All Palm Phones–Free with $50 for webOS Apps

Looks like HP’s bringing some of its distribution power to bear. All Palm phones on US carriers are free, with $50 gift cards for webOS apps. So, if you’re thinking about getting a webOS device today for literally no added cost, now’s the time. Thanks,...

Palm Pre Loses Battle Against Nokia 900

Well, we fought a valiant battle, coming from well behind to take the lead only to lose it at the last minute today. The Palm Pre lost to the Nokia 900 in FoneArena’s smartphone battle by a mere 160 votes: We’ll get ‘em next...

Palm Pre Designer Peter Skillman Joins Nokia, Talks Past and Future

It was a bit of a blow learning that the Palm designer Peter Skillman, the point man in the design of the Pre, was leaving the company. Learning as we did last week that he’s joined Nokia to help design MeeGo, which already bears a striking (if unattractive) resemblance to weBOS (see picture above), didn’t help make many of us feel any better about it. Now that he’s officially started with Nokia, it appears...

webOS 1.4 – How Far Along Are We? (Part 1)

webOS 1.4 represents an important milestone in the platform’s development: simply stated, webOS 1.4 is the point at which the Palm Pre/Plus (and, to a lesser extent, the Pixi/Plus) has become mostly feature-equivalent to current smartphone platforms. Other than some very specific capabilities enabled by a digital compass and macro focus camera (neither of which any Palm device possesses), webOS smartphones...

webOS 1.4 Available Friday, 2/26?

Looks like Sprint has gotten at least a little bit more official regarding webOS 1.4. According to this post by a Sprint admin on the Sprint community forum, the update will be released tomorrow, Friday 2/26, and will include the following: Fixes: Time Zone bug fixed Network time sync bug fixed to reflect accurate Network time Bluetooth car-kit transition to device corrected No EV icon bug fixed (random) Random...