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WebOS SDK 1.3.1 Now Available for Download

Mobile phone maker Palm released only a few days ago a new version of its webOS platform that runs on Palm Pre and Palm Pixi. Now it has also announced the availability of a new Mojo Software Development Kit update, namely webOS SDK 1.3.1. Most of you might be already accustomed with Palm releasing an updated SDK so...

16 November 2009
05:23 GMT

Sprint Puts Palm Pixi on Sale

Wireless carrier Sprint has just made available for purchase the second mobile phone from Palm that comes to the market with the handset vendor's webOS operating system. Announced quite a while ago, the Palm Pixi is now available for purchase from Srint with the price tag of $99.99 upon the signing of a two-yea...

16 November 2009
02:56 GMT

Palm Pre Goes to Mexico via Telcel

Sunyvale-based mobile phone maker Palm, Inc. and wireless carrier Telcel announced on Thursday the upcoming launch of the Palm Pre smartphone in Mexico. According to the duo, starting with November 27, mobile phone users in the country will be able to enjoy the capabilities of the first Palm webOS-based handset, whi...

13 November 2009
13:01 GMT

Palm Pixi Priced at $30 at Walmart

Palm Pixi, the second mobile phone Palm delivers to the market with its webOS platform on board, will become available for purchase on Sprint's network as soon as November 15 is here. The carrier already announced the launch date and the pricing of the handset, and most of you might already know that it will hav...

13 November 2009
09:33 GMT

Flash 10.1 Comes to Mobile Devices in 1H2010

Adobe has already announced plans to deliver its Flash player to mobile phones, and it seems to be on track to have it available on a final flavor sometime in the first half of the next year. The company says on its website that Flash 10.1 will be here during that window, and that will apply at least to handsets runn...

12 November 2009
04:39 GMT

Palm Pixi Available on Sprint Starting with November 15

Sprint has announced today that Palm Pixi, the second mobile phone powered by Palm's webOS platform, will become available for purchase for its subscribers starting with November 15, 2009. According to the company, the new handset will be priced at $99.99 upon the signing of a two-year service agreement and afte...

26 October 2009
10:25 GMT

Latest Additions to Palm's App Catalog

Sunnyvale mobile phone maker Palm seems determined to offer as many applications as possible to users of a Palm Pre, its available mobile phone that runs under the newly released webOS operating system. Although the number of software solutions available on the company's App Catalog was a reduced one at launch, ...

17 October 2009
05:49 GMT

Palm Pre Available for Free from O2 UK

The high-end webOS-powered Palm Pre smartphone is now available for purchase in the UK via wireless carrier O2. As announced before, O2 has launched the new device on its airwaves for free for those who would opt for a 24-month contract agreement on a £34.26 per month plan, yet users can also opt for an 18-mont...

16 October 2009
10:54 GMT

Palm Pre II Shows Up on O2's Website

Sunnyvale-based mobile phone maker Palm launched only a few months ago its first handset powered by the new webOS platform, the Palm Pre, a smartphone that is expected to become available for purchase in the UK via O2 starting with October 16, only four days from now. Strangely enough though, a recent shot of O2'...

12 October 2009
03:32 GMT

GSM Palm Pre and Pixi Pose for the Camera

Sunnyvale-based mobile phone maker Palm has recently announced that it will deliver to the market a second device powered by its new webOS platform, namely the Palm Pixi, which follows only a few months the high-end Palm Pre smartphone currently available for purchase in the US via Sprint and which should soon come t...

7 October 2009
05:37 GMT

Paid Apps Now Available on Palm's App Catalog

Starting with Monday, October 5, 2009, the owners of a Palm Pre mobile phone have the opportunity to purchase applications from the Palm App Catalog. Announced a few days ago, and rumored for the past few weeks, the new functionality has been finally made available, though with some minor problems at the beginning, i...

6 October 2009
05:13 GMT

Palm to Ignite webOS Developer Program Come December

Sunnyvale-based mobile phone maker Palm has announced today that it plans on opening the doors for its Palm webOS developer program as soon as December 2009. According to the company, its program is meant to offer developers choices to deliver their apps to the market, while also providing them with the possibility t...

