webOS 2.0 for the Sprint Palm Pre leaks out, added features in tow
Palm promised that webOS 2.0 would hit all of its devices in the "coming months," and it looks like work is trucking right along -- we were just sent these shots of the updated OS running in beta form on the original Sprint Palm Pre. Obviously there's not much here that we didn't pore over in our exhaustive webOS 2.0 review , but we're noting the addition of voice dialing and some preferences for the screensaver-like Exhibition View -- we're told just the time works right now, but photos, agenda view, and Facebook are all listed
Categories: Mobile Phone, Other Tags: addition, barley, code, Dialing, entry, interestingly, palm, photos, pore, result, screensaver, something-else, sprint, webos
Palm Pre 2 lands on Rogers today, $99 on three-year contract
Beating out Verizon , Canada's Rogers becomes the first carrier in North America to pick up the Pre 2 today, hawking it for CAD $99 -- about $97 -- as long as you're willing to put your name down for a new three-year contract with a qualifying voice and data plan. Since Rogers runs HSPA on 850 and 1900MHz, you can bet this is pretty much the same phone Palm is offering unlocked in the States for $450; you're just paying a little less upfront and a whole lot more over time. Six of one, half-dozen of the other, as they say
Categories: Mobile Phone, Other Tags: Lot, north, rogers, since-rogers, upfront, verizon, webos
Hewlett Packard files trademarks for Gyst, Myte, and Veer: new Palm models?
Palm has never shied away from odd, short names for its devices -- take the Zire , for instance -- so when you hear that Palm's new owner has filed for trademarks on "Gyst," "Myte," and "Veer" in the category that covers smartphones, it doesn't take a very big leap of logic to believe that they're intended for future Palm models. HP's filings were all made on the 10th of this month, so they're very fresh; of course, companies of all types regularly file trademarks that they don't use either to throw off the Engadgets of the world or just in case they end up needing it down the road, so we wouldn't take these to mean there'll definitely be Veers on your carrier's shelf in 2011
Categories: Mobile Phone Tags: category, engadgets, entry, hewlett-packard, hewlettpackard, Logic, needing-it-down, palm, regularly-file, tiny, veer, vote, webos, your-carrier
Editorial: RIM seems to be as lost as my BlackBerry
The only way to open this editorial is to admit something I've been rather shy about on the pages of Engadget: I've been an avid BlackBerry fan and user for about six years now. I mean a real addict -- the kind who wakes up each morning looking for a blinking red LED, the kind who's refused to give up push email and BlackBerry Messenger in favor of more powerful, polished, and progressive mobile operating systems like iOS, Android, and webOS
Categories: Android, BlackBerry, Mobile Phone Tags: admit-something, black, blackberry 6, curve, d: dive into mobile, making-the-leap, operating, verizon, webos
Smartphone buyer’s guide: the best phones for AT&T, Verizon, Sprint, T-Mobile, and more!
It's true, picking a smartphone is incredibly difficult these days. Gone is the time when your options were limited and your choices simply between the lesser-of-evils
Categories: Android, Mobile Phone Tags: carrier-lineups, cell-phone, don, droidincredible, gadget, process, stress, verizon, vzw, webos, windowsphone7
Nokia’s former MeeGo chief confirms new role as Senior VP of webOS at HP
Ari Jaaksi, the former head of MeeGo Devices at Nokia has confirmed reports from last month identifying HP as his new employer. According to the latest update to his LinkedIn profile, Ari is now enjoying the mild temperatures of the San Francisco Bay Area and does indeed hold the title of Senior Vice President at Hewlett-Packard. That in itself doesn't necessarily mean he's the new head honcho for webOS and Palm devices , but clicking on his "Company Website" link takes you to Palm.com, which should dispel any lingering doubts.
Sprint’s Palm Pre marked for End of Life?
We don't quite know how to break it to you, but if PreCentral sources are correct, Palm's hit a very interesting landmark: its comeback device, the Pre for Sprint, has reportedly reached End of Life (EOL). Warehouse quantities are said to be limited, and after that... well...
Categories: Mobile Phone, Other Tags: ebay, engadget, eol, friend-via, hp palm, palmpre, pixi, quantities, ride, sequel, web os, webos, wild
Palm Pre 2 pre-orders will start November 8th, says HP
Whether called the Pre 2 or Pre Plus 2, there's no denying that the first webOS 2.0 device is coming at us in a fast and furious fashion. Verizon docs already revealed it was on that carrier's November roadmap , and now HP's Facebook page for students has narrowed pre-order availability down to a specific date: November 8th. That's next Monday, folks! No more info is available at this time, such as whether that will include the promised unlocked GSM Pre 2s or whether they would be forthcoming at a later date
Categories: Mobile Phone Tags: availability, docs, fashion, goodness, hpforstudents, pre, pre-order, result, roadmap, specific-date, such-as-whether, time, webos, webos2.0
Unlocked GSM Palm Pre 2 to be ‘available direct from HP,’ Gorilla Glass on the front
We've been toying with a Palm Pre 2 for a few weeks now, but given that it's not "final hardware," we can't exactly make any firm judgments on the unit itself.
Categories: Mobile Phone Tags: camera, gorilla, gorillaglass, keep-the-front, megapixel, mobile, palm, palmpre, smartphone, unlocked, webos, webos2.0
Palm Pre 2 for Rogers in the wild
Curious where Palm model number P102UNA -- the North American UMTS variant of the Pre 2 -- might be headed?
Categories: Mobile Phone Tags: entry, france, hspa, latest-handset, moving, number, p102una, palm, pre 2, strutting-its, umts, webos, wild