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WebOS device hacking has reach some considerable heights recently with a mod to bring WiFi to a Sprint Palm Pixi, but it looks like even that's now been topped by this hack that finally brings the Pre Plus to Sprint. As you can probably guess, that involves a Sprint Palm Pre, a Pre Plus (from either AT&T or Verizon), a slew of software tweaking, and plenty of tricky hardware modding to get the Sprint Pre coms board into the Pre Plus. Will it actually work? We can't say we've gone so far as to try the mod ourselves, but PreCentral forum member livinofframen says his modded phone behaves perfectly, right down to the stock Sprint applications. Hit up the link below for the complete details to try it yourself -- at your own risk, of course.

[Thanks, Ken M.]

Sprint Pre Plus hack detailed in step-by-step guide originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 16 Aug 2010 18:35:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>hackmodpalmpalm prepalm pre plusPalmPrePalmPrePlusprepre plusPrePlussprintwebosMon, 16 Aug 2010 18:35:00 EST<![CDATA[Pre Plus and Pixi Plus free on contract, with free accessories, too]]>http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/04/pre-plus-and-pixi-plus-free-on-contract-with-free-accessories/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/04/pre-plus-and-pixi-plus-free-on-contract-with-free-accessories/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/04/pre-plus-and-pixi-plus-free-on-contract-with-free-accessories/#comments What we really want from HP is a brand new webOS smartphone, but it'd be unfair to say we'd "settle" for a Palm Pre -- especially at prices like these. To commemorate the opening of the new HP Wireless store, the company's offering both Pre Plus and Pixi Plus, on AT&T or Verizon, free of charge for a limited time. Not only that, but these handsets feature free shipping, and the Pre comes with free accessories (including a Bluetooth headset, car charger and leather case) to boot. Meanwhile, Sprint's still sitting in the corner all alone, expecting folks to slap down cash money (up to $100) for these handsets' original incarnations. If you've been considering these devices already, it seems that now's the time to choose... but before you sign your life away, why not read our full review?

Pre Plus and Pixi Plus free on contract, with free accessories, too originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 04 Jul 2010 11:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>ATTdealdealsdiscountdiscountsfreeHPPalmpalm pixipalm pixi plusPalm PrePalm Pre PlusPalmPixiPalmPixiPlusPalmPrePalmPrePlusVerizonverizon wirelessVerizonWirelessSun, 04 Jul 2010 11:00:00 EST<![CDATA[SIM unlock now available for AT&T Palm Pre Plus]]>http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/20/sim-unlock-now-available-for-atandt-palm-pre-plus/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/20/sim-unlock-now-available-for-atandt-palm-pre-plus/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/20/sim-unlock-now-available-for-atandt-palm-pre-plus/#comments The method ain't new -- it's the same jictechnology developers offering the same code over at NextGenServer -- but it will yield different results when used on the latest and greatest webOS device. Yep, that Palm Pre unlock that enabled international GSM Pre units to work on AT&T, Telus and T-Mobile is now officially certified for use on AT&T's own Palm Pre Plus. That means your shiny new smartphone can now hop onto T-Mobile and Telus networks with a functioning SIM card from either carrier, but unlike other unlocks, this one will cost you $35.79. Or, you know, you could pick up Verizon's Pre Plus, nab a free mobile hotspot along the way, and pocket an old Nokia candybar for those overseas jaunts -- your call, broseph.

SIM unlock now available for AT&T Palm Pre Plus originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 20 May 2010 14:58:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>attGSMhackjictechnologynextgenserverpalm prepalm pre plusPalmPrePalmPrePlusprepre plusPrePlussimsim unlockSimUnlockt-mobiletelusunlockunlock codeUnlockCodeunlockedThu, 20 May 2010 14:58:00 EST<![CDATA[O2 UK will get Palm Pre Plus and Pixi Plus on May 28, skin you alive with pricing]]>http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/19/o2-uk-will-get-palm-pre-plus-and-pixi-plus-on-may-28-skin-you-a/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/19/o2-uk-will-get-palm-pre-plus-and-pixi-plus-on-may-28-skin-you-a/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/19/o2-uk-will-get-palm-pre-plus-and-pixi-plus-on-may-28-skin-you-a/#comments You didn't think Germany was gonna have all the Palm fun, did you? The UK is keeping pace with its longtime nemesis by matching the May 28 launch date for the Pre and Pixi Plus on O2, and has even supplied us with a handy reference sheet containing all price plans available for the handsets. You'll find it after the break, but sadly it'll only be of interest to true WebOS enthusiasts. There's nothing south of £25 ($36) per month available, and if you want a reasonable call allowance, you'll have to get on into the £30 and above bracket. All contracts do at least come with unlimited texts and data, but overall the cost seems too steep to entice us, what with all the Desires and Bolds floating around at better price points.