6 October 2009
02:58 GMT

Palm Again Removes iTunes Restrictions via webOS Update (1.2.1)

Palm tricks iTunes into “seeing” the Pre as an Apple iPod by using devices and product numbers reserved for Apple’s hardware, Macworld reveals in a post. Initially blocked by Apple, the ability to sync a Palm device with Apple’s iTunes has been re-enabled with webOS 1.2.1, an update issued las...

5 October 2009
08:55 GMT

Adobe's Flash Player Caught on Video on Palm Pre

Adobe has announced earlier today that its Flash Player 10.1 is set to soon become available on a variety of mobile phones, including Windows Mobile and webOS-based ones, which will see it during the ongoing year, or Symbian and Android, on which the solution is set to come in early 2010. Following Adobe's annou...

5 October 2009
08:19 GMT

webOS Mojo SDK v1.2 Available for Download

Palm might have delayed the release of webOS 1.2.0 firmware update for the Palm Pre for about two weeks, yet, as soon as the new OS flavor was out, the mobile phone maker also unleashed the Mojo SDK v1.2 for the platform, as well as a new version of its webOS Doctor, the software solution that helps users to restore ...

29 September 2009
06:23 GMT

Palm Pre Available for $99.99 on Amazon

Palm's first mobile phone to run under the recently launched webOS platform is now available for purchase on Amazon at a price far lower that the one it sported when first available on the market: $99.99 upon the signing of a two-year contract agreement with wireless carrier Sprint, and with no mail-in rebates i...

25 September 2009
09:36 GMT

Palm Flooded with App Catalog Additions

Palm's webOS mobile platform has been around for a few months now, ever since Palm Pre, the first handset to run under it, reached the market on Sprint's airwaves, and it seems that it has become the platform of choice for a wide range of application developers out there. So many of them have submitted thei...

24 September 2009
10:03 GMT

Get Palm Pre from O2 Come October 16

Wireless carrier O2 has announced today that Palm Pre, the first mobile phone that comes to the market running under Palm's webOS platform, will be available for purchase on its airwaves starting with October 16, 2009. The new handset will be put on sale directly via O2, as well as through the Carphone Warehouse...

24 September 2009
03:39 GMT

Palm Says Bye Bye to Windows Mobile

Mobile phone maker Palm has announced recently that it plans on focusing solely on the development of new handsets that are based on its newly launched webOS mobile platform. The operating system, which is currently present on the market only on the company's Palm Pre smartphone, is considered both intuitive and...

18 September 2009
06:33 GMT

Palm Pre Available for Pre-Order in the UK

Sunnyvale-based mobile phone maker Palm announced a while ago that its webOS powered Pre, already available in the US via wireless carrier Sprint, would soon come to the UK market via O2's airwaves, yet no exact launch date has been unveiled. However, it might not be too long before the UK operator releases the ...

16 September 2009
09:40 GMT

Palm App Catalog Sees Forbes.com Application

Forbes.com announced on Monday the launch of a new application meant for the users of the Palm Pre handset running under Palm's webOS platform. The new software solution is available for the owners of a Pre at the App Catalog and provides them with access to the latest news, analysis, opinions and stock market u...

15 September 2009
03:31 GMT

10 New Applications in the App Catalog

Palm's App Catalog has just seen the addition of ten new applications developed for the new webOS platform and the Palm Pre device. One of the greatest additions to the software portal is a full-fledged Google Voice application, called GDial Pro, which delivers about the same functionality as the already known P...

11 September 2009
04:43 GMT

Palm Pixi Comes to Sprint, Pre Costs $149.99

Sunnyvale-based phone maker Palm announced on Tuesday yet another mobile phone powered by its newly released WebOS platform, the Palm Pixi. Following the already popular Palm Pre handset, the Palm Pixi is set to deliver fast and intuitive communication to users, as well as a customizable design. According to Palm, th...

9 September 2009
02:38 GMT

Palm Pre's Price to Be Lowered to $149.99

Palm's latest mobile phone, the Palm Pre, is available in the United States only on the airwaves of wireless carrier Sprint, and through this company's partners, and features at the moment a price tag of $199.99 upon the signing of a two-year contract agreement with the operator. While this price doesn'...

7 September 2009
04:07 GMT

Palm Pre Sees Three New Apps

Palm Pre mobile phone users have another reason to rejoice, as three new applications have been recently added to the App Catalog, the application portal that includes software solutions developed for the operating system running on their handsets, the Palm webOS. While the list of apps available at the moment for th...

