What I Hope to See from HP on February 9

I was thinking over the weekend about my future gadget plans, and discovered that it’s actually a bit premature to start making any decisions (a “duh” moment if ever there was one). That internal discussion led me to start pondering what I want from technology in general over the next year or so, and how that plays into any plans I might make as to actual monies to be spent. My conclusion: my needs are...

Apps Still Unavailable on webOS

webOS doesn’t need any salt rubbed in any wounds, really, but I was going over the archives of this site and ran across a post I’d made about some apps that folks were looking for and that aren’t yet available for webOS. The post was originally written on February 23, 2010. Here’s the list I’d created then: Shazam Stanza Kindle B&N eReader Audible Skype Dragon Dictation Epicurious...

HP-Palm Has Work to Do

Via SFGate.com, here are some results of a study conducted by Millenia Media of mobile app developers to determine which current smartphone platforms are garnering the most developer support. The answers are rather striking (and depressing): While it’s not at all surprising that Android and the iPad are attractive platforms, seeing iPhone at 8% and Windows Phone 7 at 20% is quite remarkable. Frankly, I’d never...

Palm PDK Hot Apps Contest Over–Big Winners Angry Birds and Glow Hockey FREE

Well, it’s that time, folks. Palm’s second Hot Apps contest, this one highlighting PDK apps, is over, and the winners are set in stone. It’s no surprise that Angry Birds, the most popular game on iOS and a hugely popular game on webOS, took the paid apps contest by storm when it was released a few weeks ago. It’s a deserving winner. The same goes for Glow Hockey FREE, the winner of the free apps. Glow Hockey...

webOS App Review: Zumodrive

Introduction Of all the capabilities offered up by the cloud, perhaps the most convenient and productivity-boosting is the ability store files and access them from anywhere. Services such as Dropbox, Apple’s MobileMe, Microsoft’s Live Sync (more recently Mesh), and Zumodrive are just a few, and for a relatively low cost (including free), it’s possible to save a file on one machine and access it from any number...