Many of us, if not all, are waiting for Google Latitude to show up on our Palm webOS devices, but Google is taking time. Last time Google did some improvements and updated Google Maps for the Palm Pre was back in October, but no Latitude love. That could be changing soon though. The last 'big' update that came to us Palm ... continued »

As we all know - or at least us, Pre users - by now, when we are on a phone call using the slider open on our Pre smartphones, to end that call, we have to press the 'end call button'. So far there is no way that you can just shut the slider close to end said call. Well, ... continued »

If you remember, back on June Palm cautioned one group of webOS hackers regarding the Pre unofficial tethering, because it might anger Sprint. The team behind the Pre Dev Wiki were “politely cautioned” by the manufacturer that discussing ways to enable tethering on the smartphone might prompt Sprint to pressure Palm into shutting down the project. Well, It appears ... continued »

Okay, so we all know the Palm Pre does not tether - officially that is - since that might upset Sprint. Well, that doesn't mean you can not look elsewhere for your tethering needs. Enter the homebrew app My Tether. My Tether turns the Pre into either a wired USB or wireless Bluetooth modem, or a WiFi hotspot. It's like ... continued »

Palm have released webOS v1.0.4 as an over-the-air update, and as you might expect it addresses the most significant security hole discovered by Pre-hackers: side-loading applications via email.  In fact, aside from blocking up some security holes, webOS 1.0.4 brings no new applications or features. Unfortunately, due to the way Palm have constructed their OTA update system, users don't really have ... continued »