Tag Archive | "hacks"

Video Recording on the Palm Pre, Unofficially of Course

Posted on 25 September 2009 by Juventino Quinones

Since most of you reading this post found out the Palm Pre was not going to be release with video recording, some felt bad about it, others thought the phone was unworthy. But many, like me, believed on this smartphone, so we went ahead and gave it a shot, and have no regrets about it so far. Now lets be clear, ... continued »

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More WebOS 1.2 Features on Video

Posted on 08 September 2009 by Juventino Quinones

By now you already know about the leaked webOS 1.2, since not only us, but many more sites have covered it. We also have posted some videos about some of those features too. This time, thanks again to jhoff80, we have two more videos to show you more on that webOS goodness. The first video shows something that although very important ... continued »

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Tweet Palm Pre’s GPS Location to Your Twitter [Video]

Posted on 04 September 2009 by Juventino Quinones

By now, chances are you still remember the whole ordeal when the news broke about Palm "spying" on you. Well, this time is not Palm, but yourself. This time you can hack your own Pre to tweet its GPS location to Twitter. The guys over at Palm Pre Hacks have managed to get a Palm Pre to report its location ... continued »

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Palm Pre Gets a New Virtual Keyboard

Posted on 26 August 2009 by Juventino Quinones

Recently the Palm Pre received a little help to get a virtual keyboard working with it. Although it was in development and in it’s early stage the guys behind it at WebOS Internals gave hope to those who want a "soft" keyboard on the Pre. This time, thanks to Alan Rodriguez, those who love the idea of a virtual keyboard on ... continued »

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Palm Pre Hacked to work on Verizon

Posted on 13 July 2009 by Juventino Quinones

As we all know, the Palm Pre has been rooted, and a lot of people were hoping to get the Pre on Verizon Wireless. Well, a forum member at Precentral that goes by the name of "cleanser" has done it. Personally, I don't know why would someone pay extra money to have less features on the Pre in Verizon's Network, but ... continued »

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webOS 1.0.4 update blocking homebrew Pre app loading

Posted on 30 June 2009 by Chris Davies

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 »

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Pre app hack loads software without jailbreak

Posted on 22 June 2009 by Chris Davies

Access to the Palm webOS ROM has thrown up its next significant milestone, and users won't even have to have jailbroken their Pre in order to take advantage of it.  Three coders - xorg, spotter and simplyflipflops - have found a method whereby emailing a link to an app can allow it to install on even a box-fresh Pre. The link points ... continued »

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Palm caution hackers over Pre tethering: Sprint might get mad

Posted on 15 June 2009 by Chris Davies

Palm have cautioned one group of webOS hackers regarding opening up the Pre to unofficial tethering, not because they don't wish their platform to be modified but as 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 ... continued »

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Palm Pre dual-boot with Android hack?

Posted on 21 January 2009 by Chris Davies

The Palm Pre isn't even in users' hands yet, but already there's work afoot to Jailbreak the smartphone and load alternative mobile platforms onto it.  High on the list of potential OS candidates is Google's open-source Android, and thanks to some sleuthing around the Texas Instruments OMAP34x SDK it looks like it's one step closer to feasibility.  The route to ... continued »

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