Palm Pre

Google News gets updated for iPhone, Android and Pre

Google has announced the launch of a "completely new" mobile Google News offering for iPhone, Android, and Palm Pre users.

This follows the availability of a mobile-optimised version of Google News for other phones, such as Blackberry, Windows Mobile, and...

Palm Pre and Pixi get Facebook app

Compared to the might of the iPhone App Store, and slightly-less-but-still-respectable presence of the Android Market, Palm's webOS App Catalog, used by the Pre and the Pixi, looks decidedly lacklustre.

However, it has just got a tiny bit bigger with the addition...

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...

RIM advertises for "WebKit Developer"

RIM is advertising for a Canadian-based WebKit developer, following its acquisition of Torch Mobile (a company that developed the WebKit-based Iris Browser). Both bits of evidence irrefutably point to the fact that RIM knows the BlackBerry browser is a bit rubbish and...

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...

O2 reporting healthy sales of Palm Pre

O2 has been tweeting about the launch of the Palm Pre, which has just gone on sale, and if you believe the mobile phone network then it's been doing rather well. The company said that it sold more Palm Pre handsets today than the total number of handsets that it normally...

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: 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...

DoubleTwist builds OS X app for Amazon MP3

Following its teaser video the other day, DoubleTwist has announced a new version of its software for Mac that allows users to avoid iTunes and load up music, videos and other media onto their mobile phones. The update brings the addition of the Amazon MP3 store.

It's...

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 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...

Palm Pre vs Palm Pixi

There's a trend appearing in the mobile world of the super-smartphone and the junior sidekick. While the world had Apple fever over the updates to the iPod range and whether or not the Fab Four would appear - well, at least one or two of them - Palm announced a lite version...

Palm Pre debut rumoured for 30 October in UK

As the Palm Pre goes on sale in Canada - that first country outside the States that it's been available in - a fresh rumour has suggested a precise UK launch date for the device.

The Palm Pre has been confirmed for launch in the UK as an exclusive to O2,...

O2 teases Palm Pre sales

O2 has begun the marketing campaign for the Palm Pre a little bit early. The phone network has started adding information about the handset to the bottom of its customer support emails.

A Pocket-lint reader forwarded us a message he was sent regarding account...

Paid apps coming to Palm Pre

Palm has opened up its App store for developers looking to charge for their apps, the company has confirmed.

"Starting today developers who wish to charge for their Palm webOS applications can begin submitting them for consideration in the Palm App Catalog...

Get clean with the Palm Pre Soap

One soap maker has taken their love affair with the new Palm Pre a little too far with the launch of a Bourbon and Coke scented soap in the shape of the new smartphone.

Etsy, through seller twoeggplants, is now selling the Palm Pre soap, for those who fancy...

VIDEO: Palm Pre spoof ads growing in numbers

Palm's advertising campaign is spawning a number of spoofs on YouTube as consumers and journalists alike are spilt over whether or not they are "creepy".

"We weren't trying to creep people out, but one thing I have learned now in this digital age is people...

Verizon to stock Palm Pre

Verizon has said they will be offering the Palm Pre in the US early next year, giving hope to millions of customers looking to get the new handset but not wanting to transfer to mobile operator Sprint.

"We plan to offer the Palm Pre early next year", chief...

Apple blocks Palm Pre from iTunes

Palm is unlikely to be able to use its iTunes syncing capabilities as a sales pitch when the phone launches in the UK later this year, following a move by Apple to disallow the new mobile phone from syncing with its music software.

In a software update released...