New Facebook Beta for webOS (v1.2.30) adds landscape viewing, inline comments
A few iterations beyond the last time we checked in , the Palm webOS Facebook app is now up to beta version 1.2.30. New features this time around include landscape viewing, improved photo tagging, and the ability to clear all notifications by selecting view all, then using a back gesture to exit the menu. Other changes that are more immediately noticeable are the news feed dropdown menu option (before & after picture after the break) which should be quite useful for those following our tips on managing your Facebook friends , plus the ability to see comments directly in the news feed, instead of just a number indicating how many there are
Categories: Mobile Phone, Other Tags: 1.2.30, ability, app, facebook, mobile, news, Notifications, palm, palm-pre, palmpre, pixi plus, time, webos
Hack brings WiFi to Sprint Palm Pixi courtesy of Verizon Pixi Plus radio board swap
We can't say it's the most practical of hacks, but it looks like Sprint Palm Pixi users eager to add some much-needed WiFi to their device do have at least one option. As demonstrated by PreCentral forum member gitit20, all you have to do is find a Verizon Pixi Plus somewhere, pull out its radio board, swap it with the one in your Sprint Pixi, and run the Sprint webOS Doctor application to get everything back in working order
Categories: Mobile Phone Tags: board, boards, head-on-past, palmpixi, pixi plus, result, serial, sprint-pixi, thing-on-video, video, webos
Palm Pixi Plus now free on AT&T
Wow, that didn't take long! A couple days ago, you were paying $50 to take this thing home, but AT&T has moved perhaps quicker than any carrier in memory to adjust pricing on the Pixi Plus down to a more reasonable $0 -- on contract after rebates, of course. The only catch appears to be that you'll have to sign up for a data plan of at least $15, which corresponds to the carrier's recently-introduced DataPlus package that includes 200MB per month with overage of $15 per additional 200MB. That might seem low for your average power user on your average smartphone -- but this is a Pixi Plus we're talking about here.
Categories: Mobile Phone Tags: att, Carrier, couple, entry, more-reasonable, per-additional, pixi, pixi plus, pixiplus, result, thing
Palm Pixi Plus now available on AT&T
We knew it was coming, and here it is: you can now grab up a Palm Pixi Plus on AT&T.
Categories: Mobile Phone Tags: classic, full-review, much-the-same, palm, palm pixi, pixi, pixi plus, pixiplus, the-classic
Verizon’s Pixi Plus drops to free on contract
Say what you will about the Pixi Plus ; it may not be the best smartphone in the world, and heck, it might not even be the best webOS device on the block. But you know what? When your net cash outlay is a big, fat zero, it's pretty tough to argue -- especially when you've got dumbphones running $20, $50, $100, or even more
Categories: Mobile Phone Tags: cash, cash-outlay, entry, heck, hotspot, less-upfront, mobile, nothing-else, pixi plus, pixiplus, price, question, upfront, verizon-wireless, verizonwireless
AT&T scheduling Palm Pixi Plus, Vu Plus, and others for early June launch?
So we know the Pre Plus is hitting AT&T this coming Sunday -- but what about its little brother? We're hearing that AT&T has lined up the Pixi Plus for a June 6 launch for $49.99 on contract after rebate, $100 less than it'll be charging for the Pre Plus -- in other words, you'll be able to get a Verizon Pre Plus or an AT&T Pixi Plus for the same price, and the latter won't include free mobile hotspot service. Voodoo math aside, we've got a few more goodies in here for you: the aging LG Vu will apparently be replaced on June 6 with a Vu Plus model for $149.99 on contract with rebate, Samsung will re-up the rugged Rugby with the Rugby II for $129.99, and Pantech's Pursuit swings in for $49.99
Categories: Mobile Phone, Other Tags: att, coming, include-free, mobile, pixi plus, pixiplus, pursuit, rumor, samsung, vuplus, webos
Palm Pixi Plus hits Vodafone Spain on May 10, Pre Plus conspicuously missing
Wherever the Pre goes, the Pixi typically likes to follow, which makes it pretty interesting to see that Vodafone Spain will be launching Palm's new GSM flavor of the Pixi Plus on the 10th of this month without any sign of its Pre Plus sibling. That's a marked departure from the line Vodafone and O2 have both been taking in other markets , so it makes you wonder: does Vodafone think that the Pre Plus won't sell well here (it already offers the Pre), is there some firmware issue holding back the localized version, or is there some other mysterious conspiracy brewing altogether?
Categories: Mobile Phone, Other Tags: already-offers, markets, mysterious, offers-the-pre, pixi plus, reading, vodafone, vodafone es, vodafone-spain
HP and Palm: what happens next
HP announcing that it's going to buy Palm in a $1.2b all-cash transaction certainly took everyone by surprise, but in many ways the deal makes perfect sense. HP is a gigantic player in the tech industry but has no appreciable presence in rapidly-growing mobile space, and Palm -- well, you should know how we feel about Palm by now. Even still, we can't say we were expecting this one, and it looks like most of you weren't either -- HP only got two percent of the vote in our "who should buy Palm" poll , while Engadget (that's us!) got..
Categories: Mobile Phone Tags: around-the-news, call-announcing, conference, mobile, news, pixi plus, pixiplus, pre plus, result, sense, shake-out-over, transaction, vote
Palm’s Pre Plus and Pixi Plus coming to France next week
Hey, France, you really want to rub some salt in AT&T customers' wounds for no reason other than the fact that you're feeling scrappy?
Categories: Mobile Phone, Other Tags: alright-then, browsers-come, custom-goodies, engadget-mobile, entry, extensive, helps-customers, hotspot-network, palm, pixi plus, pre plus, these-devices, using-the-phone
Official: Palm Pre Plus and Pixi Plus hitting Vodafone and O2 Germany on April 28
Palm's news activity doesn't seem like abating any time soon, as the company has just made the Deutsch arrival date for its Plus-ified phones official as April 28. It matches earlier speculation about late April, but also -- very importantly -- introduces a new carrier options for our Teutonic brethren in the form of Vodafone. Formerly locked in with Telefonica (whose local representative is O2), Palm seems to have finally seen the error of its ways and started offering choice as a side dish to its delectable WebOS main course.
Categories: Mobile Phone Tags: brethren, Carrier, news-activity, offering-choice, palm, palm pixi, palmpixi, palmpreplus, pixi plus, pixiplus, preplus, vodafone