Peter Skillman isn’t a household name, but he’s been with Palm for 11 years and is credited with the design of the Pre. Today we find out he’s leaving the sinking ship, and we’ve got no idea where he’s heading next. It makes sense in the grand scheme of things for Peter to do this.…
HP CEO Mark Hurd Resigns Immediately After Investigation Found Violation of Business Conduct
Hewlett Packard CEO Mark Hurd has resigned immediately after an investigation started surrounding claims of sexual harassment. The HP Board of Directors has appointed Cathie Lesjak, the company’s CFO since January 2007, as the interim CEO while she still performs her duties as CFO and keeps those responsibilities until a permanent CEO is appointed. While…
Palm Pre Plus for AT&T Now Just $99.99 with Contract
Do you want a Palm Pre Plus for AT&T? Thinking that $149.99 just might be a little too steep for a piece of hardware that might soon take a back seat to some new HP toys and a new version of webOS? Fear not, your dreams have come true – as long as those dreams…
Palm Pixi Hacked and Gets Wi-Fi Goodness
While the Palm Pixi isn’t exactly a raging success, hackers have still managed to throw a Wi-Fi radio on board the device for a little upgrade. It’s not often that we hear about hardware hackers: these days, all the hacking we ever hear about is jailbreaking this or cooking ROMs that. For fans of Palm…
HP Says webOS 2.0 is On Track for Later This Year
Fear not, webOS fans, HP has not forgotten or forsaken you! You must have been left wondering what was going on with your favorite mobile operating system after being drowned out by all the iPhone and Android news and handsets. Even Windows Phone 7 has been getting a lot of fanfare and exposure lately! However,…
Get that old Palm feeling on Android with Graffiti
If you want to get nostalgic, go ahead and use the QR code at the bottom of this post and get Graffiti for Android right now. This handwriting software will bring back tons of memories for Palm OS fans. If you loved the speed and efficiency of using Graffiti on your Palm® device, now you…
GolfLogix Golf GPS App Now Available for the Palm Pre
My current favorite when it comes to golf GPS applications, GolfLogix, has just added the Palm Pre to its growing list of compatible devices. Other smartphones that already play nice with GolfLogix include the iPhone 3G and 3GS, plus many BlackBerry, Android and Windows Mobile powered devices. If you’ve never used a golf GPS app…
Apple, RIM tried to buy Palm before HP
Apple and Research In Motion reportedly tried to buy Palm before Hewlett-Packard (HP) won the rights to the smartphone pioneer, according to a report. We had previously known that there were other bidders for Palm but sources definitively told Business Insider that Apple and RIM were major suitors. The report said that Apple offered up…
webOS 1.4.5 Hits Europe, Coming to Canada, U.S. Soon
A quickie here for those of you toting a webOS powered device. webOS 1.4.5 is making the rounds, and has already arrived at a couple of carriers over in Europe (O2 Germany got it first, followed by O2 UK). The latest rumors have 1.4.5 hitting various carriers around Europe as we speak, and the update…
HP could rock flexible displays for webOS devices
We know that Hewlett-Packard will use its recently acquired webOS platform for phones, tablets and even printers but HP could be throwing that OS on some crazy devices. How crazy? Well, are flexible displays crazy enough for you? During the MobileBeat 2010 conference Monday, HP’s Phil McKinney showed off some of the flexible display technology…