[Thanks, Chris W.]

Continue reading O2 UK will get Palm Pre Plus and Pixi Plus on May 28, skin you alive with pricing

O2 UK will get Palm Pre Plus and Pixi Plus on May 28, skin you alive with pricing originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 19 May 2010 05:48:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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[Thanks to everyone who sent this in]

Palm Pre Plus launched on AT&T originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 16 May 2010 19:43:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>attlaunchpalmpalm pre plusPalmPrePlusprepre plusPrePlusSun, 16 May 2010 19:43:00 EST<![CDATA[webOS App Catalog, Palm Developer Center down leaving 'install failed' messages in their wake]]>http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/15/webos-app-catalog-palm-developer-center-down-leaving-install-f/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/15/webos-app-catalog-palm-developer-center-down-leaving-install-f/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/15/webos-app-catalog-palm-developer-center-down-leaving-install-f/#comments Just a day before the Pre Plus launches on AT&T, current Palm owners are experiencing all kinds of problems related to the App Store and their Palm Profiles. Reports indicate the problems started last night, since then users haven't been able to download new apps or update existing ones from the catalog, while those unlucky enough to have tried a reset have had trouble signing back into their Palm profile in the cloud, and have lost some information like call logs and had to resync their various accounts in webOS. The Palm Developer Website is also down, tossing a "back in a few hours" sign in the window and going out for a few afternoon mimosas. For now, PreCentral posters recommend taking the device off of network time and resetting it to any day prior to today which will allow apps to install and update without issue. A post on the official Palm blog indicates things should be back to normal "soon" so AT&T customers can hopefully avoid any date/time trickery just to get their Foursquare checkins going.

Update: Palm says everything should be back to normal. Phew. Thanks, Marcio!

[Thanks, William]

webOS App Catalog, Palm Developer Center down leaving 'install failed' messages in their wake originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 15 May 2010 16:34:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>app catalogapp storeAppCatalogAppStoredowninstall failedInstallFailedpalm app catalogpalm pixipalm prepalm pre plusPalmAppCatalogPalmPixiPalmPrePalmPrePlusweb osWebOsSat, 15 May 2010 16:34:00 EST<![CDATA[AT&T Palm Pre Plus and 3G MicroCell available nationwide on May 16 (update: not quite nationwide)]]>http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/07/atandt-palm-pre-plus-and-3g-microcell-available-nationwide-on-may/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/07/atandt-palm-pre-plus-and-3g-microcell-available-nationwide-on-may/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/07/atandt-palm-pre-plus-and-3g-microcell-available-nationwide-on-may/#comments You've waited long enough AT&T customers. So long that the Palm Pre is now the Palm Pre Plus and Palm, well, isn't even Palm anymore. But you just never mind all that, what's important is that AT&T subscribers will finally have dibs on the Palm Pre Plus starting May 16th, nationwide. No mention of a free 3G mobile hotspot capability like that offered by Verizon, but you will have free access to AT&T's 20k-strong network of fixed hotspots. Now we just need a price -- an interesting dilemma after VZW lowered the PPP to just $30 on contract.

Our tipster also tells us that AT&T will be rolling out its 3G MicroCell from coast-to-coast on the same day. Makes sense since AT&T already gave us a mid-April date for its little signal boosting wonder.

[Thanks, D.]

Update: We just spoke to AT&T about this whole ordeal; they wouldn't confirm or deny the Pre Plus situation, but we were told that there's "no change" in the MicroCell plans -- May 16 won't be a nationwide rollout, and there will be more rollouts in the weeks after.

