Palm May Be Bought by HTC or Lenovo

By Ed Hardy | 4/12/2010

With lackluster sales of its latest smartphones, Palm, Inc. is supposedly looking to be acquired by a larger company. Palm has been independent for many years, but is reportedly looking for a partner.

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SPB's Free Streaming TV App Now Available for the webOS

By Ed Hardy | 4/5/2010

Palm Pre and Pre Plus users who like to watch TV on their smartphones now have a free option. SPB TV is a subscription-free mobile IPTV viewer, which gives users access to more than 100 publicly available digital TV channels from around the world.

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Most Popular Smartphones of March 2010

By Ed Hardy | 4/2/2010

At the beginning of each month, Brighthand publishes a list of the smartphones and other mobile devices that readers have shown the most interest in during the preceding four weeks.

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Palm Developer Days Mini Conference Scheduled for Later this Month

By Ed Hardy | 4/2/2010

Palm is going to hold the first in a series of all-day training sessions for developers near the end of this month. Palm Developer Days are intended to teach participants how to create successful webOS applications.

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Verizon Slashes Prices on Palm Pre Plus and Pixi Plus

By Ed Hardy | 4/1/2010

Verizon has dropped the contract price for the Palm Pre Plus by $100, to a third of its previous cost. The Palm Pixi Plus has also had a dramatic price cut, and Verizon has removed the fee for using these smartphones as Wi-Fi hotspots.

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CTIA Spring 2010 Wrap-Up: Lots of New Android OS Smartphones

By Ed Hardy | 3/28/2010

One of the most important phone-related tradeshows of the year was held this week. The spring CTIA show saw the unveiling of several new smartphones, all of which will run Google's Android OS, including the HTC EVO 4G, Samsung Galaxy S, Motorola i1, and Dell Aero.

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Palm Pre Plus for AT&T Preview

By Ed Hardy | 3/27/2010

AT&T announced this week that it is going to be offering the Palm Pre Plus in the coming months. Palm had this model on display at the CTIA tradeshow this week, and so Brighthand's Site Editor got some time with this upcoming smartphone.

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StyleTap's Palm OS Emulator Released for Jailbroken iPhones

By Ed Hardy | 3/26/2010

The long-delayed version of StyleTap for the iPhone has finally been released. This emulator allows over 30,000 applications originally written for Palm OS to run on iPhone and iPod touch units that have been jailbroken.

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AT&T Commits to Offering the Palm Pre Plus and Pixi Plus

By Ed Hardy | 3/22/2010

Palm announced today that both its most recent smartphones are headed for AT&T, the third major U.S. wireless carrier to pick up webOS-based devices. Palm Pre Plus and Pixi Plus are consumer-focused models with 3G, Wi-Fi, and hardware keyboards.

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Palm Gives Developers Advanced Tools for Creating webOS Games

By Ed Hardy | 3/9/2010

Palm, Inc. has released a beta version of the webOS Plug-in Development Kit (PDK). This gives game makers the tools they need to create high-end titles for this platform. Companies with early access to this PDK have released a range of 3D games.

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Palm's Next webOS Smartphone May Skip the Keyboard

By Ed Hardy | 3/8/2010

A new unconfirmed report gives a few of the details on Palm's next smartphone. The device, code-named Elan, will supposedly be the first webOS-based phone with a tablet shape and no physical keyboard when it debuts late this spring.

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Facebook for webOS 1.1 Released

By Ed Hardy | 3/4/2010

Palm has introduced a new version of Facebook for webOS. This brings a collection of new and updated features, including much better support for exchanging messages.

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