WebOS News

Recent News -- Page: 2

(For older articles visit the Brighthand.com News Archive)

Catalog of webOS Apps Now Available on Palm's Site
PUBLISHED: 10/20/2009  BY: Ed Hardy
Palm, Inc. has answered the requests of many, and created an online listing of all the third-party webOS software that's on the market. Previously, this information could only be found in the on-device App Catalog.
FULL STORY (1,248 Reads) | DISCUSSION (0 Replies)

Verizon Is Definitely Getting the Palm Pre
PUBLISHED: 10/17/2009  BY: Ed Hardy
If there are any lingering doubts that Verizon Wireless is going to offer the Palm Pre, one of this this carrier's Twitter feeds has re-iterated earlier promises to launch the first webOS-based smartphone in a few months.
FULL STORY (3,877 Reads) | DISCUSSION (2 Replies)

Palm Pre Debuts in Europe
PUBLISHED: 10/13/2009  BY: Ed Hardy
The Palm Pre is rolling out across W. Europe this week. It debuted in Germany today, will be released in Spain tomorrow, and will hit store shelves in the U.K. and Ireland in a few days. This is the first time this webOS-based smartphone is available outside of N. America.
FULL STORY (1,705 Reads) | DISCUSSION (0 Replies)

Analyst Predicts Android Will Outsell iPhone, BlackBerry, Windows Mobile by 2012
PUBLISHED: 10/8/2009  BY: Ed Hardy
Google's Android OS is still getting off the ground, but an analyst for the market-research firm Gartner says that two years from now it will have a larger share of the world market than almost all of its rivals.
FULL STORY (2,894 Reads) | DISCUSSION (9 Replies)

MotionApps Classic Palm OS Emulator Gets HotSync Support
PUBLISHED: 10/6/2009  BY: Ed Hardy
MotionApps has just released a new version of its Palm OS emulator for the Palm Pre that brings HotSync support to this webOS-based device. Other enhancements are also included.
FULL STORY (2,261 Reads) | DISCUSSION (15 Replies)

Palm's App Catalog Finally Includes Paid Software
PUBLISHED: 10/5/2009  BY: Ed Hardy
Palm's on-device software store has passed an important milestone -- the first for-pay app has been listed. This is expected to lead to a significantly larger amount of webOS software available for users of the Palm Pre.
FULL STORY (2,118 Reads) | DISCUSSION (6 Replies)

Adobe Flash Player for Mobile Devices Will Be Out by Year's End
PUBLISHED: 10/5/2009  BY: Ed Hardy
Adobe Systems said today it is on schedule to release a beta version of its Flash player for a number of mobile devices this year, and more will follow in 2010. This will support sites that use Flash for navigation, as well as Flash video.
FULL STORY (2,536 Reads) | DISCUSSION (4 Replies)

Small webOS Update Brings iTunes Syncing Back to the Palm Pre
PUBLISHED: 10/3/2009  BY: Ed Hardy
Another skirmish happened today in a back-and-forth fight between Palm and Apple -- Palm released webOS 1.2.1 today, which brings support for iTunes synchronization back to the Palm Pre, which Apple has previously blocked.
FULL STORY (1,571 Reads) | DISCUSSION (9 Replies)

Palm Pixi Might Debut in Three Weeks
PUBLISHED: 10/1/2009  BY: Ed Hardy
The second webOS-powered smartphone will be on store shelves later this month, is an unconfirmed report is correct. The Palm Pixi will have a different design from its predecessor, the Palm Pre -- a tablet shape, with a small keyboard fixed below its capacitive touchscreen.
FULL STORY (2,799 Reads) | DISCUSSION (0 Replies)

Most Popular Smartphones of September 2009
PUBLISHED: 10/1/2009  BY: Ed Hardy
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. This month's list is dominated by new and upcoming models.
FULL STORY (3,437 Reads) | DISCUSSION (1 Reply)

Verizon May Get an Enhanced Version of the Palm Pre
PUBLISHED: 9/29/2009  BY: Ed Hardy
Despite last week's rumor to the contrary, many source agree that the Verizon will begin offering the Palm Pre early next year. A new new report even says this will be an enhanced version, with a better screen and more memory.
FULL STORY (3,860 Reads) | DISCUSSION (37 Replies)

Palm Pre Gets Updated to webOS 1.2
PUBLISHED: 9/28/2009  BY: Ed Hardy
Palm has released webOS 1.2, a new version of the system software for the Palm Pre. This includes a long list of new features, including support for paying for third-party software on the on-device App Catalog, greater support for cut-and-paste, and much more.
FULL STORY (3,327 Reads) | DISCUSSION (6 Replies)