AT&T Palm Pre Plus and 3G MicroCell available nationwide on May 16 (update: not quite nationwide) originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 07 May 2010 01:36:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>atthpleakmicrocellpalmpalm pre plusPalmPrePlusplusprepre plusPrePlusFri, 07 May 2010 01:36:00 EST<![CDATA[Verizon Palm Pre Plus drops to $30 on contract]]>http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/03/verizon-palm-pre-plus-drops-to-30-on-contract/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/03/verizon-palm-pre-plus-drops-to-30-on-contract/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/03/verizon-palm-pre-plus-drops-to-30-on-contract/#comments Looks like Verizon is having a bit of a blowout on the Palm Pre Plus: it's fallen to just $30 on a two-year contract. That's the same price as Big Red's Pixi Plus and a pretty substantial discount over Sprint and AT&T, both of which will charge you $149 -- and man, AT&T hasn't even started selling the thing yet, so someone's going to look awful silly on launch day. No word on whether this cut-rate pricing will last or whether the Pixi Plus will fall to free, but if you're looking for a cheap way to get in on the future of HP, well, now's your chance.

Verizon Palm Pre Plus drops to $30 on contract originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 03 May 2010 10:19:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>palmpalm prepalm pre plusPalmPrePalmPrePlusprepre plusPrePlusprice dropPriceDropverizonMon, 03 May 2010 10:19:00 EST<![CDATA[WebOS 1.4.1.1 now available for Verizon subscribers]]>http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/29/webos-1-4-1-1-now-available-for-verizon-subscribers/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/29/webos-1-4-1-1-now-available-for-verizon-subscribers/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/29/webos-1-4-1-1-now-available-for-verizon-subscribers/#comments Hardly the most exciting Palm news you're gonna hear this week, but the company that still owns itself for the time being has just updated its WebOS software on Verizon to the extremely granular version 1.4.1.1. The helpful changelog informs us there are no new apps, but pinch-zoom now works correctly in Doc and PDF views, a lag in the camera shutter sound has been rectified, and forwarding videos uploaded to YouTube on to your friends via email has also been made to work as it should. The most important fix of all, though, is to a keyboard input issue whereby a single key press would generate a letter twice -- both Pre Central and one of our readers report that this problem appears to have been consigned to the past. Good stuff, now let's see it go global, shall we?

[Thanks, subzero and Sam F.]

WebOS 1.4.1.1 now available for Verizon subscribers originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 29 Apr 2010 02:58:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Gallery: AT&T Palm Pre Plus unboxing


[Thanks, gueriLLaPunK]

AT&T Palm Pre Plus unboxed in glorious, orange detail originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 23 Apr 2010 09:42:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>attatt pre plusAttPrePlusexclusivepalmpalm prepalm pre plusPalmPrePalmPrePlusprepre plusPrePlusunboxingFri, 23 Apr 2010 09:42:00 EST<![CDATA[Official: Palm Pre Plus and Pixi Plus hitting Vodafone and O2 Germany on April 28]]>http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/13/official-palm-pre-plus-and-pixi-plus-hitting-vodafone-and-o2-ge/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/13/official-palm-pre-plus-and-pixi-plus-hitting-vodafone-and-o2-ge/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/13/official-palm-pre-plus-and-pixi-plus-hitting-vodafone-and-o2-ge/#comments Palm's news activity doesn't seem like abating any time soon, as the company has just made the Deutsch arrival date for its Plus-ified phones official as April 28. It matches earlier speculation about late April, but also -- very importantly -- introduces a new carrier options for our Teutonic brethren in the form of Vodafone. Formerly locked in with Telefonica (whose local representative is O2), Palm seems to have finally seen the error of its ways and started offering choice as a side dish to its delectable WebOS main course. So, forget about who's buying the company, will you be buying its phones?

