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Why enabling the Palm Pre to sync up with iTunes is shortsighted
In case you missed it, Palm is up to its old tricks again and has re-enabled the ability of the Palm Pre to sync with iTunes. As we’ve discussed previously, this back and forth cat and mouse game between Apple and Palm only serves to disrupt the user experience for Palm Pre owners, with their […]
Continue reading...New Palm Pre update re-enables iTunes syncing.. AGAIN
Saturday, October 3, 2009
The ongoing battle between Palm and Apple over the Palm Pre’s ability to sync up with iTunes shows no signs of dying down, despite numerous attempts from Apple to block the Pre and in spite a recent letter from the USB Implementors Forum which chastised Palm for spoofing Apple’s USB Vendor ID. Palm today released […]
Continue reading...Report: Palm laying off workers, disappointing Pre sales may be to blame
Thursday, October 1, 2009
Palm has started laying off employees as a cost saving measure in the face of lower then expected Palm Pre sales, according to a recent blurb on CoolSmartphone. Since Palm first introduced the Pre to the public at CES 2009, the Pre, rightly or wrongly, has been typecast as a true competitor to the iPhone. […]
Continue reading...USB Forum comes down hard on Palm for spoofing Apple’s USB vendor ID re: iTunes syncing
Wednesday, September 23, 2009
The cat and mouse game over the Palm Pre’s ability to sync with iTunes may soon be coming to an end. Just a few weeks ago, Apple released an iTunes update which prevented the Pre from syncing up with iTunes. Shortly thereafter, Palm answered with an update of its own with the release of webOS […]
Continue reading...Report: Steve Jobs asked Palm not to hire Apple engineers
Thursday, August 20, 2009
In the wake of a U.S Justice Department investigation into questionable hiring practices at tech companies, it’s come to light that in August 2007, Apple asked Palm not hire any of its employees. According to former Palm CEO Ed Colligan, who once mocked Apple’s entry into the smartphone market, he and Jobs held talks in […]
Continue reading...Palm Pre sends user info, including location, back to Palm on a daily basis
Friday, August 14, 2009
It came to light this week that the Palm Pre sends an array of user information back to Palm HQ on a daily basis. Specifically, Palm Pre users send the following information back to the mothership every 24 hours. 1) Installed Apps 2) Crash Logs 3) User Location (via GPS) 4) And finally, a list […]
Continue reading...Palm hires yet another former Apple employee as new SVP of Brand Design
Tuesday, August 4, 2009
The number of former Apple employees now working for Palm is quite extensive, and now you can add another name to the list. Palm recently added Jeff Zwerner to its management team as its new Senior Vice President of Brand Design. In his new role, Zwerner will apply “his significant expertise in strategic brand design […]
Continue reading...How the latest Palm Pre update syncs with iTunes
Monday, August 3, 2009
A few weeks ago, Apple released an iTunes update which prevented the Palm Pre from syncing up with iTunes. Shortly thereafter, Palm responded with an update of its own with the release of webOS 1.1, an update which re-enabled the ability of the Pre to sync up with and transfer media files from iTunes. In […]
Continue reading...New Palm Pre webOS update re-enables syncing with iTunes
Thursday, July 23, 2009
Last week, Apple released iTunes update 8.2.1 which prevented the Palm Pre from syncing up with iTunes. Earlier today, Palm responded with an update of its own with the release of webOS 1.1, an update which, among other things, re-enables the ability of the Pre to sync up with and transfer media files from iTunes. […]
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...Report: The Palm Pre can sync with iTunes
Thursday, May 28, 2009
The upcoming Palm Pre will seamlessly connect with iTunes, according to a report from Fortune. Third party programs that perform the same service for various non-Apple MP3 players — including the Palm Treo and 700p – have been available for some time. But team Pre has apparently built the necessary code right into the device’s […]
Continue reading...Palm feeling pressure to release the Pre ASAP, WWDC to blame?
Wednesday, April 29, 2009
We still have no clue as to when the Palm Pre is exactly gonna drop, but we do know that it’ll be sometime before the end of June. Now, PalmWebOS Blog is reporting, citing a contact who works at Sprint headquarters, that “the pressure to release the device quickly is unbelievable”, and that the new […]
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Sunday, October 4, 2009
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