Palm News

Video: Palm Pixi (Sprint) - The Quick Review

Palm Pixi, the video review in five minutes (or so). We'll also do in-depth looks at Pixi's features and hardware, so stay tuned!

Palm Pre drops to $79.99 with new agreement, challenging Pixi

While the Pixi's price point has been dropping and dropping some more, the Pre has remained above the $100 mark.  Bucking the trend, Amazon has lowered the Pixi's older brother to $79.99 on a new two-year agreement (not to mention a waived activation fee, saving you $36).  With the gap diminishing between the two webOS handsets, I imagine most will opt for the Pre due to the increase in processing power.  Sure, there are some...

Mash-Up: Creating the ultimate FrankenPhone

"That thing's going to Cricket" - Aaron Baker, News Editor FrankenPhone! It Lives! Wasn't it Mick Jagger who once crooned, "You can't always get what you want / But if you make a mash-up you kinda can?" Something like that, anyway. I'm tired of "close but no cigar" when it comes to mobile phones. iPhone's great except for that closed OS and no hard keyboard. Palm's WebOS is awesome but Palm can't seem to build a truly awesome piece of hardware...

Video: Palm Pixi (Sprint) - Unboxing

Adriana takes a look at Palm Pre's "little sister," the Pixi, which just launched on Sprint 11/15 for $99. Is it worth the money? Take a look at what comes in the box and see for yourself.

Palm Pixi: A weekend's worth of impressions

I love Palm's WebOS. I ultimately shied away from making the Palm Pre my daily phone, however, because I didn't much like its form factor. I'm not a big fan of slider phones, instead preferring thinner candybar devices even if they wind up having a larger footprint. I also couldn't stand Pre's QWERTY board and took issue with sharp edges that bordered the keyboard tray (even though my colleagues still think I'm crazy for that one). But I loved...

Palm releases webOS v1.3.1

A day after the retail launch of the Palm Pixi, webOS 1.3.1 has officially launched.  Despite iTunes sync being notoriously absent, the ability to forward SMS and instant messages, Yahoo! contact and calendar sync, Yahoo! IM, improved notifications for e-mails, custom ringtones for text messages, PIN lock timer, and various video changes make the 126 MB update worth downloading.  The full change log can be viewed here (Bell users,...

Walmart offering Palm Pixi for $30 online

With several smartphones at the $100 price point (iPhone 3G, Droid Eris, and BlackBerry Tour, just to name a few), one has to wonder if the Palm Pixi is going to be a smashing hit.  Staying true to their "always low prices" moniker, Lets Talk, Walmart's online partner, is offering the Pixi for $30 (or in other words, roughly the price of a car charger at most retail stores).  According to commenters over at Engadget Mobile, the $30...

Ad blunder mentions Pixi’s Wifi (huh?)

  That little item underlined in red may have gotten some WebOS fans’ hopes up. (And it had some of us in the industry do a doubletake). That is, until someone at Sprint HQ noticed the colossal mistake of listing Wifi as a feature on the Pixi. Looks like the online ad’s been corrected now, but as far as I’m concerned, it still contains a gaffe: “Huge touchscreen”? Um, not exactly. Will the real Palm Pixi...

A word of caution for iTunes-using Pre owners: Update 9.0.2 will break your sync

There’s a new iTunes update available. Among the things Version 9.0.2. brings, including support for its new AppleTV format, is an annoying new/old irritation for Palm users: The software breaks Palm Pre syncing for WebOS 1.2.1. (Yup, again.)  Palm’s done everything short of stuffing the Pre inside an iPhone shell, to keep iTunes shaking hands with its flagship device. But at every turn, Apple’s there, heading it off at...

Pre demoed on AT&T, nabs high rankings with PC World

At this point, the news of Pre arriving on Verizon’s network early next year has been well-circulated. Now, some WebOS fans are holding out hope for a U.S. GSM version for an American carrier — namely AT&T. AT&T? Since when has it been interested in WebOS?That’s a good question. All we know is that someone tipped off PreCentral that, at the Sprint Open Developers Conference today, Palm did a demo with a GSM handset...

Palm Pixi to launch 11-15 for $100 (Sprint)

Today, official word came in that Palm Pixi will be available on November 15, as an exclusive offering from — you guessed it — Sprint. The cost will be $99.99, after a $50 instant discount and a $100 mail-in rebate (making the check-out price $199.99). Touchstone covers will also be offered for just $19.  Pre’s little sister will sport WebOS, just like its predecessor, but in a smaller package. Pixi hasn’t been...

App Thursday: The Weather Channel on webOS; USPS launches mobile website

Two new shortcuts to talk about today - the new USPS Mobile, and The Weather Channel application for webOS.  Realizing the predominance of internet use on today's wireless devices, the USPS has launched a mobile version of their website.  Found at m.usps.com, you can track your packages, find various post office locations, locate a ZIP code, find cities based on their respective ZIP codes, and learn more about USPS.  What's more,...