December 22nd, 2009
Palm is all set to reveal the road ahead next month at CES where it is almost certain that Verizon will get the webOS officially and possibly some new Palm handsets might show its face at the mega technology showcase. Recently it was spotted that Verizon is training its staff for to prepare for Palm handsets however no particular info on what handset is coming to Verizon was revealed. While most gusses were for the Palm Pre and the Pixi (both currently selling exclusively on Sprint in US), internal inventory records at Verizon suggest otherwise. Intomobile reports a new name Palm Pre Plus is what Verizon’s internal records is revealing.
There is a dim chance that the original Pre would come with a new name on a new carrier after completing a whole year of existance at CES 2010. So what does the PLUS suggest? Your guess is as good as ours 
Categories: Tech Industry News, smartphones |
Tags: ces 2010, palm, palm pre plus, plus, pre, verizon plus, verizon pre plus, webos | 1 Comment
September 9th, 2009
While HTC has its Android-powered Tattoo taking on the smartphone market with the latest OS under the affordable ‘good enough tech’ category, Palm has announced the “Pixi”, which runs the WebOS, offering the ultimate in quality and yet aiming to cater to the lower segment of the market.
Just as rumored, the Palm Pixi (codenamed Eos) will go on sale before 2009 is out. The Pixi handset has a candybar design that features a full QWERTY keypad along with a ultra slim body. The device also features 8GB of memory, 2MP camera with flash, a 2.63″ (320×400) touchscreen and native apps for Facebook, LinkedIn and the like. The Pixi is real slim, at 0.43-inches (just for the record, the iPhone 3GS is at 0.48″) and also gives a 3.5″ stereo output.
My only complaint with the device is the lack of WiFi. On the other hand, the (more…)
Categories: First look, Launch Pad, smartphones |
Tags: eos, palm, palm pixi, pixi, pixie, pre successor, web os, webos | 6 Comments
August 13th, 2009
Joey Hess has broken down the internal coding of the Pre webOS to find out some shocking information. It seems that Pre sends some information about you to Palm on a daily basis. Palm is not only tracking your installed applications and their usage, but also your location using your GPS chip.
“The first thing sent is intended to be my GPS location. It’s the same location I get if I open the map app on the Pre. Not very accurate in this case, but I’ve seen it be accurate enough to find my house before.” writes Joey in his blog.
Now we believe if not with the application usage, most of you might be worried about Palm tracking your GPS location on a daily basis. But do you know that you actually allowed Palm to do that to you? Yes, the Palm’s terms and conditions and privacy policy are broad enough to cover such information gathering by Palm. The terms and conditions not only allows Palm to access this information, but also allows Palm and its partners to use this information to offer you (more…)
Categories: Tech Industry News |
Tags: palm, palm pre, palm pre tracking, pre, privacy, tracking, web os, webos | No Comments
May 25th, 2009
WebOS powered Palm EOS (code named Castle) might be hitting AT&T as soon as as 2nd half of 2009. The previously leaked specs seem to be very true and this would be a slim device with the traditional Centro / Treo form factor. Palm is on a roll here…
Via Engadget
Categories: Leaked / Spyshots, Tech Industry News |
Tags: eos, palm eos, palm leaked, webos | 1 Comment
April 30th, 2009
While we anxiously await the launch of the Palm Pre and the whole iPhone vs N97 vs Pre thing to get over, TechCrunch has something really exciting. As reported, Palm is working on a smaller / slimmer version of Palm Pre running the new webOS and would be launched later this year. The new device might drop the physical QWERTY and appeal to a completely new audience.
While the much rumored and leaked iPhone Nano didn’t happen, we feel that Palm Pre without a QWERTY is a good possibility to give it a more iPhone look and also reduce some weight. Excited anyone?
Categories: Tech Industry News, rumor |
Tags: iphone competition, palm, palm pre, pre, pre mini, webos | No Comments
February 12th, 2009
Palm CEO Ed Colligan has officilly confirmed that PalmOS is dead! Palm shall now focus on the new webOS that debuts with the Palm PRE. Windows Mobile is also in.
“We will transition to WebOS as our core operating system and will continue to support Windows Mobile products for the enterprise market. “
Ed also applied some ice to the Apple vs Palm situation and played down rumors of a upcoming legal battle between the two companies.
Palm had “no issues with Apple” patents and is “very respectful of other companies” patent portfolios,
Via Crunchgear / CultofMac
Categories: Apple, Tech Industry News |
Tags: Apple, apple vs palm, palm, palm os, palm pre, pre, webos | 1 Comment
