Palm PC news

- The one thing you typically get when you follow the news coming from the big mobile industry conference currently being held in Barcelona is that the time to buy a new phone is late in the second half of this year. Most of the stuff folks are excitedly talking about will actually be available around that time. Of course, that is also when the second shoe drops and you realize much of the really cool stuff will be hitting Europe or Asia first. Thank Read the rest of this entry »

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The zen of the Palm OS is that it is easy to use, intuitive, and helpful. A key element of this is being able to quickly jot, store, and retrieve notes- but… is your note a memo? A contact? An SMS? How many times have you had to actually (**shudder**)
something down and add it to your Palm later?
solves that.
Snap describes itself as “A central place to put all your notes that you want to organize later.” Read the rest of this entry »

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, there’s little doubt that the pebble-shaped smartphone is
like the iPhone 3G. But, which would you choose?
On the one hand, we have the Palm Pre with its Web OS. We’ve covered the Web OS in depth over the past few months, but the jury is still out as to whether the Web OS has what it takes to match the iPhone OS on usability and “intuitivity.” But, the Palm Pre
have a slide-out QWERTY keyboard that is almost big enough Read the rest of this entry »

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The zen of the Palm OS is that it is easy to use, intuitive, and helpful. A key element of this is being able to quickly jot, store, and retrieve notes- but… is your note a memo? A contact? An SMS? How many times have you had to actually (**shudder**)
something down and add it to your Palm later?
solves that.
Snap describes itself as “A central place to put all your notes that you want to organize later.” Read the rest of this entry »

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Chicago (IL) - Google is showing a lot of love for Microsoft's Windows Mobile platform lately. Websites haven't even cooled off yet from the search giant's
introduction of the Google Street View service for Windows Mobile
devices that brings street-level photographs of major cities to the
palm of your hand, but Google is revealing another treat for users of
its own mobile platform.
, a convenient one-stop
shop for all popular Google services, Read the rest of this entry »

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While playing up the fact that 50 phone makers around the world have licensed the company's Windows Mobile platform, Microsoft inadvertently let it slip out that a full 80% of all Windows Mobile phones ever made have actually come from a single maker: HTC.
On stage at the Mobile World Congress, Andy Lees, Microsoft's senior vice president of its mobile communications business, stated the company
of 50 million devices sold over the lifetime of Read the rest of this entry »

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, has just released
, which brings a webOS like experience to current Palm OS devices. Calling it a multi-functional application launcher, TealOS simulates the card-based interface of
. TealOS comes complete with support for thumbnail image cards, a translucent applications screen, customizable background images, and even a popup wave launcher. You can checkout more screenshots and a video demo of it running on a
after the break.
v1.03 is Read the rest of this entry »

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At MWC, ACCESS Battles to Stay Relevant
ACCESS CO., the global provider of advanced software technologies to the mobile and "beyond-PC" markets (and the provider of the OS that is powering the Palm Centro and other formerly known as Palm OS-devices), has been working to make itself relevant in a world full of alternate mobile platforms (i.e. webOS, Windows Mobile, Google Android, BlackBerry, Symbian, etc.).
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More than just a visual skin, TealOS is a multi-functional application launcher that gives your time-honored handheld the exciting look and feel of the newest devices. Providing a powerful and intuitive way to organize your activities and work flow, it runs under PalmOS but simulates the card-based interface of WebOS on the new Palm Pre. TealOS comes complete with support for thumbnail image cards, a translucent applications screen, customizable background Read the rest of this entry »

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Should People Care What OS Powers Their Smartphone?
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Feb 20, 2009 01:44 PM
I am sure just about everyone reading this blog knows exactly what operating system their smartphone runs, and more than a few of you know what patches and updates have been applied, either automatically or manually. I suspect few average consumers knows what is driving their smartphone. This is in stark contrast to the desktop, where just about everyone knows what operating Read the rest of this entry »

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