Palm Pre, Pixi and WebOS

Do we still care after HP’s acquisition?

A bit more on Palm’s IPR. I would have thought they would be worth more at this point.

Took them long enough…

Isn’t this, like, a little late?

I’m getting this sense of deja vu from when they licensed the original Palm OS…

Weird.

Pre “Plus”? Hmmm. I must have dozed off.

So, no dice.

It’s not the first time heralds of doom have blared their horns at Palm, but…

In-depth analysis by Jean-Louis Gassée

A year later, and still not quite there (and with constant re-shufflings at the corporate level).

Not that different. Smoother, if anything.

Not a keeper, then.

Well, can’t fault them for making sure the emulator matches the shipping versions.

I was wondering when folk would start asking these kind of questions, but Palm already tried using someone else’s OS and got no good out of it…

It’s a phone, comes in a box.

I can’t really get excited about this one for some reason - maybe it’s the hardware keyboard.

The ripples are still spreading, and will for weeks after this was written.

Makes sense.

Not much detail on the apps.

Cheap, interesting - let’s see how good it really is.

Bloody predictable

Finally, a developer portal and SDK.

How very… predictable.

Praise for the software, but not the hardware.

Ah well…

Kind of makes sense.

The piece wanders here and there, makes a few cogent points, but does not convince me in the least. To beat the Blackberry, Palm needs to address corporate needs, not the personal ones the article waltzes through.

The second installment, still wandering here and there but more interesting.

I’d actually say they have a quarter of their business plan in place, given Palm’s current presence (or lack thereof) in Europe.

Great selection of wallpapers.

A cogent and reasoned breakdown of the Pre’s Linux underpinnings

Walt Mossberg emphasizes the app store’s current weak selection

This is the stuff that really matters - the tech is useless if there aren’t guiding design principles.

Late to the game, but chock full of videos.

David Pogue drains the battery in less than a day

Steven Levy also mentions heavy battery drain, also thinks the keyboard is small.

Some complaints regarding the keyboard.

Doesn’t look half bad, although realistically there aren’t that many legacy apps that make sense using on a Pre, and the lack of personal data integration can be a downer.

Considering they can’t possibly have gotten one yet, this raises questions about iSupply’s reputability…

Another link that falls under my Disclaimer

It’s almost as if they’re ticking off a beat the iPhone checklist. Multitasking, tethering, cutpaste, Flash. (more)

Here’s something that falls squarely under my Disclaimer in more ways than one.

This is why I think HTML5 is a big deal on mobile.

Rather nicely rounded article, even if the writer didn’t know that Gmail does have IMAP IDLE support.

Some notes on Palm’s patents for the Pre

Some info on the hardware (a TI OMAP 3430 CPU and the App Catalog

Not much detail, though.

Missed the bit about Exchange support. A few other factual errors.

Title says it all, really.

Not much to say other than there are glimpses of some interesting portions of the UI.

Around 30 screenshots.

The Reg fondles it, after having licked the UI