Smartphone makers Research in Motion (RIM) and Palm both shared quarterly financial results today, with a very different picture emerging of each companies’ performance. RIM is continuing to ride the consumer BlackBerry train, reporting quarterly profit of $628.4 million, or $1.10 per share. This compared … Read More »
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It is Thursday and that means it’s time for another Palm Press. Palm Press is our weekly look at the world of Palm. Pre owners are all atwitter with news that the Palm Pre was one of the top trends on Twitter for 2009. The … Read More »
As I was using my iPhone 3GS last night, I saw an update in the iTunes App Store for the e-book software called Shortcovers. I noticed the app went through a name change to Kobo, which had me scratching my head in thought. Why … Read More »
VOXOFON, a company based in my hometown of Houston, has released its app for the Palm Pre. The app accesses the company’s service that provides low-cost international calling. In addition to the cheap phone calls, VOXOFON users can also place calls to Skype, Google Talk … Read More »
Admittedly, I haven’t used Google Maps on my Palm Pre in a long while, so it’s difficult to see what might be new. PreCentral reports that Google quietly updated the Maps application for webOS, however. The software does appear to render much faster to … Read More »
These days it’s not unreasonable to see a Sprint phone later appear on Verizon — or vice versa, depending on the case. After all, both carriers use the CDMA network, so there’s no major reworking of a handset’s innards. But in the case of the … Read More »
I know that there are many happy Palm Pre owners out there — and for good reason. The webOS is innovative, offers a solid browser and is a multitasking champ. But as I said just over a month ago, the Pre isn’t quite meeting … Read More »
It is Thursday and that means it’s time for another Palm Press. Palm Press is our weekly look at the world of Palm. Last week I reported the App Catalog was up to 525 apps, and today it’s already at a “whopping” 636. That’s a 20 … Read More »
It is Thursday and that means it’s time for another Palm Press. Palm Press is our weekly look at the world of Palm. Pixi owners are smiling these days as Palm has already pushed out a webOS update to them. Version 1.3.2 doesn’t change very … Read More »
The appearance of apps for the Palm Pre has slowed down, to the point that Kevin put his Pre on notice. An app just updated today deserves some attention as it does something that rocks my world. I am a big customer of eReader, I … Read More »
Now that Apple has once again broken the Palm Pre’s ability to sync with iTunes as expected, folks are looking for options. I’m still cool with placing the phone in USB Mode and using drag-and-drop methods to move music, but not everyone wants a manual … Read More »
It is Thursday and that means it’s time for another Palm Press. Palm Press is our weekly look at the world of Palm. Some Pre owners have discovered the hard way that a bug in Palm’s profile backup service leaves them short some data. It … Read More »