Tag Archive | "Palm Pre"
iPhone 3G S 54% faster than 3G model, 11% faster than the Pre
Anandtech puts the new iPhone 3G S through a battery of performance tests and the results are quite impressive. Below find a chart comparing web page rendering speeds via Wi-Fi Application launch times are also significantly better on the iPhone 3G S.
Continue reading...Reports of Palm Pre screen cracks emerge
Wednesday, June 17, 2009
Precentral reports: A fair number of individuals are reporting screen cracks originating from the center button, and then spider-webbing up the device. Thankfully, Sprint seems to be on the ball with the problem, and most folks are reporting replacement devices being handed out without having to go through the TEP or paying any deductible. This […]
Continue reading...Palm responds to Apple’s thinly veiled threat that iTunes support for the Pre is liable to change
Wednesday, June 17, 2009
In a clear message to Palm, Apple yesterday put up a support doc noting future iTunes updates might break compatibility with third-party media players such as the Palm Pre. Apple does not provide support for, or test for compatibility with, non-Apple digital media players and, because software changes over time, newer versions of Apple’s iTunes […]
Continue reading...Apple sends message to Palm that iTunes support is liable to change
Tuesday, June 16, 2009
DaringFireball points us to a new support doc from Apple that directly address the current ability of the Palm Pre to sync up with iTunes. Titled “iTunes: About unsupported third-party digital media players”, the document reads: Apple designs the hardware and software to provide seamless integration of the iPhone and iPod with iTunes, the iTunes […]
Continue reading...Andy Ihnatko reviews the Palm Pre – “WebOS isn’t terribly elegant”
Friday, June 12, 2009
Andy Ihnatko on the Palm Pre: Yesterday, I led off my thoughts about the Palm Pre (available right now from Sprint for $199 with contract). The takeaways: I think the keyboard is horrible and the user interface of Palm’s new WebOS isn’t terribly elegant. In places, it’s actively clumsy and confusing. Palm has a lot […]
Continue reading...Moron smashes an iPhone after buying a Palm Pre [Photos]
Thursday, June 11, 2009
We get that some people would prefer a Palm Pre over an iPhone (well not really, but we’ll play along). And we get that some people just don’t like the keyboard-less iPhone. But one Pre fan has taken his Palm Pre love, or perhaps iPhone hate, to a new level of idiocy. Upon purchasing a […]
Continue reading...Rumor: Palm working on lower priced phone to challenge $99 iPhone
Thursday, June 11, 2009
Analyst Ashok Kumar believes that Palm is already hard at work on Pixie, a lower priced follow up to the recently released Palm Pre. The Street reports: The new phone is expected to be a candybar-shaped touchscreen device that would sell for $99, and it’s aimed directly at the cheaper Apple iPhone. Palm is working […]
Continue reading...Phil Schiller takes potshot at Palm during WWDC Keynote
Wednesday, June 10, 2009
Usually when Apple takes a jab at a competitor during the WWDC, it’s a safe bet that Bertrand Serlet, Apple’s Senior VP of Software Engineering, is somewhere close by. But in a change of pace, it was keynote presenter Phil Schiller who delivered a keynote zinger by taking a jab at the just released Palm […]
Continue reading...Former Apple exec Jon Rubenstein to assume CEO position at Palm
Wednesday, June 10, 2009
In less than 2 years time, former Apple executive Jon Rubenstein went from sipping margaritas on a beach in Mexico to helping Palm deliver what some consider to be a worthy competitor to the iPhone in the form of the Palm Pre. And now, Rubenstein is poised to assume the CEO position at Palm in […]
Continue reading...The Pre ain’t no iPhone killer, and here’s why
Sunday, June 7, 2009
Okay, so I finally got my hands on a Pre today (courtesy of a friend who was able to lend it to me for about 30 minutes) and dare I say that I came away feeling underwhelmed. Now before anyone jumps up and says that I’m being biased, let me make clear that I’ve been […]
Continue reading...The “Why am I still up?” early Sunday Morning Link Roundup
Sunday, June 7, 2009
I stayed up until the wee hours of the morning just to deliver these links for you guys.. Couple gets engaged at an Apple Store – iPhoneSavior Palm Pre teardown shows iPhone-inspired design – AppleInsider More Questionable iPhone Photos Pre-WWDC – MacRumors iMovie ’09 8.03 Adds New Hidden Features – TidBITS Apple has squandered the […]
Continue reading...MacBreak Weekly host Leo Laporte blows up at TechCrunch founder Mike Arrington [Video]
Sunday, June 7, 2009
Leo Laporte is the host of the always entertaining and informative MacBreak Weekly podcast, and while taping an episode of the TWiT podcast earlier today, he blew up at TechCrunch founder Mike Arrington for implying that his positive impressions of the Pre were influenced by the fact that he received a free review unit from […]
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Saturday, June 20, 2009
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