Hello Kitty — Palm Pre Says Snow Leopard Is on the Truck

Yesterday, I mentioned that I use gDial Pro every day on my Palm Pre. That’s the third-party Google Voice app that has actually replaced the standard phone app on my Pre’s menu bar. Another app I use all the time — well, when I order things or get evaluation devices — is PrePackage. As soon as I get an email confirmation with a tracking number, I cut and paste the number into PrePackage.

I did that with Apple’s Snow Leopard and you can see that it’s now on the truck for delivery. My Pre notifies me each time a package moves from place to place or changes status and I don’t even need to have PrePackage actively running. The application leverages the Pre’s notification system and I get little pop-ups for each status update of my package. In fact, we were just talking about Snow Leopard on our podcast this morning and sure enough, PrePackage gave a notification as if we planned it that way. Talk about timing!

As far as Snow Leopard goes, Matt, James and I all pre-ordered the upgrade for $29. Based on the early reviews and videos, it looks like Apple has offered better performance for older hardware. I don’t think it can continue to do that because they’re now generally switched over to Intel processors and 64-bit support, but I’ll take what I can get while I can get it. Oh and Matt’s a little jealous that James and I can track packages with notifications — he sent us a tracking number for his most recent purchase so our Pre handsets can track the packages for him! ;)

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