Archive for August, 2009

Palm presenting next week at Investor Conference

by Shawn Brown on August 5th, 2009

Palm has just announced that Chief Financial Officer, Douglas Jeffries, is making a presentation at the Pacific Crest technology Forum in Vail, Colo this Tuesday, August 11th at 3:30 PM Mountain Time. Pacific Crest Securities is a leading investment bank that focuses only on technology. You will be able to turn into the webcast over [...]

Palm Pre for Dummies Book

by PalmWebOS.org on August 5th, 2009

WebOS on the Palm Pre is undoubtedly involves a different way of thinking about phones. It takes some getting used to with all the gestures and cards and whatnot. If you’re a tech geek you might not have any problem catching on, but others might find it difficult to get a hang of it. If [...]

Palm hires Jeff Zwener as new Senior Vice President of Brand Design

by Shawn Brown on August 4th, 2009

Palm has added Jeff Zwener to their management team as Senior Vice President of Brand Design. As Senior VP of Brand Design, Zwener’s job will be to oversee Palm’s global advertising, marketing communications, PR, events and web design. Zwener has plenty of experience in this industry being the founder of the San Francisco branch of [...]

Bell letting the Pre loose on August 27th

by Shawn Brown on August 4th, 2009

For weeks we have been dying to figure out just when Canadian carrier Bell will be getting the Palm Pre. It appears with a little help from Future Shop and now directly from Bell we know that it will be available on Thursday, August 27th. Future Shop as well as Bell are both currently accepting [...]

2009 Palm Pre Developer’s Conference will be held in Dallas

by Shawn Brown on August 3rd, 2009

The time is now for the 2009 Palm Pre Developers Conference to come to Dallas and now is the time to register. LiveWire Hosting along with Improving Enterprises are proud to announce preDevCamp in Dallas, Texas on Saturday, August 8th. Not long after Palm released the Mojo SDK the preDevCamp is here to help programming [...]

IM+ Skype hits webOS in web app form

by Shawn Brown on August 3rd, 2009

For those of us who have to constantly stay connected and are finding the lack of instant messaging services on the Pre a bit ridiculous there is no hope. IM+ for Skype and Shape Services is now available for the webOS as a web-based application. Now use voice and text communications with other Skype users [...]

Turn your Pre into a WiFi hotspot with My Tether

by Shawn Brown on August 3rd, 2009

If you own a Palm Pre then I am sure you are well aware of the fact that it does not currently allow tethering (the sharing of your internet connection with a computer), not out of the box anyway. Luckily for those of us who would like to add functionality to our devices we have [...]

Gary Koepke takes a moment to comment on weird Palm Pre ads

by Shawn Brown on August 3rd, 2009

The ever so popular Palm Pre ads have been burning up the Internet all over YouTube and Twitter for a while now. These ads are popular for all the wrong reasons they get plenty of hits. Who is responsible for them you ask? His name is Gary Koepke of Modernista. Koepke took the time to [...]

Palm Pre at Amazon.com for $199.99

by PalmWebOS.org on August 2nd, 2009

If for one reason or another you’re not satisfied with the current channels for purchasing a Palm Pre you might be interested in knowing that you can now buy the Palm Pre at Amazon.com! If you’ve got an Amazon gift certificate or something, maybe this would be a good fit for you. And by the [...]