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News From Around The Web
· Verizon to Offer All Palm Devices on Prepaid Plans (PalmInfoCenter) [09/02]
rOnce considered the red-haired stepchild to the postpaid wireless industry, the continuing economic woes plaguing our economy have brought new attention to prepaid, no-contract wireless plans. Now, a leaked Verizon Wireless screen capture shows what could be the opening salvo of a major battle for more dollars from prepaid wireless users. rrIf this report from Android Does is correct, VZW prepaid service is coming to nearly all of the carrier's 3G feature phones and their top tier of smartphones running WebOS, BlackBerry and AndroidOSes on September 2nd. Only Verizon's handful of Windows Mobile offerings appear to be exempt from this new prepaid push. rnnn
· Sprint webOS Devices Now Free from HP (PalmInfoCenter) [09/02]
rLong past reaching their relative expiration dates, the oldest WebOS devices—Sprint's original Pre and Pixi—have finally seen a price drop from HP's official Wireless Central store. rrSprint's two 2009-era WebOS devices are finally "free" from HP with the usual two-year contractual commitment. Of course, the devices are still being sold for $149.99 (after $100 rebate) and $49.99 (after $100 rebate) directly from Sprint but at least WebOS diehards on Sprint who don't yet have a device can get one directly from HP without having to shell out any upfront bucks. In addition, a $50 gift card is being offered for both Sprint WebOS devices. rrnnn
· webos 1.4.5 Released for Verizon Pixi Plus (PalmInfoCenter) [09/02]
After a rather lengthy delay, Palm Pixi Plus owners on Verizon Wireless have finally started to receive the webOS 1.4.5 update. Currently being pushed out to all VZW Pixi Pluses, the biggest feature of this14mb update update is PDK gaming compatibility. With this update, a number of high-end 3D-accelerated games previously only available for the Pre are now available for Pixi users. rrUnfortunately for Verizon Pre Plus and all AT&T WebOS users, their version of the updates remains unreleased. The full release notes for WebOS 1.4.5 on Verizon can be found on Palm's support site.rrnnn
· Tam's Preliminary PDA32 Review Posted (PalmInfoCenter) [09/02]
In his continuing coverage of the first new Palm OS handheld in nearly five years, TamsPalm has posted a wrap-up of their preliminary overview of the device. Tam's multi-part preview is available in a number of sections discussing the physical size comparisons with other pocket-sized devices as well as the attributes of the PDA32's LCD screen. Tam has promised to update his preliminary results once he has a final PDA32 for testing. rrFor those who have not been intently following the long saga of the Aceeca's niche hit of the year, Tam claims that the device is "huge" but has a "...very ergonomic form factor which makes the device comfortable to hold during use". He also describes the screen as "very good" in a series of comparison photos. Again, Tam's tests were on a very early non-final piece of hardware, so his findings may vary drastically from shipping production units. Surprisingly, Tam even appears to give the nod to a factory-fresh PDA32 over a several year-old Palm TX...
· Facebook 1.3 for webOS (PalmInfoCenter) [09/02]
rPalm webOS Facebook fans will be delighted to know that version 1.3 of the native Facebook app has just been released. Some eagerly-awaited features have been included in this release, such as landscape mode compatibility and photo tagging. The full changelog can be found here.rrIn addition, HP/Palm's very own webOS fan page has just announced over 30,000 fans for webOS. Facebook for the Palm Pre and Pixi can be downloaded here or via the on device App Catalog.rrnnn
· Verizon Offers Hurricane Readiness Tips... (TreoCentral) [09/01]
· HP Personnel News (TreoCentral) [08/31]
ex-HTC Exec On-Board...
· Palm OS Sighting: Aceeca PDA 32 (TreoCentral) [08/26]
· Little Red Treo (TreoCentral) [08/25]
HP's Rahul Sood fondly recalls his first Palm devices...
· VZW Pre Plus EOL in Oct, Pixi Plus to Live on Until March (PalmInfoCenter) [08/25]
Hot on the heels of our recent news of the Pre Plus approaching oblivion with Verizon Wireless comes another report from PhoneDog offering some tantalizing information about the Pixi Plus.
According to the leaked screen capture, Palm's current Pixi Plus is not slated to be EOL'd with Verizon until March 31st 2011, an end date shared with some more newer and far more popular devices such as Motorola's recently-released Droid X and Droid 2. Additionally, a solid EOL date of October 21st 2010 is mentioned for the Pre Plus, lending further credibility to reports that a replacement flagship webOS device may indeed be due for the holiday season.
Interestingly, the Pixi Plus' March 31st date also is linked to a number of other devices of varying ages and price points. It's entirely possible that this is an arbitrary placeholder date that is subject to change.
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