http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/20/palm-suddenly-means-business-with-games-heading-to-gdc-this-yea/ Engadget Comments for http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/20/palm-suddenly-means-business-with-games-heading-to-gdc-this-yea/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/20/palm-suddenly-means-business-with-games-heading-to-gdc-this-yea/Jan 20th 2010 4:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/20/palm-suddenly-means-business-with-games-heading-to-gdc-this-yea/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/20/palm-suddenly-means-business-with-games-heading-to-gdc-this-yea/
I'd buy one of those.]]>Jan 20th 2010 4:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/20/palm-suddenly-means-business-with-games-heading-to-gdc-this-yea/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/20/palm-suddenly-means-business-with-games-heading-to-gdc-this-yea/
What would it do besides tell fortunes?]]>Jan 20th 2010 5:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/20/palm-suddenly-means-business-with-games-heading-to-gdc-this-yea/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/20/palm-suddenly-means-business-with-games-heading-to-gdc-this-yea/
Read both palms?]]>Jan 20th 2010 5:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/20/palm-suddenly-means-business-with-games-heading-to-gdc-this-yea/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/20/palm-suddenly-means-business-with-games-heading-to-gdc-this-yea/via multitouch]]>Jan 20th 2010 5:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/20/palm-suddenly-means-business-with-games-heading-to-gdc-this-yea/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/20/palm-suddenly-means-business-with-games-heading-to-gdc-this-yea/Anyone remember the PalmOS device the Tapwave Zodiac 1 & 2? It was a Palm PDA with great game controls.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tapwave_Zodiac

Take that form factor with Pre Plus guts in it (including the phone) and you've got a great device.]]>Jan 20th 2010 6:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/20/palm-suddenly-means-business-with-games-heading-to-gdc-this-yea/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/20/palm-suddenly-means-business-with-games-heading-to-gdc-this-yea/Jan 20th 2010 6:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/20/palm-suddenly-means-business-with-games-heading-to-gdc-this-yea/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/20/palm-suddenly-means-business-with-games-heading-to-gdc-this-yea/Jan 20th 2010 7:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/20/palm-suddenly-means-business-with-games-heading-to-gdc-this-yea/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/20/palm-suddenly-means-business-with-games-heading-to-gdc-this-yea/
This is very impressive. Getting this out in 6 months shows the drive this small company has. I am very much looking forward to MWC and GDC this year. Who knows, maybe even an E3 appearance? Or is that asking too much?

Palm @Apple FACE PALM!!! *smack*]]>Jan 20th 2010 7:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/20/palm-suddenly-means-business-with-games-heading-to-gdc-this-yea/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/20/palm-suddenly-means-business-with-games-heading-to-gdc-this-yea/
Good reference when it comes to Multitasking...last I checked...the iPhone and their so called 100K apps only work one (1) at a time and don't stop and continue like things do on Palm's webOS smartphones.

We may see this coming soon with iPhone OS 4.0, but for now iPhone 2G, 3G and 3GS users are stuck enjoying games and apps one at a time and not receiving phone calls, getting updates behind the scene via email, or calendar reminders while their being entertained. I think they call this Push Notifications, but I don't think this works when playing games or doing anything else none Apple iPhone specific? Sure you can hack an iPhone to get Multitasking, but then why not just make Multitasking native like everyone else is now doing.

For that matter, Apple doesn't usually support older devices when it comes to iPhone OS upgrades...so 2G and 3G iPhone owners will have to shell out for new hardware to get video, voice commands, etc like Apple released last year.

I personally like keeping my Sprint Palm Pre phone purchased last year and upgrading with new features (Video Recording, 3D Games, Flash, and a BUNCH of New Features provided free from Palm through their Upgrade Gift Box) is Wonderful and Thank You Palm for the Great Upgrades and Effort.

I've been a long time Palm owner and we were never able to get these type of upgrades, software that extends the hardware we already own, before the Palm Pre.

