20090701 Palm's Linux Phones Selling Exceptionally Well Upon Arrival
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Palm Pre sold 300,000 in June
THE PALM PRE smartphone seems to be selling very well, according to Charter Equity Research. By ringing up a few of its mates in the channel, the analyst outfit has worked out that sales into the channel in June were more than 300,000 units.
http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/1432082/palm-pre-sold-300-june
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Palm Pre: The official Cool Tools review
What it is: The touchscreen Pre is Palm's latest entrant into the smartphone market, and includes all of the features users would expect from today's smartphones: a compact size, e-mail access (including Exchange), Web browser, multimedia (music and videos) player, digital camera, embedded GPS and the ability to download new applications directly through an app store. Differences from the iPhone include a physical slide-out QWERTY keyboard, and the ability to keep multiple applications open simultaneously.
http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9134498
More Pre Hacks and Inner Details Revealed
PIC: This means use of the Pre as a full-fledged Linux computer is/will be quite doable - and it won't interfere with the built-in Palm stuff? RW: Correct. Exactly that.
http://www.palminfocenter.com/news/9834/more-pre-hacks-and-inner-details-revealed/
Native Linux Nintendo Emulation for Palm Pre
It seems that some more details on the capabilities of the newly launched Palm Pre and on its webOS platform have made it into the wild, and among them the fact that the handset can easily run unsigned firmware, a piece of information coming from the iPhone developer Steven Troughton-Smith. A wide range of other things that the handset is capable of have made it into the wild as well, though it seems that some hacking skills are required to be able to access some of them.
http://news.softpedia.com/news/Native-Linux-Nintendo-Emulation-for-Palm-Pre-114223.shtml
Palm Pre is shipping GPL incompliant
As it has been reported at many places online, the Palm Pre has started to ship as a CDMA model in the United States. However, as it seems, at this time it is not GPL compliant and thus a copyright infringement! The Pre undoubtedly contains Linux and other GPL licensed software. So it ships with the GPL license text as well as a written offer indicating to obtain the source code. So far so good.
http://laforge.gnumonks.org/weblog/2009/06/11/#20090611-palm_pre-gpl_incompliance
Dell Ready to Deal for Palm?
Michael Dell has a few bucks burning a hole in his pocket. But is a company hanging on by one product the best place for his money?
http://www.internetnews.com/mobility/article.php/3824941
A New Hope For Smartphones
The Pre's system software, based on the open-source Linux operating system, stayed responsive most of the time, although music playback stuttered once as I launched its camera program. Once the Pre's working memory fills up, it won't let you run any more programs but will advise, "Dismiss unused cards to free memory."
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/06/12/AR2009061201164.html
How Palm Designed The Pre
Perched on Peter Skillman's desk for the past year has been a white ostrich egg, about as long as a DVD case. It is a talisman for Skillman, vice president of design at Palm: the inspiration for a novel smart phone, the Pre, slated to be available in early June. It hints at the phoenixlike rebirth Palm hopes to achieve in the smart phone business.
Pre proves a worthy smartphone competitor http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2446270c-51f9-11de-b986-00144feabdc0,Authorised=false.html?_i_location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ft.com%2Fcms%2Fs%2F0%2F2446270c-51f9-11de-b986-00144feabdc0.html%3Freferrer_id%3Dyahoofinance%26ft_ref%3Dyahoo1%26segid%3D03058&ft_ref=yahoo1&segid=03058&referrer_id=yahoofinance&_i_referer=
The Palm Pre takes Manhattan http://apple20.blogs.fortune.cnn.com/2009/06/05/the-palm-pre-takes-manhattan/?source=yahoo_quote
In Hindsight: Palm Pre or new iPhone? Read the fine print
It happens every year: Programmers and other Apple fans gather for the Cupertino iPhone, iPod and "I'm a Mac" computer maker's Worldwide Developers Conference* (*WWDC to its friends). Conspicuously absent from the event was CEO Steve Jobs. (The Apple rumor mill had raised the prospect of a cameo appearance from Jobs, even though his medical leave is scheduled to last until the end of the month.)
http://www.mercurynews.com/businessbreakingnews/ci_12577812?nclick_check=1
Palm Pre Is Beautiful to See and Use, Says eWEEK Labs http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Mobile-and-Wireless/Palm-Pre-Is-Beautiful-To-Look-At-and-Use-Says-eWEEK-Labs-269046/
Palm's Linux phone "exceptional," says reviewer
The reviews appear to be largely positive for the Palm Pre, with eWEEK lauding its "exceptional design, aesthetics and usability." Both the smartphone and the Linux-based WebOS stack live up to their billing for ease of use, but battery life is a problem, says eWEEK.
http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS3895563838.html?kc=rss
Ars Reviews the Palm Pre, part 1: the BlackBerry killer
Most of the gadget press is obsessing over whether the Palm Pre is an iPhone killer, but they're asking the wrong question. We've been testing one for the past few days, and it's clear to us that the real target of Palm's new phone is the BlackBerry. Here's how Palm will use the webOS to tackle the enterprise market.
Palm Pre runs Doom, smartphone-loving space marines rejoice
If you were holding off on buying a Pre until it had some great games, start warming up that credit card. We knew homebrewers were already at work and one of those, a bloke who goes by the name Sargun, has managed to get the iconic Doom running on the phone -- or the open-source PRDoom, anyway, which is close enough for us.
http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/12/palm-pre-runs-doom-smartphone-loving-space-marines-rejoyce/
My top 5 wish list for the Palm Pre http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-10262767-1.html
Is our love for Palm clouding our Pre judgement? http://blogs.zdnet.com/cell-phones/?p=1406
Palm Centro and Linux
The verdict is... It works BEAUTIFULLY. The 650 would usually hang up and not always finish the sync. The Centro usually thoroughly syncs. Also, the 650 would not always sync. It only seemed to want to sync when there was new information. The Centro will sync every time you hit the button.
http://www.lawofficelinux.com/2009/06/palm-centro-and-linux.html
Palm Pre
I'm impressed. There's a few rough edges and some obvious short-term hacks, but overall the Pre has the appearance of being a well-engineered distribution. It's recognisably Linux in a way the Android isn't. Since it seems to be possible to gain root by entering the developer mode, I suspect that modifying the firmware image isn't especially difficult. It'll be interesting to see what happens when GSM ones appear.
http://mjg59.livejournal.com/111453.html
Palm Pre breaks Sprint sales records
The Wall Street Journal cites one such analyst who pegs the sales figures at somewhere between 50,000 and 100,000 units sold. Meanwhile, a J.P. Morgan report estimates more than 50,000 units were punted in the first two days.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/06/09/palm_pre_debut_sales_speculation/
Palm's Linux smartphone debuts
As promised, Palm's Linux-based smartphone went on sale Saturday, available exclusively for Sprint networks, says eWEEK. Early reviews have been favorable, although analysts worry about the lack of software and the ability of Sprint to effectively market the Palm Pre (pictured), says the story.
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