[Thanks, gizmo21]

Official: Palm Pre Plus and Pixi Plus hitting Vodafone and O2 Germany on April 28 originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 13 Apr 2010 06:48:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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[Thanks, Garth]

Continue reading Palm Pre Plus and Pixi Plus could be coming to Europe by the end of this month

Palm Pre Plus and Pixi Plus could be coming to Europe by the end of this month originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 09 Apr 2010 03:33:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Update: From the looks of things, that crash we experienced early on is likely due to a bug in webOS 1.4 and not related to the overclock. Actually, we haven't experienced any further problems... in fact, the phone is seeming super speedy, and battery life has not taken a substantial hit, verifying caj2008 and unixpsycho's claims (so far). Someone at Palm should take note -- these guys have some good ideas!

[Thanks, G. Scott]

Continue reading Pre gets a nasty 800MHz overclock patch for all 1.4 users to enjoy (at one's own risk) (updated)

Pre gets a nasty 800MHz overclock patch for all 1.4 users to enjoy (at one's own risk) (updated) originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 26 Mar 2010 13:26:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>hackoverclockingpalmpalm prepalm pre plusPalmPrePalmPrePlusprepre plusPrePlustweakvideoweb oswebosFri, 26 Mar 2010 13:26:00 EST<![CDATA[Palm moving to Android to stay alive? Not according to Palm]]>http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/23/palm-moving-to-android-to-stay-alive-not-according-to-palm/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/23/palm-moving-to-android-to-stay-alive-not-according-to-palm/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/23/palm-moving-to-android-to-stay-alive-not-according-to-palm/#comments You may be seeing a rumor doing the rounds today about Palm throwing in the towel and moving to the Android platform as a means of survival -- but just hang on. Most reports are citing an email that made its way to the inbox of what looks like every major tech outlet, stating that CEO Jon Rubinstein issued an internal memo to software developers at the company about the switch. The supposed memo quotes Jon as saying, "While Palm is incredibly proud of our engineers who spent timeless work and effort to bring us this advanced operating system, consumers simply have not caught on. To provide a better future for ourselves and our customers, the only logical choice is to transition our hardware and software to the Android platform." The plan -- according to this email -- would be to create a kind of Sense UI-ish webOS interface on Palm devices, while leveraging Android's market footprint. The anonymous emailer went on to say that the full memo would be made available on Wikileaks at midnight last night.

But guess what? Not only did the memo not appear at the stroke of 12, but when we picked up the phone and actually spoke to Palm, they had a pretty quick response. Their answer? Our sources at the company essentially laughed when they heard this news, and they emphatically stated that there was no memo, and no move internally towards Android. Furthermore, many of the reports are citing a bunk piece of news from Monday which erroneously stated that Palm had halted production -- that news has also been refuted by the company. Admittedly, our minds reel at the concept of Android with a webOS UI, but until we get some real, verifiable evidence of that (and not just a random email), we're going to assume it's not happening. You should do the same.

Palm moving to Android to stay alive? Not according to Palm originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 23 Mar 2010 10:16:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Continue reading Official: Palm Pre Plus and Pixi Plus for AT&T 'in the coming months'

Official: Palm Pre Plus and Pixi Plus for AT&T 'in the coming months' originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 22 Mar 2010 09:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>ATTctiactia 2010Ctia2010palmpalm pixi pluspalm pixiepalm pre gsmpalm pre plusPalmPixiePalmPixiPlusPalmPreGsmPalmPrePlusPixiPluspregnancyweb os licensingwebos 1.3.5Webos1.3.5WebOsLicensingMon, 22 Mar 2010 09:30:00 EST<![CDATA[Palm: this is your survival guide]]>http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/19/palm-this-is-your-survival-guide/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/19/palm-this-is-your-survival-guide/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/19/palm-this-is-your-survival-guide/#comments Oh Palm. Just a little over a year ago your future seemed so bright, so renewed. You walked away from CES 2009 reborn, held aloft by a completely innovative new mobile operating system, a striking piece of hardware, and a feeling amongst the press and investors that you were back in the game and playing to win. Now, less than a year and a half later, you've nearly returned to the dark and desperate place you'd found yourself in at the end of 2008; a rapidly declining mindshare, the bottom falling out of your stock, and bad dips in phone sales. All of it is leaving you backed into a corner where the common perception now is that you've got to sell to survive at all. So what went wrong? How did such a promising launch lead to such a disappointing reality? And how can you wrestle your way back from the brink yet again? Is that even an option?

