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Can’t Decide Between an iPhone and Palm Pre? Get Both-In One Phone! [Knock Offs]

By Lindsay R.
Cant Decide Between an iPhone and Palm Pre? Get Both-In One Phone! [Knock Offs]

Ok, so you'll must import it from dodgy Chinese site M8Cool, but surely a bet together with your credit card security is well worth the slight chance of getting a working Palm Pre , running iPhone OS? It walks and talks rather like a Palm Pre, only has an iPhone home ...

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Least Eco-Friendly Phone? Palm Pre Plus [Phones]

By Lindsay R.

Phones from HTC, Palm, LG, Nokia, Sony Ericsson and Samsung were put to the eco-friendly test by carrier O2, who found that the Palm Pre Plus and LG Etna are the worst models you'll buy for the environmentally-inclined. The manufacturers who participated inside the test apparently ...

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Sprint Pre Plus hack detailed in step-by-step guide

By Dan A.
Sprint Pre Plus hack detailed in step-by-step guide

WebOS device hacking has reach some considerable heights recently with a mod to bring WiFi to a Sprint Palm Pixi, nonetheless it seems like even that's now been topped by this hack that eventually brings the Pre Plus to Sprint. As you'll probably guess, that involves a Sprint Palm Pre, a Pre Plus (from either ...

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Pre Plus out of stock online at Verizon and AT&T — so what does it mean?

By Dan A.
Pre Plus out of stock online at Verizon and AT&T -- so what does it mean?

We can all agree that some fresh product is desperately overdue out of Sunnyvale, so the eternal optimists in us wish to believe that the departure of the Pre Plus from Verizon's and AT&T's warehouses straight away implies that we will expect new goodies soon. After all , it's entirely possible that the two carriers ...

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Vice President Who Was In Charge Of Designing The Pre Leaves Palm And HP [Palm]

By Lindsay R.
Vice President Who Was In Charge Of Designing The Pre Leaves Palm And HP [Palm]

We knew that a lot of Palm employees left once HP acquired the company, but now we know the most recent one to jump ship: Peter Skillman, Palm\'s Vice chairman of Design. Also called the guy who designed the Pre. It\'s sad to look another high-ranking individual leave Palm and HP so soon after HP CEO ...

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Palm Pre hits 1.2GHz courtesy of SR71 Blackbird kernel, not for the faint-hearted

By Dan A.
Palm Pre hits 1.2GHz courtesy of SR71 Blackbird kernel, not for the faint-hearted

Whoa! After breaking the 1GHz barrier just three weeks ago, dauntless modder unixpsycho is back with a further insane hack for the aging Palm Pre. What\'s new? Why, this \" SR71 Blackbird\" custom kernel, which simply pushes the poor little OMAP3430 processor up to at least one.2GHz -- that\'s twice the original clock speed, ...

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The Scottevest Carry-On Coat may be carrying things a bit too far

By Dan A.

Scott at Scottevest is a pretty cool guy – if a bit manic. Case in point: this crazy freaking trenchcoat that apparently allows you to carry clothes and shoes in one of the jacket’s 33 pockets.

I swear by SeV hoodies and jackets, but this might just be pushing the bounds of sanity. This could also [...]

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Palm webOS 1.4.5 being released for Pre and Pixi models

By Dan A.
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Word on the street has it that Palm has started to roll out its webOS 1.4.5 for both the Pre and Pixi models worldwide, regardless of whether you’re rocking to Sprint in the US or SFR in France. The update will help address a handful of security flaws…

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Pre Plus and Pixi Plus free on contract, with free accessories, too

By Dan A.

What we really want from HP is a brand new webOS smartphone, but it’d be unfair to say we’d “settle” for a Palm Pre — especially at prices like these. To commemorate the opening of the new HP Wireless store, the company’s offering both Pre Plus and P…

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Mozilla Firefox 4 Beta 1 revealed

By Dan A.
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Mozilla went about quietly releasing their Firefox 4 Beta 1 candidate build, where it looked pretty solid when running, without causing any surprises to those who were using Firefox 3.7 before this. There are no detailed release notes available as at …

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Palm Pre overclocked to 1GHz mark

By Dan A.
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With Palm getting swallowed up by HP, that doesn’t mean the Palm community is just going to go belly up and moan on whatever remaining days their Palm devices have left. No sir, the webOS community is still alive and kicking, with the homebrew project…

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Kin One drops to $29, Two drops to $49, data plans remain silly expensive

By Dan A.

Best Buy’s already taken to offering Microsoft’s Kin One for free and the Two for $49 on sale, but it looks like Verizon’s officially lowering the price tag on its socialphones: the Kin One will henceforth be $29 while the Two drops to $49 for good. T…

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