I'm looking forward to what's coming on the Palm webOS platform!!!

Sorli...

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Yes I still have my Zodiac 2 unit...love it for the form factor, game controls, two (2) SD card interfaces....just pulled it out of storage and plan to install some old game I used to love on that unit.

Thanks for the reminder!!! Sorli...]]>Jan 23rd 2010 2:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/20/palm-suddenly-means-business-with-games-heading-to-gdc-this-yea/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/20/palm-suddenly-means-business-with-games-heading-to-gdc-this-yea/Apple gets 3D games out nearly 2 years after release.

Too late, you say?]]>Jan 20th 2010 4:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/20/palm-suddenly-means-business-with-games-heading-to-gdc-this-yea/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/20/palm-suddenly-means-business-with-games-heading-to-gdc-this-yea/Jan 20th 2010 5:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/20/palm-suddenly-means-business-with-games-heading-to-gdc-this-yea/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/20/palm-suddenly-means-business-with-games-heading-to-gdc-this-yea/
Say what you want but Palm has one distinct advantage over Iphone.

Buttons]]>Jan 20th 2010 5:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/20/palm-suddenly-means-business-with-games-heading-to-gdc-this-yea/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/20/palm-suddenly-means-business-with-games-heading-to-gdc-this-yea/
http://www.loopinsight.com/2009/12/02/super-monkey-ball-2-released-for-iphone-and-ipod-touch/

Note the date...]]>Jan 20th 2010 5:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/20/palm-suddenly-means-business-with-games-heading-to-gdc-this-yea/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/20/palm-suddenly-means-business-with-games-heading-to-gdc-this-yea/Jan 20th 2010 5:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/20/palm-suddenly-means-business-with-games-heading-to-gdc-this-yea/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/20/palm-suddenly-means-business-with-games-heading-to-gdc-this-yea/Jan 20th 2010 5:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/20/palm-suddenly-means-business-with-games-heading-to-gdc-this-yea/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/20/palm-suddenly-means-business-with-games-heading-to-gdc-this-yea/
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Quite possibly the reason the Apple App Store took so long come out was the fact that they really had no all-in-one mobile marketplace to model it after. App stores are a fairly new phenomenon, mostly spearheaded by Apple.

Game developers also probably didn't know how successful their games would be if released on an App Store like the iPhone's.

Probably the reason why Palm made an App catalog so quickly was that they had a few other App stores to learn from (e.g Android, Blackberry, iPhone), and had some developers on board that know the process of App stores (Facebook, Pandora, etc.).

But hey, that's just my theory; anybody who wants to correct me or chime in, please do.]]>Jan 20th 2010 5:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/20/palm-suddenly-means-business-with-games-heading-to-gdc-this-yea/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/20/palm-suddenly-means-business-with-games-heading-to-gdc-this-yea/
Yes, a year ago before the Pre had even been released to the public and Palm was working furiously to get it in retail-able form. The one thing that they lack was "drive." *eyeroll*]]>Jan 20th 2010 5:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/20/palm-suddenly-means-business-with-games-heading-to-gdc-this-yea/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/20/palm-suddenly-means-business-with-games-heading-to-gdc-this-yea/
But will game developers get their money's worth out of a platform with such miniscule market share. I don't think the Pre is even sold outside of the U.S.]]>Jan 20th 2010 5:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/20/palm-suddenly-means-business-with-games-heading-to-gdc-this-yea/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/20/palm-suddenly-means-business-with-games-heading-to-gdc-this-yea/Jan 20th 2010 6:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/20/palm-suddenly-means-business-with-games-heading-to-gdc-this-yea/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/20/palm-suddenly-means-business-with-games-heading-to-gdc-this-yea/
Your arguing over dates is a little silly. Considering Palm had to wait for Apple to come along and show them how to do a decent smartphone.]]>Jan 20th 2010 6:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/20/palm-suddenly-means-business-with-games-heading-to-gdc-this-yea/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/20/palm-suddenly-means-business-with-games-heading-to-gdc-this-yea/
indeed, a package repository ... err app store is a truly novel idea]]>Jan 20th 2010 6:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/20/palm-suddenly-means-business-with-games-heading-to-gdc-this-yea/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/20/palm-suddenly-means-business-with-games-heading-to-gdc-this-yea/Jan 20th 2010 6:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/20/palm-suddenly-means-business-with-games-heading-to-gdc-this-yea/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/20/palm-suddenly-means-business-with-games-heading-to-gdc-this-yea/Jan 20th 2010 6:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/20/palm-suddenly-means-business-with-games-heading-to-gdc-this-yea/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/20/palm-suddenly-means-business-with-games-heading-to-gdc-this-yea/Jan 20th 2010 6:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/20/palm-suddenly-means-business-with-games-heading-to-gdc-this-yea/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/20/palm-suddenly-means-business-with-games-heading-to-gdc-this-yea/
App Stores are not a new phenomenon to smart phones, they've been around for many years before Apple's. Smart phones are just new to a lot more people now that Apple made them kitchy, so the App Store concept is new to them as well.