In 2007 the editors of Engadget penned an impassioned open letter to the company, pleading for many of the changes we eventually saw at Palm. This isn't a follow-up, but it's very much in the spirit. We're going to take a look at the missteps that put the company in its current spot, and talk about what we think can pull it back out. Palm, it's time for a little tough love... again.

Continue reading Palm: this is your survival guide

Palm: this is your survival guide originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 19 Mar 2010 17:04:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Palm might be able to use a bit of good news right about now, but it looks like it may not be able to count on that coming from AT&T. As AllThingsD's John Paczkowski reports, Canaccord Adams analyst Peter Misek is now saying that Palm's still as yet unconfirmed launch on AT&T has been pushed back from its rumored April debut to June or July. What's more, Misek says that the delay isn't one of the usual variety, with AT&T reportedly citing a "long list of technical issues with the Pre and Pixi," and even going so far as to decrease its initial order size and "sharply reduce" its marketing budget for the launch. Of course, we are still taking about a rumored delay to an unconfirmed launch, but we should be hearing directly from Palm soon enough -- it's scheduled to report its third-quarter earnings after Thursday's closing bell.

Palm's AT&T launch pushed back to summer? originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 17 Mar 2010 14:28:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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 Here's a little spicy rumor for you Palm fans on this tranquil Sunday: according to TopTongueBarry who claims to work for AT&T, his company has just finished certification tests with GSM flavors of the Pre Plus and Pixi Plus ahead of a possible April 26th launch -- a date not far from what we've heard earlier. However, the bigger news from Barry is that the big A will soon be testing a third mysterious webOS device by the name of Palm Elan, which may greet us mere mortals on May 10th (but possibly in Europe first). Another forum member Shadow-360 also dug up some cached pages that claimed to have accessories for the non-existent device, as pictured above. Of course, this could be just a crude joke for a keyboard-less Palm device that many of us seem to desire -- as reminded by the good folks at PreCentral, Elan is also the name of the company that sued Apple over multitouch patents last April. So, any thoughts on this leak? Are we all ready for a new webOS phone?

[Thanks to everyone who sent this in]

Update: Turns out the Elan may just be the Pixi. Or it could be your wildest dreams about to come true.

Palm Elan to be the next webOS smartphone, heading to AT&T? originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 07 Mar 2010 16:20:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>ATTElangsmleakpalmpalm elanpalm pixi pluspalm pre plusPalmElanPalmPixiPlusPalmPrePluspixi plusPixiPluspre plusPrePlusrumorTopTongueBarrySun, 07 Mar 2010 16:20:00 EST<![CDATA[How would you change Palm's Pre Plus and Pixi Plus?]]>http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/06/how-would-you-change-palms-pre-and-pixi-plus/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/06/how-would-you-change-palms-pre-and-pixi-plus/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/06/how-would-you-change-palms-pre-and-pixi-plus/#comments We aren't trying to lump these two together or anything, but we figured we'd give those of you who opted for Palm's second set of webOS handsets an opportunity to pool your thoughts in order to make the smartphone landscape an even better place to survey. We personally didn't find too much new to laud on Verizon's Palm-branded twofer compared to the original Pre and Pixi, and those of you who were hoping for all new hardware from the company at CES were undoubtedly let down. Still, there's something to be said about a webOS product on America's "largest 3G network," and frankly, we're interested in hearing how you'd change things. Would you have overhauled things more drastically? Expanded the screen size? Bumped the resolution? Enlarged the keys? Go on and tell Jon exactly what you think in comments below -- who knows, the Pre Plus Plus might just carry your calling card.

How would you change Palm's Pre Plus and Pixi Plus? originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 06 Mar 2010 01:04:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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EA has already said that it was able to get 3D games up and running on webOS in a "matter of weeks" using the OS' PDK (or Plug-in Development Kit), but it looks like Palm might be ready to step things up even further at GDC next week. While any official word will have to wait until then, John Paczkowski of AllThingsD says that he's heard from sources close to the company that Palm will be now demonstrating how iPhone apps can be ported to webOS "in a matter of days," and with virtually no degradation in performance. Not much more to go on that at the moment, unfortunately, but you can be sure we'll be there at GDC to how this and anything else Palm might have in store pans out.

