The Palm Pre is new, so I am still learning tips and tricks about using it. I spend a fair bit of time combing through online user forums for those tidbits of useful information. I stumbled across a real gem this weekend that I … Read More »
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I have to admit that I didn’t know what to think when news appeared today that Best Buy was running a promotion for the Palm Pre for just $99.99. The Pre has been a rock-solid $199.99 since its release just a few weeks ago, and … Read More »
Palm pushed a highly anticipated webOS update for the Pre last night. It was past my bedtime when the update hit, but I happened to be up late chatting on the Bad Hair Day podcast with Dave Winer, Marshall Kirkpatrick and … Read More »
We knew we were in for a battle royale between Palm and Apple over the iTunes syncing built into the Pre. First Palm figured out a way to build iTunes syncing right into the Pre, by making iTunes think it was an iPod. Then Apple … Read More »
A common complaint about the Palm Pre is the short battery life. The Pre is so thin and small, there just isn’t room for a battery bigger than the little one Palm included. The folks at accessory maker Seidio understand this, so they have produced an … Read More »
The Google Calendar display problem I experienced on my Palm Pre gave me fits, but I found a fix that worked well: I had palm.com remotely wipe and rebuild my Pre from my Palm Profile, which restored my calendar events. Once my calendar events were back … Read More »
I am working away in the beautiful hills near Carmel, Calif., and it’s a wonderful day. I need to get ready for a meeting that is starting in…oh dear, I just looked at my Palm Pre and didn’t see any calendar entries. I have many calendar … Read More »
Well, it didn’t take me long to jump on the Mojo SDK for webOS. I have the Palm Pre emulator running along just fine on my Mac. I used to do quite a bit of HTML and CSS behind the scenes for our site … Read More »
The Palm Pre is sadly in need of some apps in the App Catalog — that’s something on which we can all agree. The lack of available apps was no doubt due to the lack of the Mojo SDK from Palm. Developers need the official tools … Read More »
The news that Apple blocked the ability for Palm Pre owners to sync their phone with iTunes came as no surprise. Apple had warned Pre owners that the ability to sync the phone with iTunes might go away, and the very next iTunes update did … Read More »
So the great experiment is over. What used to work with the Palm Pre no longer does, as the result of Apple’s new iTunes 8.2.1 software. I’m talking about the ability to synchronize DRM-free iTunes music with the Pre handset. It was fun while it … Read More »
The Palm Pre is one of the coolest phones when paired with the Touchstone charger. This charger feeds the Pre’s battery wirelessly just by popping the Pre onto the Touchstone. The wireless charging feature requires a special back on the phone (included with the charger) that … Read More »
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