• pixi,  review,  vodafone,  web os

    PUGcast: Palm Pixi Plus Review

    April 26, 2010 /

    Clemens Schuchert has a new review posted on the European Palm Pixi Plus up on the PUGCast blog site.

    “The Palm Pixi Plus is Palm’s first low-cost device on the European market running webOS. As with the Palm Pre, it will be offered by O2 in Germany, the UK, Ireland, and Spain. It also will be marketed throughout Europe by Vodafone and in France by the carrier SFR. Pricing across Europe is a bit confusing because carriers are not selling at a similar price tag. Thus, SFR seems to have the lowest price followed by O2 and Vodafone. At least devices from O2 are SIM-lock free and can be used globally on any 3G carrier – a normally overlooked feature and a great advantage over the other carriers. O2 yesterday announced a retail price for the Palm Pixi Plus of about 389 EUR, and today corrected it to 361 EUR in order to be more competitive.”

    You can read the full hands on Palm Pixi Plus review on the PUGCast website.

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  • att,  pre

    Palm Gets A Cool Pre Plus Ad

    April 25, 2010 /

    I’m not sure who is responsible for the ad, Palm or AT&T, but I really don’t care. I just saw a cool Palm Pre ad for the new Palm Pre Plus on AT&T! Finally! An ad that shows of what Palm’s hardware an webOS can do without any creepy actors!

    You can also hit the link to watch it over at YouTube.

    [Via PalmNewsDaily.com…]

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  • amazon,  apple,  ipad,  kindle

    Amazon’s Kindle Coming To Target

    April 23, 2010 /

    According to The Consumerist website, Amazon, feeling some pressure from the Apple iPad, will begin selling their Kindle ebook reader at early as this weekend at retail locations. The first “brick and mortar” retail chain to get the Kindle is reportedly Target.

    “Now that the iPad is upon them, Amazon has finally made a deal to unleash their popular Kindle e-reader to the bricks-and-mortar retail market. Amazon has made a deal with Target that will have Kindles in some of their stores as early as this Sunday.

    The first stores to get the Kindle will be in south Florida and the chain’s flagship store in downtown Minneapolis. These stores should start selling Kindles on April 25.”

    To read the full story, visit the Consumerist website.

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  • dataviz,  pixi,  pre,  web os

    DataViz – Docs To Go for webOS Update

    April 22, 2010 /

    DataViz has posted a long, long, long over due update on the status of their Documents To Go application for the Palm webOS platform on their Office Mobility Blog.

    We at DataViz would like to apologize for not responding sooner to our loyal Palm customers about the availability of Documents To Go for webOS. We have felt it best to keep our public webOS discussion to a minimum until we had concrete information about our webOS products to offer you.

    We are continuing our efforts to work with Palm to clear the path for a full editing version of Documents To Go. However, given the current environment at Palm, as well as the necessary collaboration with the device manufacturer that is required to bring an app like ours to a platform like webOS, our Documents To Go editor product for webOS is essentially at a standstill.

    As soon as we have any additional information, we will inform you immediately.

    Thanks for your passion surrounding our solution.
    Kathleen McAneany
    Business Manager, Documents To Go Palm

    It is unfortunate that DataViz and Palm can’t get things lined up and getting Documents To Go for webOS out the door. Docs To Go is one of my favorite mobile applications and for the last 10 months I’ve had to go it (almost) alone as webOS only includes DataViz’s Doc View application.

    The good news is that if you are on virtually any other smartphone OS, you can get rich document viewing and editing capabilities via Documents To Go.

    Here’s to hoping that we get Documents To Go for the Pre’s birthday which is coming up on June 6th.

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  • apple,  ipad,  iphone os,  itunes

    What’s On Your iPad?

    April 22, 2010 /

    I’ve been really enjoying my new 32GB Apple iPad. Here’s a quick run down of the iPad specific apps that I’ve installed so far.

    • 12 Solitaire Games from Astraware
    • ABC Player (Free)
    • AccuWeather Cirrus
    • Air Hockey (Free)
    • Apple iBooks (Free)
    • Apple Pages ($9.99)
    • BigOven Lite (Free)
    • Epicurious Recipes & Shopping List (Free)
    • EW’s Must List (Free)
    • Flight Control HD ($4.99)
    • Harbor Master HD (Free)
    • IMDb Movies & TV (Free)
    • Marvel Comics (Free)
    • MotionX Zen HD (Free)
    • N.O.V.A – Near Orbit Vanguard Alliance HD ($9.99)
    • NPR for iPad (Free)
    • NYT Editor’s Choice (Free)
    • PCalc Lite (Free)
    • Tap Tap Radiation (Free)
    • Twitterific for iPad (Free)
    • USA Today for iPad (Free)
    • The Wall Street Journal (Free w/ limited functionality)
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  • palm os,  pixi,  pre,  web os

    Classic Saves You Some Green on Earth Day

    April 22, 2010 /

    MotionApp is going green for Earth Day! On their Facebook page, MotionApps writes:

    “Gone green during time limited promo. You can get Classic for $19.99 as of now”.

