Archive for November, 2010
Pre 2 Now Available Unlocked in Europe
Shortly after we posted yesterday's news item on the unlocked Pre 2's availability in the UK comes its appearance on the European Palm webstore for several other countries such as Germany, France, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain and Russia. Nit-picky German Palm fans should note that the Ge
Palm Pre 2 Has Native CPU Scaling
One of the most severe complaints lodged against the Pal Pre and Pre Plus to date has been weak battery life. By utilizing the same legacy 1150mAh battery design as seen in the Palm Centro and 800w across the full Pixi, Pre, and now Pre 2 lines, Palm has had to resort to OS and hardware tweaks in
Do you know where you’re going?
Sorry you folks in Chicago and Buffalo and Boston, but November is perfect hiking weather in northern California -- sunny and cool (think your late September). So some friends and I scheduled a hike for the weekend. We agreed to meet at 9 a.m. at the HQ of Big Basin Redwoods State Park. I’ve hear
Aceeca Working on Ruggedized Palm OS Tablet
While most fans have postulated that the end of the road for new Palm OS hardware is the recently-launched Aceeca PDA32 handheld, a series of posts in the company's official PDA32 support forums has revealed that Aceeca is working on a potential ruggedized Palm OS tablet device. In the words of
PC Mags Dan Costa on Moving from WebOS to Android
PC Magazine's Dan Costa, previously a proud proponent of the Palm Pre and WebOS, has written two related new articles on why he is dumping his Pre in favor a device on the rapidly moving but fractured Android landscape: "Why I'm Dropping My Palm Pre" and "Why I Picked Up the Samsung Epic 4G with A
Rubinstein and Bradley Presenting at Web 2.0 Summit
In what may be the biggest stage for some new WebOS news prior to January's CES event, Todd Bradley and Jon Rubsintein of HP/ Palm presenting together later today (Nov. 16) at the Web 2.0 summit in San Francisco under the banner of "A Conversation with HP". While no specific agenda or topics ha
Unlocked GSM Palm Pre 2 Now Available in the UK
While no UK carrier has announced plans to offer the new Palm Pre 2 in an official, supported, and subsidized form, WebOS fans in the UK can at least get some consolation in that the HP's European Palm webstore is now selling unlocked GSM Pre 2 devices. The SIM-free Pre 2 for 399.00 and "unlocke
Sprint Palm Pre Officially EOL’d
While we discussed the original Palm Pre's disappearance from Sprint's web store last week, as of that writing the device was still technically an active model with a bit of inventory presumably remaining in the channel. Now courtesy of an anonymous tipster to Precentral.net, we have confirmation
WebOS Evangelist Rahul Sood Leaving HP
In yet another blow to the synergy of the combined HP/Palm/WebOS efforts, CTO of Global Gaming and Advanced Computing Rahul Sood announced today via his personal blog that he is leaving HP effective December 1st. Sood, still best known as the founder of boutique gaming rig builder Voodoo PC pr
Graffiti for Android Updated for November
Access Co. continues its near-monthly march of updates to the Graffiti app for Android OS devices. With this morning's new build, the app is now up to version number 2.0.5. While it remains a free download from the Google Market, Access has unfortunately (though unsurprisingly given the free nat