Google Voice Comes To iPhone And webOS, As A Web App

FCC investigation be damned, Google has finally managed to bypass the App Store and release Google Voice to the iPhone (and webOS, too) the same way it pulled off Latitude, i.e. via a HTML5-based web app. According to Senior Product Manager Vincent Paquet, it should work with any HTML5-compliant device, although the formatting at this [...]

Treo Pro Up And Vanishes From Palm Website

Well, this was probably bound to happen someday, but we still can’t not sniffle a bit… the Treo Pro seems to have disappeared from Palm.com. The site has of course been mainly trafficking Palm’s webOS devices — the Pre and Pixi — as of late, but until very recently, it still listed its last non-webOS [...]

Palm Pre Plus Shows Off Multitasking Upgrade With 50 Simultaneous Apps (video)

Yea, you read that right — fifty apps loaded side by side by freaking side on the Pre Plus, and the thing just kept on ticking. The chaps over at Pre Central decided to test out specifically how much of an improvement the doubling of RAM and storage in the new handset delivered, and they [...]

PalmOS Lives On, Aceeca Releasing Two Devices This Year

Sure, all the cool kids might have moved on webOS these days, but the venerable PalmOS hasn’t totally kicked it yet — a company called Aceeca is actually releasing two Garnet-based devices later this year. If you don’t remember the entire sordid saga, the source code for PalmOS actually ended up with Access, which now [...]

Palm Precorder Brings Video Recording Homebrew to The Pre

If you like your software homebrewed with just a hint of alpha then boy do we have an app for you. The WebOS homebrew community just released Precorder; an app that lets your Palm Pre record audio and 30fps 480×320 pixel video in H.264/AVC format – you can can even control the built-in LED for [...]

GSM Palm Pre Bound For Mexico, Coming To Telcel on November 27th

Remember that FCC filing for a GSM-loving North American Palm Pre? Looks like the mystery’s been solved, Encyclopedia Brown, and our culprit is just south of the border. As previously rumored, Mexico’s Telcel will get the Pre, SIM card slot and all. Launch date is November 27th, just in time for the US to be [...]

Palm Pre WebOS 1.3.1 Update Available Now

webOS 1.3.1 was always destined to come right around the launch of the Pixi, but it’s surprised us by showing its face early. No app catalog bombshells here, but there are a slew of more minor fixes and updates that should make users experience a great deal smoother. Is this the update that finally unlocks [...]

Palm Treo 650 Boots into Android, Lives a Fulfilling Life (video)

It may be half a decade old, but don’t lie — you still whip your Treo 650 out from time to time, toss on some jean shorts and pretend that the size of your stub is synonymous with the big times. If we just rung your bell, you owe it to yourself to have a [...]

Sprint Palm Pixi Unboxed On Video

Oop, looks like the crew at WireFly didn’t get the memo on the Sprint Palm Pixi launch — they’ve gone ahead and posted up an unboxing video a week ahead of official availability on the 15th. Nothing too unexpected here, but honestly, what were you expecting for $100? Video after the break.

Palm Pre Price Keeps Sinking On Bell, Down To $100

Just weeks after Palm’s Pre sunk to CAD $149.95 on Bell, the outfit’s first-ever webOS phone has now stooped to just CAD $99.95. That still requires a 3-year contract, of course, but man — a single bill for a smartphone like the Pre? Anyone tossing out guesses on how long it takes Sprint to follow [...]