The second round of Sprint's Palm Pre FAQ has been published, and there are some juicy new details about the smartphone.  Of particular interest are Office 2007 compatibility - though it's not made clear if that's mobile viewers for Word, Excel, etc, or simply Outlook 2007 synchronization - together with multiple simultaneous IM conversations.  The Pre's backup functionality will be ... continued »

We had a week of good news for Pre fans. If you missed anything in the last week, here's your chance to catch up. Hopefully you're already aware of our forum contest, but if you're not, read up on the rules and enter for your chance to win a Palm Pre! The task is to create a Palm Pre fortune that ... continued »

The Palm Pre can best the iPhone in terms of hardware and software, as long as the developer community pulls through. How is the Pre going to accomplish this? Synergy and location-based applications. We already saw Chris Davies take on the Pre's secret weapon, but after seeing Fandango pull of a simple additional step by creating a calendar ... continued »

This week was full of exciting coverage of the Palm Pre at the CTIA Wireless convention in Las Vegas, Nevada. We spent three days bringing you pictures and video of the elusive Pre. If you haven't been here all week and feel overwhelmed by the unusually large number of posts, fear not. I'll tell you what you need to ... continued »

Much has been made of webOS and Synergy on the Pre, and how Palm are betting the farm that users want harmonized digital lives.  With the announcement of iPhone OS 3.0, we've also looked at how Apple envisage similar things on the next-generation iPhone.  When it launches, the Pre will offer hitherto-unknown degrees of data integration; with the right developers, ... continued »