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Palm and HP presumably have a plan to lift webOS out of its abyss, but recent U.S. smartphone market analysis suggests the merged company will have an insurmountable task in front of them. According to the latest Nielsen data, Palm OS lays claim to a meager 1.3% of the U.S smartphone market share. To make…
It’s pretty rare for a mobile operating system to come out of the gates with so much polish and elegance, but webOS did just that. Unfortunately, it wasn’t on the greatest hardware and most users complained of battery life on the Palm Pre and Pixi. Now that webOS 2.0 is just about done marinating, and…
We’ve heard about the Palm Mansion before but the latest rumor suggests that this will be a touch-only device that sports a massive 5-inch display. There aren’t many details to go on, but the Palm Mansion should have that large screen with a 480 x 800 resolution and it is on track for the first…
It’s not like we’re surprised, quite the contrary. HP said it will sell the Palm Pre 2 unlocked from its website, allowing folks to use it with the network of their choice as long as they have a SIM card. The price is $450, though businesses can also spread the cost across two years to…
The Palm Pre recently disappeared from Sprint’s website and its disappearance kicked up rumors that the webOS handset was on its way out. This speculation was well founded as a leaked internal document confirms the EOL (end-of-life) status for the original Pre. From this point forward, the wireless carrier will sell its remaining inventory and will no longer…
Palm is launching its Pre 2 handset in the UK starting on November 15th but the handset will not land on the shelves of any major wireless carrier in the UK. According to Pocket-Lint, a quick perusal of wireless carriers reveals that none of the four major wireless carriers in the UK have plans to…
The Palm Pre 2 was announced in nothing more than just a press release pretty recently, and it looks like we have a pretty good idea for when it will launch with Verizon. Here’s a hint: the Kin One and Two won’t be arriving in Verizon stores all alone this holiday season. That’s right, the…
Some digging around the webOS 2.0 source code have revealed a bevvy of codenames we hadn’t heard before: Stingray, Mantaray, Broadway, and Windsor. There is also reference to A6 hardware at some point, but the details on that are still hazy. Here’s the code: if ((machineType.contentEquals(“broadway”)) || (machineType.contentEquals(“windsor”)) || (machineType.contentEquals(“mantaray”)) || (machineType.contentEquals(“stingray”)) || (machineType.contentEquals(“roadrunner”))) {…
HP/Palm accidentally let slip on their dedicated student Facebook page that preorders for the new Pre 2 will begin November 8. They’ve since pulled the status update, but the cat’s kind of out of the bag now. This info doesn’t nail down a proper release date (the last guess was November 11), but it can’t…
Tim Pettitt, Senior Product Manager at Palm, has confirmed in a product demo that they’ll be shipping the GSM Pre 2 direct to consumers as well as through the usual carrier channels. So far, Verizon is the only confirmed carrier, but we have an inkling that AT&T and Rogers will also be offering the Palm…