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Palm holds “mini developer event”

Apr 042010

Long times ago, the mobile computing world flocked to Palm’s DevCon conference – a large event where analysts and developers from all over the world came together. Unfortunately, the demise of the Palm OS also ended this tradeshow…

Conference heads close to Sunnyvale can rejoice…Palm seems to restart the tradition. Chuq van Rospach has just announced the following:

This is your chance to learn from and exchange ideas with the Palm developer team, including engineering, marketing, and management. On April 23rd we’ll offer pre-conference tutorials recommended for developers that are new to the platform. Sessions on April 24th will include everything from the basics of marketing your apps to creating rich 3D games. Stop by the App Lab at any time for personal help from a Palm expert.

Session topics include:
Intro to webOS
Porting Apps to webOS
Advanced webOS
Marketing Your Apps: The Business of webOS Development
Creating 3D Games for webOS
Effective Debugging Techniques
What’s Coming Next in webOS

Further information via the URL below:
http://developer.palm.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2042

Apple Newton – the tear-down

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Apr 022010

Even though very few people still recall Apple’s Newton, it can nevertheless be considered the grandfather of smartphones and PDA’s.

Due to the upcoming release of the iPad, the folks at iFixit tore down a MessagePad 2000:
Apple Newton the tear down

In case anyone of you is interested in how mobile devices were built in 1996, hit the URL below:
http://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/Apple-Tablet-Teardown/2153/1

Verizon slashes Pre and Pixi prices

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Apr 022010

Verizon’s official asking prices for the Pre and Pixi are all but a joke – retailers like Walmart and Amazon have had them for significantly lower rates for quite some time.

Verizon apparently figured that out now, and lowered prices in response:

In a Thursday statement, Verizon spokeswoman Brenda Raney revealed that the price of Pre Plus has been reduced from $150 to $50; while that of Pixi Plus has been slashed from $80 to $30. However, both the devices will be available with two-year Verizon contracts.

Not much to add here…

Mobile hotspot: free on Verizon

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Apr 022010

Palm’s Mobile Hotspot solution is interesting – while similar features have been available for other devices for some time, Palm is the first to bundle it into the firmware.

So far, Verizon charged its customers an extra 20$ per month for this…but no more. Effective immediately, Mobile Hotspot service is free. New customers can add the product to their plan for 0$, while Verizon claims that existing customers will be charged 0$/mo come the next month.

Sounds good to me…

webOS 1.4.1 on its way

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Apr 012010

This is just a quick heads-up to let you all know that webOS 1.4.1 is on its way to Pres all over the world.

As always, expect the update to drop automatically…

AT&T stores get “practice Pres”

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Apr 012010

Looks like all the rumors about the Palm Pre for AT&T being delayed weren’t so true – AT&T stores all over the USA will get practice units in the near future.

Engadget got their hands onto the shot below:
att practice pre AT&T stores get practice Pres