Tag Archives: palm

Live fire in the coming Palm Pre flamewar

Posted on May 28, 2009 by Joel Johnson

The Boy Genius Report put their juvenile mitts on a Palm Pre. And while they’ve yet to put up a “full review”—they must need to make a trip to the exclamation mark shop—they blithely share just enough criticism to make … Continue reading →

A short chat with a programmer who is dabbling with the Palm webOS SDK

Posted on May 22, 2009 by Joel Johnson

Palmer Eldritch: btw, if the palm emulator is anything to go buy, this thing’s going to fucking rock Palmer Eldritch: that is, if the software works as well on the device as it does in emulation Joel Johnson: I presume … Continue reading →

Palm Pre to launch June 6

Posted on May 19, 2009 by Rob Beschizza

Does it have a prayer? Yes. [Cult of Mac]

Unofficial Palm Preview (I’m working the puns out of my system now)

Posted on April 27, 2009 by Joel Johnson

A person claiming to be a customer support person at Sprint has posted a lot of little trivia about the Palm Pre that at least sounds credible, although there’s nothing in particular that will blow your mind. Still, taken as … Continue reading →

Yes, Virginia, the Palm Pre will have tethering at launch

Posted on February 12, 2009 by John Brownlee

Another spike down the throat of Apple’s iPhone volleyball squadron by Team Palm Pre: at launch, their prospective iPhone-killer will feature data tethering over both Bluetooth and USB, without jailbreaking. If it’s so easy for Spring and Palm of all … Continue reading →

Palm CEO: PalmOS is dead, Pre App Store, International Carriers

Posted on February 11, 2009 by John Brownlee

Some great announcements burbled out of Palm CEO’s talks with investors about the upcoming Pre: • PalmOS is dead, which will certainly drive the lingering but eerily fervent PalmOS community to teeth-gnashing, but which is only practical in the era … Continue reading →

Unofficial dev camp for Palm Pre

Posted on February 10, 2009 by Joel Johnson

Giovanni Gallucci writes: We’re launching a grassroots, world-wide event called preDevCamp, a week after the launch of the Palm pre. We plan to bring mobile and web developers together for a day of webOS application building, networking and fun. This … Continue reading →

RIM CEO: Buggy OSes “new reality” of smartphones.

Posted on January 26, 2009 by John Brownlee

A lot went wrong for Blackberry when they rushed their touchscreen Storm handset to market. Despite selling 500,000 units in its first month of release, it shipped with an operating system that held together less like a mature operating system … Continue reading →

Palm adjusts self, double deuces Apple for veiled lawsuit threats

Posted on January 23, 2009 by John Brownlee

There was a little confusion yesterday about Tim Cook’s remarks about pursuing lawsuits against competitors who rip off Apple’s IP. Based on the question being responded to, it seemed pretty obvious Apple was specifically warning Palm about their upcoming multi-touch … Continue reading →

Apple to Palm: You’re So Sued. Maybe.

Posted on January 22, 2009 by John Brownlee

Asked during yesterday’s sales call about Apple’s plans to deal with the competitors to the iPhone like Android and the Palm Pre, Chief Operating Officer Tim Cook’s voice took on a dangerous edge, like a rusty razor drawn suddenly across … Continue reading →