Palm Launches Online webOS SDK
Palm, maker of the popular Pre smartphone, has quietly released an one software development kit for us with webOS, the mobile operating system that power’s the manufacturer’s latest handsets.
Dubbed Ares, this powerful SDK is completely web-based, allowing webOS developers to create and manipulate applications for the Pre and Pixi smartphones. The interface is clean and [...]
Amazon Selling Discounted Palm Pre
The Palm Pre carried by American wireless carrier Sprint just saw another price drop with third-party retailers with several stores, including Amazon.com, significantly lowering the Pre’s price tag since the release of the Pixi.
The Pre, Palm’s new flagship smartphone sporting a sleek design, large touchscreen and slide-out QWERTY keyboard, has been dropped to only $79.99 [...]
Palm Adds iTune Syncing to webOS 1.2.1
Despite not including iTunes syncing in the webOS 1.2 update last Tuesday, Palm has released version 1.2.1 to include just that option today.
Functional with both the Palm Pre and the upcoming Palm Pixi, webOS 1.2.1 flies in the face of Apples efforts to eliminate media synchronization with iTunes 9.0.1 in offering that features, along with [...]
Palm Pre Sales Disappoint
After many months of hype followed by excellent reviews across the board, Palm is reporting that sales of its new flagship Pre device are much lower than originally anticipated. Palm shipped a total of 823,000 smartphones during its first quarter with an estimated 500,000 of those Pre devices. Those numbers are down sharply from both [...]
Palm Releases webOS 1.1.0
Palm has announced the release of webOS version 1.1.0, bring new features and functions to the popular Pre handset. Changes include updates to all major applications, improved support for Microsoft Exchange, more intuitive integration with web apps such as Google Contacts and social networking sites like Facebook and some big functionality updates to the built-in [...]
Palm Offers Synergy Details
In the wake of the hype surrounding the Pre, Palm has been releasing additional tidbits and today’s news offers new details on Synergy, the personal information system developed specifically for the new smartphone. Using the “cloud” concept, Synergy will have no central data sync point, allowing all fields to sync via major operating systems such [...]
Verizon Adds Treo 755p To Lineup
American wireless provider Verizon has just announced the new addition of the Palm Treo 755p to its lineup of smartphone devices; competitor Sprint has been offering the 755p for more than six months. The Treo 755p sports a 65k color TFT touchscreen with a resolution of 320×320 pixels, a full QWERTY keyboard and a wide [...]
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