Palm OS Sync support dropped from Mac OS X Snow Leopard?
It is now pretty clear that Mac OS X Snow Leopard has dropped the support for the Palm OS mobile platform.
Incidentally Palm itself is no longer using this mobile OS on their devices. The company has betted their future on their new webOS platform. [...]
Google Maps relying on us to show traffic data
Google has announced that they are adding a new feature to Google Maps which would display traffic data on side streets.
Google is relying on data provided by the users of the service on their smartphones for this new functionality.
Users are being asked to support the [...]
Palm starts accepting third party applications for Pre smartphone
US based smartphone company Palm has finally announced their Palm App Catalog e-commerce beta program.
The company is now inviting third party developers to submit their free or paid applications for inclusion on the store in the coming months.
This mobile application store caters to the owners of [...]
Palm reconnects Apple iTunes with Pre!
Palm has decided to take on Apple with their Pre Smartphone.
They are already competing with Apple iPhone in the US market.
The company has now decided to respond to updates issued to iTunes which blocks connectivity with Pre.
Palm has released a new software update for their Pre Smartphone [...]
Apple iTunes 8.2.1 kills Palm Pre support
Apple has finally done what market analysts had expected it to do. They have killed the support offered by Palm for their Pre smartphone in iTunes.
Apple has released Apple iTunes 8.2.1.
This update comes with some security fixes other than the above mentioned ‘fix’.
Apple said in a statement [...]
Palm Pre firmware 1.0.4 released
Palm has released yet another firmware update for the owners of their Pre smartphone.
The company has not revealed much about this update. Though it has disabled the installation of homebrew installs via email.
Palm does mention that this update fixes several security vulnerabilities.
The company also thanked Townsend Ladd Harris [...]
Palm App Catalog finally hits one million download milestone
Palm Pre was launched earlier this month. The launch has been fairly successful for the company.
However, one of the biggest complaints of Pre owners was the lack of applications on the Palm App Catalog.
Palm has been working hard to make sure that new applications are added on [...]
Adobe Flash 10 for mobile devices coming soon
Adobe has announced that they are going to release the beta edition of Flash 10 for mobile devices by October this year.
The company recently displayed an early edition of this plug-in for mobile browsers last year.
Adobe is now aiming to release the beta version at the upcoming Adobe’s [...]
Palm releases webOS source code!
Palm has finally gone ahead and released the source code of their webOS mobile platform which powers the Pre smartphone.
This was necessary for them to comply with the GPL licensing.
Palm has also launched an own open source section on their own website to help developers get hold of the code.
Palm has [...]
Palm webOS on Pre get its first update
Palm has released the first firmware update for the owners of their recently launched Pre smartphone.
The company has issued the webOS 1.0.3 update.
Palm said that this is a smaller update aimed to provide enhanced e-mail support and faster Google synching.
Most of the fixes are related to quicker [...]
