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Palm Pre 1.3.1 update heading to the UK

Palm has revealed that the latest update for its Palm Pre smartphone is heading across the pond to Europe.

Those with a Pre on Telefonica (so, O2) networks in the UK, Ireland, Germany, and Spain can expect an automatic update to webOS 1.3.1 "soon", the company...

Best Mobile Phone 2009 nominations

Here are the nominations for Best Mobile Phone in The Vodafone Pocket-lint Gadget Awards 2009.

The following products were chosen because we feel they represent the best phones on sale in the last 12 months that are available in the UK.

The nominations...

Palm Pixi goes on sale in the US

The Palm Pixi, the second webOS handset from the smartphone company, is now available in the US. With a candybar form factor, as opposed to the Pre's slider design, the new phone is on sale exclusively through Sprint.

American consumers wanting the new device...

Palm Pre goes on sale at the Carphone Warehouse

The Palm Pre - launched in the UK back in October - has now being stocked by high street giant The Carphone Warehouse. O2 has the UK exclusive on the Pre (for now) and is offering the handset for free on £35 per month, 2-year contracts.

From a customer point...

Palm Pixi priced at $100 on Sprint

In the States, official operator partner Sprint has revealed more details about when the Palm Pixi, Palm's second webOS phone is due to be available to American consumers.

The new handset will be available at Sprint stores, Best Buy, RadioShack and some Wal-marts...

Verizon confirms it will offer the Palm Pre

It's been revealed that the Palm Pre is to be offered via an alternative mobile phone operator in the States, ending Sprint's current exclusive on the handset.

Perhaps suggesting a similar move may take place here in the UK, where O2 has only just launched...

Verizon confirms it will offer the Palm Pre

It's been revealed that the Palm Pre is to be offered via an alternative mobile phone operator in the States, ending Sprint's current exclusive on the handset.

Perhaps suggesting a similar move may take place here in the UK, where O2 has only just launched...

Quick guide to webOS

Perhaps the number one killer of any mobile phone is its operating system. We've all made the mistake before. We get seduced by the hardware spec of a handset, teased by its touchscreen, mesmerised by the megapixels but after just 3 days of using the thing a bad OS can...

A brief history of Palm

Back in 1996 a small division of US Robotics came up with a personal digital assistant portable pad that ran a touchscreen controlled OS on 128KB memory and just a serial port for connecting it to the rest of the world. So was invented the Palm 1000 - the very first PalmPilot.

Palm Pre goes on sale in the UK

The Palm Pre, the first of the smartphone maker's next-gen webOS devices, is now available in the UK exclusive to O2.

Reports suggest pre-release interest in the Pre has been high, but arguably the contract price is too, so it will be interesting to see, upon...

Palm Pre goes on sale in the UK

The Palm Pre, the first of the smartphone maker's next-gen webOS devices, is now available in the UK exclusive to O2.

Reports suggest pre-release interest in the Pre has been high, but arguably the contract price is too, so it will be interesting to see, upon...

Palm Pre: 5 reason to want, 5 reasons to avoid

After what seems like an eternity of waiting the Palm Pre is finally here in the UK, but should you sign up for the new webOS-sporting smartphone available from Palm? Here are five reasons you should sign on the dotted line, and five reasons why you should steer clear.

More pre-release demand for the Palm Pre than the iPhone

If you are considering getting the Pre, then it might interest you to know that more than a quarter of UK consumers surveyed recently by TNS have expressed an interest in buying Palm's new Pre smartphone, due to go on sale via O2 in the UK at the end of this week.

26%...

Palm Pre UK: Pre-nuptial considerations

We first saw the Palm Pre at CES 2009 and we published our review of the Palm Pre on 25 June. Why the history lesson? Well because it is hitting shelves of O2 stores in the UK next week, so we thought it was time to update all those eager to get their hands on the new...

Palm Pre announced for Spain

Palm has announced, in its words, that the Pre will say "hola" to Spain on 14 October. In Spain the webOS handset will be available through Telefonica, the company that owns O2.

Telefonica is also the exclusive "initial carrier" for Palm Pre in the United...

Palm opens up webOS apps development

Palm has opened up its webOS app distribution programme with the news that open source developers can opt out of the $99 registration fee and $50 approval process as well as options that will see developers bypass the official app store.

Although Palm will...

Palm re-enables iTunes Pre syncing

In a cat and mouse battle, the style of which Apple is familiar with following similar exploits with the iPhone unlockers, Palm has re-enabled iTunes syncing for the Pre.

After Apple blocked the smartphone several times from syncing with iTunes via iTunes software...

Palm re-enables iTunes Pre syncing

In a cat and mouse battle, the style of which Apple is familiar with following similar exploits with the iPhone unlockers, Palm has re-enabled iTunes syncing for the Pre.

After Apple blocked the smartphone several times from syncing with iTunes via iTunes software...

Flash coming to almost every smartphone

Adobe has announced a whole pile of deals with manufacturers of almost all the world's major smartphones. It's done deals with RIM (who produce the BlackBerry handsets), Symbian, Windows Mobile, Palm, and Google. Notice one name missing from that list? The iPhone hasn't...

Palm webOS updated to 1.2

Palm has updated its webOS to version 1.2, following the 1.1 release earlier in the summer.

Promising "lots of new features and enhancements", Palm says it has "beefed up" Palm Synergy to include LinkedIn contact syncing, this will mean LinkedIn info will appear...

Palm webOS updated to 1.2

Palm has updated its webOS to version 1.2, following the 1.1 release earlier in the summer.

Promising "lots of new features and enhancements", Palm says it has "beefed up" Palm Synergy to include LinkedIn contact syncing, this will mean LinkedIn info will appear...

Palm Pre to launch 16 October in the UK

The wait will soon be over for those hoping to get their hands on Palm's smart new smartphone as the launch date for the new device has now officially been confirmed as 16 October.

The Pre will launch exclusively on the O2 network in the UK - the same operator...

PHOTOS: Palm gets celebs to pose with the Pixi

At the recent 61st Primetime Emmy Awards, Palm coaxed various celebs into posing uncomfortably with its new webOS handset, the Pixi.

Sigourney Weaver and Michael J Fox are among the stars we can recognise who should have known better, while Ricky Gervais apparently...

PHOTOS: Palm Pixi

Pocket-lint got a quick hands-on with the new Palm Pixi and can report it is very light, and pretty speedy.

Due out in the States sometime later this year on Sprint, there's no official confirmation of it hitting the UK, but then we're still waiting to know...

Palm ditches Windows Mobile

Palm is putting its faith in its newly created operating system, webOS, the company's CEO has confirmed, announcing that you won't see handsets from them with anything else.

The comment that the company would stop developing devices with Microsoft's Windows...