15 August 2009
05:46 GMT

Palm Opens webOS Game Developer Cafe

Sunnyvale-based mobile phone maker Palm has announced on Friday the launch of yet another solution to help developers come up with games for its newly released webOS platform, namely the webOS Game Developer Cafe. Designed as a developer forum, the new utility offers those interested in developing games for the opera...

15 August 2009
03:43 GMT

Palm's preDevCamp to Kick Off on Saturday

Sunnyvale, California-based mobile phone maker Palm is working hard on attracting developers towards the recently launched webOS mobile platform that runs on the company's Palm Pre smartphone. Thus, the latest post on the Palm Developer Network Blog announces that its preDevCamp will open its gates as soon as th...

3 August 2009
09:53 GMT

New Apps Available for Palm's webOS

Palm Pre mobile phone owners have now a reason to rejoice, as two more applications for the handset's webOS have been added to the App Catalog. The first of them is OpenTable, which enables users to make restaurant reservations at nearby places, while the second one is Fliq Bookmarks, a utility that comes from M...

29 July 2009
11:18 GMT

Palm Releases Mojo SDK v1.1 Build 12

Sunnyvale-based mobile phone maker Palm has just released a new version of its SDK for the webOS operating system that is currently running on the company's Palm Pre mobile phone available on the airwaves of wireless carrier Sprint. The improvements that the new Mojo SDK v1.1 Build 12 brings forth are mainly aim...

27 July 2009
04:42 GMT

Palm Pre to See Low Return Rates

According to the latest news on the Internet, the Palm Pre does not register so high return rates as previously rumored. The Street suggests that a number of around 350,000 Pres were sold during the first 7 weeks of availability, and that the return rates for the device are somewhere in the 2-3 percent area, and not ...

25 July 2009
03:15 GMT

Palm Unleashes webOS 1.1

Sunnyvale-based mobile phone maker Palm has unveiled to the world the 1.1 version of its webOS operating system, which runs on the newly launched Palm Pre. Expected to drop on July 22, the new flavor of the platform arrived one day later, but the improvements and new features that it includes are meant to make the ow...

24 July 2009
02:21 GMT

Palm Hints at Future Products with Job Posting

Sunnyvale-based mobile phone maker Palm is getting ready to enhance the user experience on its recently launched high-end Palm Pre with the development of new applications and games for the handset's platform, the webOS. After making the Mojo SDK accessible to all developers around the world, the company has als...

22 July 2009
12:34 GMT

Mojo SDK Available for Everyone, Palm Says

Sunnyvale-based mobile phone maker Palm has finally released the Mojo Software Development Kit for all those willing to come up with applications for its new webOS mobile platform. After a few months during which only a small number of developers had access to the program, now the webOSdev site is open for everyone. ...

17 July 2009
06:16 GMT

Palm's App Catalog Includes Appealing Content

Sunnyvale-based mobile phone maker Palm launched on June 6, together with Sprint, the US wireless carrier, a new mobile phone, the Palm Pre, along with an application store for the device, the App Catalog. The number of applications that are available through the portal is a rather small one, yet it seems that the st...

14 July 2009
03:53 GMT

Palm's webOS Sees More Homebrew Apps than Official Ones

Sunnyvale-based mobile phone maker Palm needs to step on the gas a little with the development of applications for its newly launched Palm Pre device. Given the fact that the company has allowed only a small number of developers to access the Mojo SDK for the handset's webOS platform, it seems that the number of...

11 July 2009
03:58 GMT

Palm Pre Sold in 300k Units, Analyst Says

The highly anticipated Palm Pre was released into the wild about three and a half weeks ago, and previous reports pointed towards a number of around 150,000 units being sold. Although the number seems rather impressive in a way, given the fact that the device comes from a company that barely breathes and knowing that...

30 June 2009
11:04 GMT

Palm Releases webOS Update 1.0.4

Sunnyvale-based mobile phone maker Palm released into the wild its latest handset, the Palm Pre, only a little more than three weeks ago, yet it already made available the first firmware updates for the device. While one of them, webOS 1.0.2, was released before the handset came to the market, the company launched th...

