Archive for July, 2010
Remember the 6Ts
Yesterday all my troubles seemed so far away. Now I need someone to...stand by me. Excuse the golden oldies, but my mental soundtrack is plugged into the sixties today. It's all because we've just kicked off a helpful troubleshooting tool we call the 6Ts (as in six troubleshooting tips, all
Hot fun in the summertime
Hot off the presses: Check out the latest edition of Palm’s Featured Apps app. There are some new categories like “Card Games” and ”Food and Dining,” and some hot new titles in the “Travel” category. And speaking of hot apps, congratulations to all the winners of Palm’s $1 millio
HP Offers $50 Gift Cards with Palm Purchases
Earlier this month we discussed the addition of the full line of Palm's WebOS-based smartphones to HP's Wireless Central online phone store. Now HP has sweetened the offer even further by adding a free $50 gift card to the HP Home & Home Office Store with any of the "free" AT&T webOS smartphones w
Bradley: webOS is Our Exclusive Smartphone OS
In a rather surprising move today, HP's Todd Bradley told CNBC that HP was using webOS for all of its smartphones going forward. This leaves the current crop of Windows Mobile 6.x-powered iPaq smartphones and PDAs as HP's final Windows-based phone products. Additionally, Mr. Bradley shot down
webOS 2 Plans Plus Future Palm Form Factors
Thursday was one of the most news-worthy days thus far in the post-acquisition HP/Palm world. Taking the stage at the Fortune Magazine Brainstorm tech conference in Aspen, Colorado, Todd Bradley of HP and Jon Rubinstein of Palm discussed all things WebOS. Most significantly, Rubinstein made the fir
Easy does it
One of the things customers love about webOS is how easy it is to use. Sometimes even easier than they realize: “How do I set up speed dials for my favorite contacts?” Open the contact, pull down the menu and select “Set Speed Dial.” Tap the phone number you’d like to assign to a letter
PDA32 Option Modules Not Modular
Bit by bit, day by day, we are learning more details about Aceeca's new PDA32 Palm OS Garnet OS handheld. Today's tip comes courtesey of Aceeca's CEO ALex Topschij via Tam's Palm. After the recent revelation of availability and pricing of the full line of PDA32 optional modules, some users may
PDA32 Option Modules Priced
Via his TamsPalm site, Tam Hanna has just chimed in with some brief but noteworthy pricing news for prospective Aceeca PDA32 purchasers. For the first time that I'm aware of, this is the first time that a Palm OS-based device with any sort of mainstream appeal is being offered in custom configura
Aceeca PDA32 Now Available for Purchase
Aceeca has quietly updated their website with a number of details regarding their PDA32 Palm OS Garnet handheld. The unit is now available for purchase from Aceeca's online store, with delivery promised for August (see FAQ after the break). Aceeca promises "Long Term Availability" on their site,
Kinoma Ceasing Sales of Palm OS Player
One of the longest-serving Palm OS media apps is finally reaching the end of the road. Kinoma has just announced that effective August 1st, 2010, all sales will cease for the Palm OS version of Kinoma Player 4 EX. According to Kinoma, official support including security fixes will last until Octo