    Classic is the webOS application that allows you to run all of your old Palm OS application on your Palm Pre or Pixi smartphone. Classic also allows you to HotSync with Palm Desktop running on your Windows PC using either a Wi-Fi or Bluetooth connection.

    For more information, check out the MotionApps website…
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  • app catalog,  facebook,  pixi,  pre,  web os

    Facebook App for webOS 1.2.0

    April 22, 2010 /

    The new Facebook client adds Facebook updates to webOS so you can receive Facebook notifications in the webOS notifications area. (See the image below to see what the notifications for Facebook looks like.)

    I’m not the biggest Facebook user, but I did install the update yesterday and I think Facebook users (fanatics or not) will like the new feature. With this release of Facebook , I believe that the Palm webOS client is on par with the iPhone OS client in everyway. Way to go Palm!

    If you have an earlier version of the webOS Facebook app, you can upgrade to version 1.2.0 using the Updates application. If you don’t have the Facebook app installed on your Palm Pre or Pixi, you can get it today from the App Catalog.

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  • apple,  ipad,  iphone os

    Still Having iPad Wi-Fi Problems?

    April 17, 2010 /

    I’ve been using my iPad daily to connect to Wi-Fi hot spots at home, at the office, and around town. I did get bit by the Wi-Fi connectivity error that some people reported during the first week of the iPad’s US availability, but I have not run into trouble since I rebooted my iPad. Anyone else still having trouble?

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  • blackberry,  rim,  sprint

    Sprint: BlackBerry Trade In Program Coming Soon

    April 17, 2010 /

    I was skimming the new Entertainment Weekly (issue 1099/1100 for April 23/30) and saw a Sprint add for the new BlackBerry Curve 8530 and the free trade in program.

    I hopped on the Internet to check out the details on the Sprint Trade In website only to see a “coming soon” message.

    According to the print ad, you can get a new BlackBerry Curve 8530 in black or royal purple for free when you trade in any BlackBerry device (must be deactivated already) and purchase a new 2-year service agreement. Customers who have the same device for 22 months are also eligible for the upgrade promotion. You may be required to pay a $36 dollar activation fee and the normal $200 early termination fee applies if you exit the plan early. The fine print also states that this is a mail-in rebate deal. You order the phone an get $100 off. Then you have to send in the MIR for the remaining $49.99. As usual, the rebate check will take 10 to 14 weeks and you will need to keep the phone active for 30 days.

    The ad’s fine print also goes on to state that the offer is good until 6/5/10 or while supplies last. I’m not sure what that means, as I don’t expect Research In Motion or Sprint to stop selling the Curve 8530 on 6/5/10.

    You can learn more about the Sprint edition BlackBerry Curve 8530 on the Sprint online store website.

    Even with all the fine print and red tape, if you are looking to get an inexpensive BlackBerry, this is a great way to go. I had used the older Curve, the 8330, for a good 6 months an really liked it. If I wasn’t using a Palm Pre, I’d likely be using the new Curve 8530 or a Tour 9630. (Yes, I’m an Apple fan, but I really like the physical keyboard on my devices.) Both the Curve and Tour have great battery life which is something that I really don’t like about my Pre. If I forget to place it on my Touchstone charger nightly, the battery will be dead in the morning. Hmmm…maybe it’s time to get a new Curve.

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  • apple,  ipad,  sprint

    Sprint 4G Case for Apple iPad

    April 17, 2010 /

    I don’t know if the folks over at Sprint are crazy or crazy like a fox. It looks like Sprint has a back door marketing campaign for Apple customers, like me, for their 4G network. The latest gimmick is Sprint’s 4G Case of the iPad.

    The good folks over at BoyGeniusReport.com summed it up best by writing:

    “How can you not love Sprint when it pulls stunts like this? Following up on its 4G iPhone commercial, the Now Network has absolutely outdone itself with the introduction of the Sprint 4G Case for iPad. That’s right… the Sprint 4G Case for the freakin’ iPad.”

    You can get more details on the Sprint website.

    [Via BoyGeniusReport.com…]

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