Archive for June, 2010
Emblaze First Else Officially Shelved
Else Mobile, the company behind the First Else smartphone prototype, have announced that they are abandoning their hardware intentions. The company has issued a press release, via engadget, stating that the project is likely forever DOA confirming earlier reports of the phones vapory demise.
Palm Dropping Dev Fees, Issuing Refunds
Palm Inc. has been making some generous concessions to its developer community of late and its latest new policy change will likely earn the company some acclaim during its last days of independence. Palm's Developer Blog has announced that Palm Inc. will no longer charge developers a fee for submit
webOS 1.4.5 Changelog Leaked
The changelog for what is presumably the next webOS update has been accidentally leaked. EverythingPre has posted a copy of the release notes which were inadvertently posted to Palm's support site before being removed. The document listed a release date of June 24th. The changes detailed seem rel
Palm Extends App Catalog Sale
Palm's developer blog reports that the company has been thrilled with the customer response to their 50% off app catalog promo. As a result of the increase in downloads and purchases, Palm has decided to extend the sale for an couple of extra weeks. Palm now says the sale will now be ongoing thr
HP Deal Expected to Close July 1st
Palm stockholders have approved the "Agreement and Plan of Merger" with HP. The vote is one of the final steps on the road to mergerland. HP's $1.2 billion dollar buyout of Palm is now expected to be complete this Thursday, July 1st.
HP Buys Mobile Music Service
HP has confirmed that is has purchased Melodeo, a a privately-held company that provides cloud-based delivery systems for music and related content. TechCrunch reports that HP paid nearly $35 million for the firm, whose lead product streams music playlists to mobile devices. NuTsie's flagship s
Palm Developer Platform VP Departs
Another Palm VP has left the company. According to paidContent.org, David Temkin, VP-developer platform for Palm Inc., has now left to head up the mobile department at AOL. According to his bio Temkin's role at Palm was to lead the team responsible for the webOS App Catalog, the webOS SDK and var
Half the battle
The U.S. Palm App Catalog half-off sale is in full swing, and for a limited time you can get two of the most popular 3D action game titles on mobile for only $2.50. If you’ve ever wanted to battle the forces of evil in a magical land or battle more earthly forces behind World War II enemy lines,
Pre Pitted Against Evo in Detailed Comparison
Long-time Palm OS users who choose not to make the transition to webOS generally end up in either the iPhone or the Android camp, depending on any number of factors. However, deciding which non-Apple platform can be quite a daunting task for long-time Palm OS fans. Thankfully, Android Central
Aceeca PDA32 Begins Testing Phase
Continuing the long, strange saga of the world's first new Garnet-device in nearly five years, our friend Tam Hanna is now reporting that the Aceeca PDA32 handheld has indeed entered "beta" status and is now in the hands of a few select testers. Despite having missed their previously announced Jun