Tag Archive | "Palm Pre"
Report: Verizon isn’t planning to sell the Palm Pre
Citing sources “close to the discussions”, TheStreet is reporting that Verizon has done an about face and is no longer planning on selling the Palm Pre on their network. The move would be a dramatic setback for the up-from-the-ashes Palm story. The company desperately needs to secure more telco partners to sell its flagship phone. [...]
Continue reading...USB Forum comes down hard on Palm for spoofing Apple’s USB vendor ID re: iTunes syncing
Wednesday, September 23, 2009
The cat and mouse game over the Palm Pre’s ability to sync with iTunes may soon be coming to an end. Just a few weeks ago, Apple released an iTunes update which prevented the Pre from syncing up with iTunes. Shortly thereafter, Palm answered with an update of its own with the release of webOS [...]
Continue reading...iTunes 9 breaks Palm Pre syncing
Wednesday, September 9, 2009
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Steve Jobs unveiled iTunes 9 today, and according to a report from PreCentral, it breaks, yet again, the ability of the Palm Pre to sync up with Apple media manager. This past July, an iTunes update accomplished a similar objective, but Palm was quick to fire back with a software update of its own to [...]
Continue reading...Palm Pre sales slumping?
Wednesday, September 2, 2009
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Barrons reports: Town Hall Investment Research analyst David Eller asserted in a research note this morning that sales of the Pre “are continuing to slow,” and “likely will come in dramatically below” Sprint’s reputed target of 1 million to 1.5 million customers for the year. Eller now sees the company selling 416,000 units in the [...]
Continue reading...Report: Steve Jobs asked Palm not to hire Apple engineers
Thursday, August 20, 2009
In the wake of a U.S Justice Department investigation into questionable hiring practices at tech companies, it’s come to light that in August 2007, Apple asked Palm not hire any of its employees. According to former Palm CEO Ed Colligan, who once mocked Apple’s entry into the smartphone market, he and Jobs held talks in [...]
Continue reading...Palm sends cease and desist letter to developer of webOS theme for Android
Tuesday, August 18, 2009
Palm recenlty sent a cease and desist letter to the developer of a webOS theme for Android. Palm argues, correctly, that it needs to protect the use of its trademark or run the risk of potentially losing it. According to trademark law, if you let people use, copy, adjust your trademark and don’t cause a [...]
Continue reading...Palm Pre sends user info, including location, back to Palm on a daily basis
Friday, August 14, 2009
It came to light this week that the Palm Pre sends an array of user information back to Palm HQ on a daily basis. Specifically, Palm Pre users send the following information back to the mothership every 24 hours. 1) Installed Apps 2) Crash Logs 3) User Location (via GPS) 4) And finally, a list [...]
Continue reading...Palm Pre ad criticized for being too creepy
Tuesday, August 4, 2009
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For the great job the Palm did in copying features of the iPhone for its Palm Pre, it hasn’t been nearly as successful at replicating Apple’s advertising prowess. Palm recently released a commercial for the Pre that has been criticized for being creepy. AdAge describes it thusly: The campaign features actress Tamara Hope speaking directly [...]
Continue reading...How the latest Palm Pre update syncs with iTunes
Monday, August 3, 2009
A few weeks ago, Apple released an iTunes update which prevented the Palm Pre from syncing up with iTunes. Shortly thereafter, Palm responded with an update of its own with the release of webOS 1.1, an update which re-enabled the ability of the Pre to sync up with and transfer media files from iTunes. In [...]
Continue reading...New Palm Pre webOS update re-enables syncing with iTunes
Thursday, July 23, 2009
Last week, Apple released iTunes update 8.2.1 which prevented the Palm Pre from syncing up with iTunes. Earlier today, Palm responded with an update of its own with the release of webOS 1.1, an update which, among other things, re-enables the ability of the Pre to sync up with and transfer media files from iTunes. [...]
Continue reading...As original iPhone contracts expire, users aren’t migrating to the Palm Pre
Wednesday, July 22, 2009
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At Apple’s earnings conference call yesterday, Apple COO Tim Cook said that Apple was having a difficult time keeping up with demand for the new iPhone 3GS. With that in mind, I wonder what Palm investor Roger McNamee thinks about Apple’s latest earnings report. In early March of this year, McNamee went on the record [...]
Continue reading...The Palm Pre SDK just can’t compete with the iPhone
Friday, July 17, 2009
Yesterday, Palm finally made the Palm Pre SDK available for all interested app developers. While Palm’s current app store selection is limited to a paltry 28 apps, the wider release of its Mojo SDK is expected to increase that number significantly. Palm Pre development is based on common web technologies such as HTML, JavaScript, and [...]
Continue reading...Apple finally breaks ability of the Palm Pre to sync up with iTunes
Wednesday, July 15, 2009
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It was reported shortly before the Palm Pre release that Pre users would be able to sync up their devices to iTunes to transfer media content. Now, a little over a month later, Apple has finally tweaked iTunes to preclude the Pre from syncing up. Earlier today, Apple released iTunes update 8.2.1, which according to [...]
Continue reading...Are Pre owners complaining about no on-screen keyboard?
Thursday, July 9, 2009
Citing a study by Strategy Analytics, Electronista is reporting that a good number of Pre owners are complaining about the complete lack of an onscreen keyboard. While many of the respondents who purchased a Pre did so precisely because of its pull-out QWERTY keyboard, the study notes, Although users liked having a physical QWERTY keyboard, [...]
Continue reading...Ars looks at the Palm Pre as a travel companion, and isn’t impressed
Tuesday, July 7, 2009
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ArsTechnica recently reviewed the Palm Pre from the vantage point of a traveler and it turns out the Pre just isn’t up to snuff. Palm’s new phone is great for keeping you connected while on the road, but you can’t do cloud messaging when you’re physically in the clouds. You also can’t play games, because [...]
Continue reading...Comparing “Copy and Paste” on the iPhone and the Palm Pre
Thursday, July 2, 2009
Apple took a notoriously long time to implement ‘copy and paste’ onto the iPhone, with many pundits shouting that it should have been included from the get go. Apple, in response, has stated that it was looking for the most suitable implementation, and wanted to wait until it could do it right before introducing it [...]
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Thursday, September 24, 2009
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