[Thanks to everyone who sent this in]

iPhone games ported to webOS in 'a matter of days' on tap for GDC? originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 05 Mar 2010 16:08:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Palm webOS 1.4 update hits Verizon's Pre Plus and Pixi Plus originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 28 Feb 2010 01:26:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Verizon advertising says Droid is for men, Pre is for women (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 04 Feb 2010 08:11:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>adadvertadvertisinggenderpalmpalm prepalm pre plusPalmPrePalmPrePlussmartphonesmartphonesverizonverizon wirelessVerizonWirelessvideoweboswomenThu, 04 Feb 2010 08:11:00 EST<![CDATA[Palm's Pre Plus and Pixi Plus slipping into Best Buy locales everywhere]]>http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/22/palms-pre-plus-and-pixi-plus-slipping-into-best-buy-locales-eve/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/22/palms-pre-plus-and-pixi-plus-slipping-into-best-buy-locales-eve/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/22/palms-pre-plus-and-pixi-plus-slipping-into-best-buy-locales-eve/#comments Officially speaking, the Palm Pre Plus and Pixi Plus still have a weekend ahead of 'em before they can be sold, but if you know the right person in your local Best Buy, you could very well be playing with one hours before your contemporaries. An anonymous tipster beamed over the image you see above via our handy iPhone app, noting that both of Palm's first entries onto Verizon's network were in stock. Granted, neither are for sale per se, but what's stopping you from moseying on down and giving it a shot? Nothing, that's what.

[Thanks, Anonymous]

Palm's Pre Plus and Pixi Plus slipping into Best Buy locales everywhere originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 22 Jan 2010 17:13:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Verizon prices Palm Pre Plus and Pixi Plus -- offers a free Pixi Plus for limited time originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 22 Jan 2010 07:36:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Continue reading Palm Pre Plus shows off multitasking upgrade with 50 simultaneous apps (video)

Palm Pre Plus shows off multitasking upgrade with 50 simultaneous apps (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 21 Jan 2010 10:34:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>cardsmultitaskmultitaskingpalmpalm prepalm pre plusPalmPrePalmPrePlusprepre plusPrePlussmartphoneverizonvideowebosThu, 21 Jan 2010 10:34:00 EST<![CDATA[Palm Pre Plus and Pixi Plus first hands-on (video)!]]>http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/palm-pre-plus-and-pixi-plus-first-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/palm-pre-plus-and-pixi-plus-first-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/07/palm-pre-plus-and-pixi-plus-first-hands-on/#comments We just had a chance to play around with the new Palm Pre Plus (and Palm Pixi Plus), and we must say -- they've made some solid improvements to these devices. We're going to focus on the Pre, since it's really had the bulk of the changes. Firstly, it's now a Verizon branded (and bound) phone, which should bump the status of the device in many people's minds. The company has also improved the action of the slider mechanism, which is now way, way snappier, and clicks into and out of place with a confidence-stoking solidness. Palm has also changed the keyboard a bit, getting rid of the orange coloring, and revamping the action of the keys, making them far clickier (and maybe a bit more raised). The feel is closer to the Pixi, and that's a really good thing. Of course, they've added an additional 8GB of storage, making the internal capacity 16GB, and Palm is going full steam ahead with gaming on the device thanks to its PDK. Check the video and gallery below for the full story.

Update: Video is up!

Gallery: Palm Pre Plus and Pixi Plus hands-on

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Palm Pre Plus and Pixi Plus first hands-on (video)! originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 07 Jan 2010 15:28:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Update: Video's after the break!

Gallery: Palm Pre Plus press shots

Continue reading Palm introduces Palm Pre Plus: 16GB, coming to Verizon on January 25th

Palm introduces Palm Pre Plus: 16GB, coming to Verizon on January 25th originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 07 Jan 2010 14:48:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Verizon-bound Palm Pre Plus and Pixi Plus specs leaked originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 06 Jan 2010 19:31:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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[Image via BGR]

Verizon getting Palm Pre Plus and Android-powered Motorola Devour? originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 18 Dec 2009 03:02:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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