Archive for June, 2010
Palm App Catalog Offering 50% Off
Palm Inc. has launched a new promotion offering webOS apps shoppers 50% off. The sale is going on now through July 9th in the on device US Palm App Catalog. Palm says in a company blog post that nearly all of the apps in webOS Catalog are on sale at half the standard price with a small handful o
It’s “Half Time” in the Palm webOS App Catalog
If you’ve been looking for a good excuse to check out some new apps for your Palm webOS phone, here it is: Starting today (and for a limited time), nearly every app in the US Palm App Catalog and Palm web channel are available at half price. (A handful of exceptions are indicated at full price in
World Cup fever
Have you caught World Cup fever? Then take a look at these Palm webOS apps, built for all the World Cup 2010 fans out there: World Cup 2010 Follow the World Cup 2010 with all the results at your fingertips. Keep track of matches, kick-off times and group rankings. Filter all matches with your fav
webOS 1.4.5 Update Approaching
After the hullabaloo over the last major webOS release, February's v1.4, Palm has focused on smaller, less significant bugfix updates for WebOS, such as April's minor 1.4.1 and 1.4.1.1 updates. Now, a webOS 1.4.5 release is imminent for Sprint and Verizon networks. webOS 1.4.5 is reportedly smal
Palm Pixi Fares Poorly in SAR Rating Report
According to the latest "Get a Safer Phone List" published by the Environmental Working Group, Palm's Pixi on Sprint (no mention is made of the newer Pixi Plus on Verizon or AT&T) ties for the worst rating among smartphones (both current and legacy) alongside several BlackBerry models, Virgin Mobil
Aceeca PDA32 to Begin Pre-Production Soon
With the five-year anniversary approaching of the most recent Garnet-powered handhelds from Palm, the wait for Aceeca's PDA32 continues. The upcoming Garnet-based PDA32 has long passed its preliminary release date of April 10th and is now slated for release sometime this month, according to Tam Ha
Updated Garnet VM for Nokia N900
Access has quietly released a new version of their Palm OS Garnet Virtual Machine for maemo powered Nokia devices. Now up to version 6, Garnet VM Beta 6 1.05b (as it's formally titled) brings official support for Nokia's N900 smartphone. PIC had previously reported on an unofficial workaround back
Emblaze Else Headed to the Vapor-bin?
After a brief flurry of activity last fall, little has been heard (or seen) from Israel's Else Mobile (formerly Emblaze Mobile) and Japan's Access regarding the ALP OS-powered Edelweiss, Monolith, or First Else devices. January's CES did bring a few hands-on reports that generally offered praise f
HP Buys Into Linux Boosting Technologies
Phoenix Technologies Ltd. has announced a deal with HP to sell a number of its various Linux and desktop related technologies. The transaction will net HP a collection of software assets that help power and optimize Linux based systems. HP will pay $12 million in cash for Phoenix's assets related
HP Buys Into Linux Boosting Technologies
Phoenix Technologies Ltd. has announced a deal with HP to sell a number of its various Linux and desktop related technologies. The transaction will net HP a collection of software assets that help power and optimize Linux based systems. HP will pay $12 million in cash for Phoenix's assets related