Oh Roger McNamee; Pre is Alien Technology (and better than Viagra)

Posted on 28 May 2009 by Steven Grady

The funny man himself had some interesting things to say in this video that was shown before the Palm keynote at D7 today. The Palm Pre apparently has a ton of capabilities that only Roger is aware of. Who knew? Video after the jump. continued »

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All Things Digital D7: Palm Pre info [Updated]

Posted on 28 May 2009 by Steven Grady

We're watching a live feed from D7, and so far, we have confirmation that the Palm Pre WILL sync to iTunes on Mac AND PC. There is also Twitter Universal Search built in. Roger McNamee says that there will be a dozen apps at launch, but "at 4:20, they're get more apps." So far, everything being demoed has been seen before ... continued »

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Palm Pre default Ringtone graces our ears

Posted on 28 May 2009 by Steven Grady

I have to say it sounds quite pretty, and is much better than the iPhone's Marimba ringtone. Roger Bourland was commissioned to write the 8 new ringtones for the Palm Pre, including this one (hit up the link to hear it). Bourland praised Matias Duarte for having the vision to commission “micro-compositions; not just phone emulations, or paid-for chunks of pre-existing ... continued »

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Verizon wants the Pre too

Posted on 28 May 2009 by Steven Grady

Anyone who doesn't want AT&T OR Sprint might be interested in this one. Reuters has a quote from Verizon CEO Lowell McAdam stating: "Over the next six months or so you will see devices like Palm Pre and a second generation Storm," on the Verizon Wireless networks McAdam said. While this doesn't meant the the Pre will DEFINITELY hit big red, it's ... continued »

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Palm Pre handled by BGR

Posted on 28 May 2009 by Steven Grady

Boy Genius Report is claiming to be the first blog to be able to write about their experiences with the Pre. I'm not sure if they're under NDA, violating it, or what, but they've got it and are currently manhandling our beautiful device. So far, their impressions are that if feels good in your hands, but has an overly plastic ... continued »

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Want to see an example of a photo taken with a Pre? [Updated]

Posted on 27 May 2009 by Steven Grady

Here it is: To check it out in its full glory, go here. Apparently, this photo was taken with a Palm Pre and submitted via the Official Palm Twitter (@palm) to yFrog. Palm was "Just trying out yfrog.com" and published the first known photo from the 3.0 MP, auto focus, flash toting, depth-of-field wielding camera.  Surprisingly, the photo is darn good. UPDATE: Giz ... continued »

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AT&T wants Palm Pre after Sprint

Posted on 27 May 2009 by Steven Grady

It seems that AT&T is going to try to get their hands on the Palm Pre as soon as the exclusivity contract with Sprint expires. AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson admitted that he sees AT&T selling the Palm Pre after Sprint's contract with Palm has expired. This means we could see a GSM version of the Pre in the U.S. as ... continued »

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Palm Pre to have IMAP IDLE (Push) Gmail

Posted on 27 May 2009 by Steven Grady

Pre Central is getting word from a tipster with a webOS emulator that the Pre is going to support IMAP IDLE. This means that users on GMail will have near instantaneous reception of new emails. That's right, it's getting pushed down to the phone from the GMail servers. This is great news for Pre users. Currently, the only phone to ... continued »

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Palm webOS makes appearance at Google I/O [UPDATED w/ Video]

Posted on 27 May 2009 by Steven Grady

We were very surprised that Palm made an appearance at the Google I/O keynote. Vincent is there right now, watching Palm demonstrate a bunch of different features, including the Maps API, the accelerometer API and what looks like the music API. Go to live.slashgear.com to check it out! continued »

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Become a Palm Pre expert BEFORE the device launches!

Posted on 26 May 2009 by Steven Grady

If you're like me, you're already watching all of the walk through videos posted on YouTube of the Palm Pre. To make it easy, I've decided to embed all of the videos into a centralized location for your learning and viewing pleasure. Enjoy! continued »

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