30 June 2009
03:37 GMT

Palm's Mojo SDK Already Leaked, Screenshots Available

We reported earlier that Palm recently announced that the early access program for developers willing to create applications for the new webOS platform shipping with the company's Palm Pre had been extended and that new developers had been invited to the community. Now, only a few days later, the Mojo SDK has al...

29 June 2009
06:16 GMT

Palm Adds New Members to Its Developer Network

Sunnyvale-based mobile phone maker Palm announced recently that it planned to speed up the process of making the SDK for its new webOS platform available for the general public, so that more developers would have the opportunity to come up with applications for the operating system. The company also announced that th...

29 June 2009
02:46 GMT

Palm Pre Sees Hundreds of Apps at Classic App Store

MobiHand, Inc. and MotionApps announced on Wednesday the release of the first only store that would offer a wide range of Palm OS apps that users are enabled to employ on the newly launched Palm pre through the MotionApps Classic Palm OS emulator, namely the MobiHand Classic App Store. The fresh software portal comes...

25 June 2009
06:06 GMT

App Catalog Downloads: 800,000 and Counting

Sunnyvale-based mobile phone maker Palm, the developer of Palm Pre and its webOS platform, also released into the wild a software portal for the new operating system, the App Catalog, which kicked off with only 18 applications available at launch. In the meantime, a few more have been added, and the number of apps no...

22 June 2009
09:27 GMT

Palm Announces the Launch of Its Open Source Portal

Sunnyvale-based mobile phone maker Palm recently announced the launch of its open source portal, which is meant to offer developers a helpful hand in their attempts to deliver applications for the newly released webOS platform available with the company's Palm Pre handset. According to Palm, the new portal shoul...

22 June 2009
05:20 GMT

webOS SDK Before the End of Summer, Palm Says

Sunnyvale-based Palm, the mobile phone maker that recently released into the wild the Palm Pre high-end mobile phone, announced on Friday that the SDK for the handset's webOS was expected to become available before the end of summer. At the same time, the company also said that the Mojo SDK early access program ...

20 June 2009
04:45 GMT

Palm Pre Sees WebOS 1.0.3 Update

The high-end Palm Pre smartphone has been available on the market for a short period of time, only two weeks now, yet it seems that Palm has already released the first firmware upgrade for the device. If we were to count the WebOS 1.0.2 update, which came into the wild before the handset's launch, this would be ...

20 June 2009
03:30 GMT

Palm Pre to Hit Bell Canada in June

According to the latest news on the Internet, the newly launched Palm Pre high-end mobile phone is expected to become available for purchase in Canada via Bell as soon as this month. It seems that a Bell customer service representative said in a recent conversation that the handset was expected to come to the carrier...

15 June 2009
03:41 GMT

Handcase Presents 60 Apps for webOS

Handcase, the Brazilian company that provides software solutions for the Palm platform, announced recently that it would present the first 60 applications for the newly launched webOS platform on the Palm Pre, out of a total of 100 it had promised. While at the moment the company is showcasing only the beta versions ...

11 June 2009
03:00 GMT

Pre's webOS ROM Already Cracked

It seems that, as soon as the webOS root image made it into the wild, some people on the web already jumped on it and cracked it open. The 195 MB webOS root comes with the “webOS Reset Doctor,” which is a tool that has the purpose of reflashing broken Pres. According to the guys at PreCentral, one of the ...

10 June 2009
12:31 GMT

Palm Pre's webOS Might Change the Smartphone Market

Sprint launched on Saturday Palm's latest smartphone, the Palm Pre, which was named long time before its launch and iPhone killer. Given the fact that people lined up rapidly two days ago to get a Pre, we learn that the phone was rapidly sold out and that some of the carrier's stores won't be getting n...

8 June 2009
06:45 GMT

Palm Eos Expected to Come in 2H09 via AT&T

It seems that the rumored Palm Eos mobile phone, the second handset coming from the carrier featuring the brand new webOS, is starting to take shape, in the form of a Centro successor that should be launched on the market sometime in the second half of the ongoing year via AT&T, as some newly leaked slides from the c...

26 May 2009
07:01 GMT

More Details on Palm Pre's Applications

It seems that the high-end Palm Pre mobile phone is ready to make a wide range of users rejoice as soon as it becomes available for purchase with Sprint, not only due to the more-than-attractive features that we have already learned it packs inside, but also due to a variety of applications that it should support eit...

26 May 2009
03:01 GMT


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