conflict, everyone and their brother reported that Apple has “dissed” Palm by breaking the ability of iTunes to sync with non-iPods, including the Palm Pre, via the latest 8.2.1 update to iTunes. Given that Apple did not officially support sync with non-iPods, this certainly isn’t surprising. But [...]
Best Buy Mobile did a survey. Survey says Americans have been bitten by the smart phone bug. Survey also says that there is confusion among those who want them. Sampling 1000 adults over 18 the information is interesting as it points to some customer confusion and price resistance, but shows that the sexy marketing is [...]
I’m confused. Apple is about to unleash iPhone 3.0 software on the world, clog the Intertubes and I’ve got a Palm Pre in my hands. How did this happen? What gives? More later.
The ever-expanding note-taking app service known as Evernote is now available on the Palm Pre via the Palm App Catalog. Looks like an excellent implementation. According to Lifehacker, it takes advantage of the Pre’s “card” system to open multiple notes at once. And it has a thumbnail view for quick visual sorting (shown). However, it [...]
As we enter the summer of the smartphone wars this might become a handy reference. This BillShrink.com chart from Dvorak Uncensored doesn’t cover all the options, but it lays out some of them quite nicely for those who have price as a primary concern when it comes to owning a new phone. Other things obviously [...]
When I described the Palm Pre interface as “rather cutesy,” some took that to mean I thought it would scare off business users. Actually, I was just struck by the contrast of the Palm business brand against the exciting, new consumer device. Well, apparently, that contrast isn’t just skin deep because it’s being reported the [...]
First, Verizon kicked Sprint in the money-maker by stating “over the next six months or so you will see devices like Palm Pre” on the Verizon Wireless network. Note, “devices like Palm Pre” is akin to saying “beverages like Coca-Cola,” so no definitive claim there. Sprint responded with “We have the Pre through 2009.” Okay, [...]
The NDA has lifted, and the reviews of the Palm Pre are in. jkOnTheRun has a full roundup. Very positive across the board, and after skimming through them, I don’t think there are any surprises here. Everything works pretty much as previously discussed. Interface is engaging. Sync grabs everything. The card metaphor for multi-tasking works [...]
The guys over at the Boy Genius Report got their hands on a Palm Pre and posted a full review. The review is mixed an ex-Palm fan, I’m a bit disappointed. The keyboard didn’t impress the reviewers and the Pre wiped itself clean in the midst of a photo shoot. Once the initial Pre launch [...]
In what I can only compare to a steel-toed kick to the groin, per a report from Reuters, Lowell McAdam of Verizon said this in a webcast: “Over the next six months or so you will see devices like Palm Pre and a second generation Storm,” on the Verizon Wireless network, McAdam told a webcast. [...]
The long-awaited Palm Pre will be available on June 6 for $199 at Sprint retail stores, Best Buy, Radio Shack, select Wal-Mart stores and on Sprint.com. You have to sign up for a two-year contract that includes a data plan. I was a long-time Palm user, but switched to an iPhone about two years ago. [...]
Although Sprint seems to be correcting a number of faults and is perhaps poised for a big boost from the release of the Palm Pre, early reports on its pricing, if true, show that Sprint (and other carriers as well) still don’t place much value on building customer loyalty. Word is filtering out that [...]
There’s nothing like a good old fashioned PR War especially when the stakes are high. Rumors are starting to circulate that the Palm Pre may be officially rolled out June 7, the day before Apple’s anticipated new iPhone announcement at WWDC. Of course that means analysis of the rumors is in full swing with some [...]
We haven’t covered much about all the hype of the Palm Pre here on GBM. Some of that is due to the fact that most of the team uses an iPhone and while we report on the devices we use, we don’t really cover the phone market beyond that. That said, the coverage of the [...]
Matt Miller is a wonder. When he decides to delve into an issue, he does so with depth and clarity, and it usually results in a lengthy article that is well worth hanging on to. This time around he’s applied his usual approach to taking a look at what he calls Clash of the Touch [...]
Bang! Zoom! Fireworks! Trumpets blaring! Smoke! Flashing Lights! We bring you magic and excitement but we probably aren’t going to deliver it for awhile yet. We just want you to get really excited, write about it, and maybe, just maybe the economy will turn around sometime in the next few years and we’ll be able [...]
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