At least one sighting of yet-to-be-announced WebOS 2.0 has emerged inside the usage statistics for a WebOS Foursquare app, according to its developer. When rummaging through the stats to discover the penetration rate of 1.4.5, he came upon one entry of 2.0, codenamed Roadrunner, though any other information is scarce at the moment. It may [...]

While Palm may not be the most prominent smartphone manufacturer in the market today, they sure do know how to give off a good impression. In addition to Palm’s ongoing app sale, the company now has completely done away with the $50 app submission fee for the App Catalog. Not only that, Palm is also [...]

Today Adobe announced the release of Flash for any Android smartphone running FroYo, also known as Android 2.2. For now this only applies to Nexus One users and those who have flashed a custom 2.2 ROM to their Android phone. Other Android will users will have to wait patiently for their 2.2 update before they [...]

Palm hinted the other day that they were going to run a half-off deal on many of the applications in the App Catalog and it looks like they have come through today. Right now, you can pick up almost any app in the App Catalog for half it’s original price. Don’t worry about the developers [...]

With HP’s upcoming acquisition of Palm, the company has been making a few interesting partnerships including its most recent, that with the video conferencing company Vidyo. Now before we start going bonkers thinking about the possible implementations in Palm’s webOS, realize that HP has announced that the first signs of the partnership will show up [...]

If you recall last week’s article you will remember how much patching can change the experience of the webOS, and how it can address core issues with the operating system. This time I’m going to detail the process of CPU scaling in an attempt to fix two of Palm’s devices’ largest problems: speed and battery [...]

We already know how bad Bell wants you to own a Palm Pre and now they have launched a new promotion making the deal even sweeter. Bell has decided that giving the Pre away for free (on a 3-year contract of course) wasn’t enough and now is offering people $15 off their monthly bill if [...]

It seems a consensus among the blogosphere that the webOS is one of the most fluid and user-friendly mobile operating systems on the market today. That said, while it may be fun and innovative with its card-switching and intuitive multitasking, there are also a lot of serious issues surrounding the core webOS experience. Luckily for [...]

The dust has settled from the HP buyout of Palm, and Palm enthusiasts have been patiently awaiting word on what will happen to their beloved webOS. There was some Twitter chat about possibility of HP using the beleaguered OS on their aging iPaq devices, which to me would be quite interesting to use. Today, Mark Hurd, CEO of [...]

So this is still new, and likely more info will emerge, but what we know is that HP has purchased Palm for $1.2 billion in change. Whether there will be a large shakeup within the company as a result (or more than has already been) remains to be seen. Apparently Jon Rubinstein, current Chair and [...]