Everyone needs to relax and quit trying to rewrite history.]]>Jan 20th 2010 6:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/20/palm-suddenly-means-business-with-games-heading-to-gdc-this-yea/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/20/palm-suddenly-means-business-with-games-heading-to-gdc-this-yea/
So you're telling me you think the tiny buttons on the Pre are ideal for games?

LMFAO]]>Jan 20th 2010 7:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/20/palm-suddenly-means-business-with-games-heading-to-gdc-this-yea/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/20/palm-suddenly-means-business-with-games-heading-to-gdc-this-yea/
Apple gave us an iPhone interface that looks like "calculator buttons".

Yet the Palm Pre smart phone gave us an "open desktop" - the closest thing to a PC on a mobile device. But what is truly revolutionary about the webOS operating system is that – because the screens on mobile devices are small, simply swiping your finger on the screen from right to left or left to right reveals multiple "desktops". So in theory, you can have more applications elegantly accessible from your desktop than what is typically available on a PC; simply brilliant!

Oh, and Palm forgot that the iPhone only runs one developer app at a time (bad student!).

So Palm gave us multitasking. You can open multiple applications at a time, and each application becomes a card – floating above the desktop. You can move (swipe with your finger) the cards from right to left or left to right to reveal other cards (i.e. other open applications). Want to close an application? Simple! When you are done, you simply swipe the card up, and it disappears from the screen to close the application. Now that - is innovation!
]]>Jan 20th 2010 7:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/20/palm-suddenly-means-business-with-games-heading-to-gdc-this-yea/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/20/palm-suddenly-means-business-with-games-heading-to-gdc-this-yea/Jan 20th 2010 7:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/20/palm-suddenly-means-business-with-games-heading-to-gdc-this-yea/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/20/palm-suddenly-means-business-with-games-heading-to-gdc-this-yea/Jan 20th 2010 9:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/20/palm-suddenly-means-business-with-games-heading-to-gdc-this-yea/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/20/palm-suddenly-means-business-with-games-heading-to-gdc-this-yea/Jan 20th 2010 4:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/20/palm-suddenly-means-business-with-games-heading-to-gdc-this-yea/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/20/palm-suddenly-means-business-with-games-heading-to-gdc-this-yea/Apple better not release an iPhone on Verizon or bye bye the thought of owning a Palm Pre Plus!

