The end of an era is upon us folks. The webOS phone that started it all, the original Palm Pre, is no more on Sprint.com. Keen-eyed readers will still be able to drum up some information — a picture here, a blurb there — focusing on the 522-day old handset. But any pages or buttons leading to a detailed hardware breakdown or purchase page are now gone. What’s even more depressing for webOS aficionados is that Sprint nor Palm have announced anything that...
Apple’s App Store may be 100,000+ apps strong, but it isn’t the only mobile app store in town. On the opposite side of the spectrum, Palm users have reason to celebrate as their app selection has official crossed the 300 app mark. At first celebrating such a puny number may seem ridiculous and laughable. Though remember, it isn’t necessarily the quantity but the quality that matters. Of Apple’s 100,000+ apps, I can guarantee that maybe 5% of...
Palm Pre developers and those sitting on the fence should all feel a bit wealthier come September 24th. That magical date is the grand opening if you will of paid apps. That’s right, the App Catalog is finally entering digital puberty which will in turn *hopefully* begin to acquire a more robust app catalog. Getting paid for your work is always a good thing. Now that paid apps are coming, more developers should be interested no? With the same 70/30 revenue split...
If anyone wanted to see the prime example of the rise and fall of a company, look no further than Sprint. Once a much greater force in the wireless world is now but a distant third (working their way to fourth) in terms of customer base and earnings. The Palm Pre was marketed as Sprint’s saving grace. It was the CDMA jesus phone if you will much the same as Apple’s iPhone has been classified for GSM carriers. However, the Pre never had as much hype and media...
Reach into the depths of your mind. Way back past the spider webs, old rusty wagons, and Aunt Bettie’s rotting fruit cake. In that little desolate corner there resides the memories of your younger years and Kazaa, the once very popular though very illegal file sharing service. After going the numerous lawsuit scares several years back, they implemented a subscription model of $19.95/year. Super. So why the importance now? It has just been revealed that the Palm...
