Palm created lots of buzz for its Pre smartphone during the days and months leading up to its launch. Once the device hit the market, it produced sales records early for Sprint before starting to fade in popularity as Sprint was unable to lure new customers to its network with the device. According an analyst at Collins Stewart the best days ... continued »

Some out there really like the look and feel of the Palm Pre UI, but just can’t bring themselves to get a Pre. This could be because of not wanting to change to Sprint or it could be that they are just weird. There has been an Android skin that makes the UI of Android devices look like the Pre. Palm ... continued »

One of the things we expect when any new mobile phone is launched is that hardware and software issues will be fixed in a timely manner. Sometimes how timely these sorts of things are fixed is much longer than users want. Early Palm Pre smartphones had their share of hardware issues. One of the big uses for some early adopters of ... continued »

With a high profile product launch like the Palm Pre, you would think Palm would be shouting its sales numbers from the mountain tops so all can hear. We already know that the Pre made sales records for Sprint, but analysts insist that the sales of the device weren't that robust. Many consider the weak link at this point to be ... continued »

According to research firm Gartner global mobile phone sales declined six percent in Q2 2009. While handset sales as a whole were on the decline, sales of smartphones grew an impressive 27%. One of the notable launches during the quarter was of the Palm Pre. The Pre created lots of buzz, but according to Gartner, the Pre failed to generate lots ... continued »

When the Palm Pre launched people were anxiously waiting for the Mojo SDK to launch as well so more developers could start writing apps for the smartphone. The Mojo SDK has been around for a while now and developers have had time to find its good and bad points. InfoWorld reports that the Mojo SDK is very simple to use. While ... continued »

Most of us have ventured over to YouTube on more than one occasion to watch videos of people doing stupid things or music videos. On some smartphones, the YouTube experience is less than ideal and Google is trying to change that. YouTube has updated its website for smartphones to let users log into their accounts, view favorite videos, and share new ... continued »

The Palm Pre has proven to be a reasonably popular smartphone here in the U.S. despite the fact that there is debate on how many units have actually been sold. Sprint still hasn’t released official numbers. The Pre is set to debut in Canada on August 27 on Bell Mobility. This will be the first sign of how popular the smartphone ... continued »

One of the big complaints that some Pre owners have is that the app store for the device lacks a significant number of applications. Thankfully, and unlike Apple, Palm and Sprint do have a method for home brewed apps to be installed on the Pre. JkOnTheRun spent the weekend playing with the unofficial home brew app store for the Pre that ... continued »

Google Maps is available for just about every smartphone on the market. The application has all sorts of features to help you get where you need to go and more. I have used Google Maps several times to get from one place to another when I was traveling. A company called NAC Geographic Products Inc. has announced an offering called NAC ... continued »