Unless....apple leaves out one key feature.]]>Jan 20th 2010 5:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/20/palm-suddenly-means-business-with-games-heading-to-gdc-this-yea/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/20/palm-suddenly-means-business-with-games-heading-to-gdc-this-yea/there really isn't much higher to go, Cortex A9 chips haven't released yet and it would be a waste of R&D upgrading to a slightly better A8]]>Jan 20th 2010 5:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/20/palm-suddenly-means-business-with-games-heading-to-gdc-this-yea/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/20/palm-suddenly-means-business-with-games-heading-to-gdc-this-yea/
Thanks for the insight! I had no idea.I just blindly expect that one full year since Palm Pre 1 should automatically bring a new processor. Especially with the complaints I've read about interface lag.

For months, all we ever heard about Android phones was that they needed to start using Snapdragon -- or even the 750mhz processor.

Just thought the Pre was due. (Unless Sprint has it on lockdown)]]>Jan 20th 2010 5:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/20/palm-suddenly-means-business-with-games-heading-to-gdc-this-yea/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/20/palm-suddenly-means-business-with-games-heading-to-gdc-this-yea/
Yes youall did gives us many updates since launch, and 3d gaming and video recording, and i thank palm for it, but i still feel left out in da cold, being a sprint user, and not getting a pre plus on our network, i just wanna know if sprint will be getting anything new from palm this year!]]>Jan 20th 2010 6:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/20/palm-suddenly-means-business-with-games-heading-to-gdc-this-yea/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/20/palm-suddenly-means-business-with-games-heading-to-gdc-this-yea/

The interface lag was taken care of with a recent update]]>Jan 20th 2010 6:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/20/palm-suddenly-means-business-with-games-heading-to-gdc-this-yea/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/20/palm-suddenly-means-business-with-games-heading-to-gdc-this-yea/
I've been waiting for it since the launch and now the first refresh is already here.]]>Jan 20th 2010 6:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/20/palm-suddenly-means-business-with-games-heading-to-gdc-this-yea/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/20/palm-suddenly-means-business-with-games-heading-to-gdc-this-yea/Jan 20th 2010 6:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/20/palm-suddenly-means-business-with-games-heading-to-gdc-this-yea/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/20/palm-suddenly-means-business-with-games-heading-to-gdc-this-yea/
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Yes youall did gives us many updates since launch, and 3d gaming and video recording, and i thank palm for it, but i still feel left out in da cold, being a sprint user, and not getting a pre plus on our network, i just wanna know if sprint will be getting anything new from palm this year!]]>Jan 20th 2010 7:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/20/palm-suddenly-means-business-with-games-heading-to-gdc-this-yea/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/20/palm-suddenly-means-business-with-games-heading-to-gdc-this-yea/
I guess you don't like to multitasking.]]>Jan 20th 2010 7:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/20/palm-suddenly-means-business-with-games-heading-to-gdc-this-yea/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/20/palm-suddenly-means-business-with-games-heading-to-gdc-this-yea/
Now, as a Master Chief (reminds me of Chef), you know that many new ingredients are seasonal. I am with Sprint and I own the Palm Pre. But I have been enjoying the new features being added to my phone on a nearly monthly basis. I just bought the awesome "Need for Speed" 3D game, which was released this month. And I am waiting for webOS 1.4 which is coming in February 2010; and with it, video camcorder recording; this will be a great addition to the camera (with flash) on my Palm Pre smart phone. New hardware is nice, but I am really enjoying my current phone.

We all know that a new Palm Pre device will be released at Sprint, we just don't know when. Not knowing when makes it exciting, just like trying to guess what gift you will be getting for Christmas.
]]>Jan 20th 2010 8:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/20/palm-suddenly-means-business-with-games-heading-to-gdc-this-yea/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/20/palm-suddenly-means-business-with-games-heading-to-gdc-this-yea/Jan 20th 2010 8:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/20/palm-suddenly-means-business-with-games-heading-to-gdc-this-yea/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/20/palm-suddenly-means-business-with-games-heading-to-gdc-this-yea/"I just blindly expect that one full year since Palm Pre..."

Fatalah you're a damn idiot! Sell your PC and call it a day.]]>Jan 20th 2010 9:25PM