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 [...]

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 [...]

Verizon has posted on their Pre Plus support site that webOS 1.4.1.1 will be dropping “soon.” PreCentral has received an anonymous tip that claims the update may be dropping April 28th, which just so happens to be today! This is good news for Verizon Pre Plus and Pixi Plus users as they have been left [...]

I can’t really say this is the biggest surprise to start the week. With less than stellar sales of their webOS Palm Pre/Pixi (and Plus models respectively). Word on the street is that the troubled phone maker is working with Goldman Sachs and Qatalyst Partners to find a potential suitor to buy them out, with HTC [...]

Among all of Palm’s shortcomings in their struggle to build momentum with WebOS, their ads have received some of the most heat and their advertiser Modernista, is to blame. We all know about their first ads with “the creepy girl” (Tamara Hope) playing with her Pre whimsically and the terrible reception that they received. There’s [...]

Wednesday we reported that WebOS 1.4.1 hit Sprint and many international carriers. Left out however were the Canadians on Bell’s network. Luckily, yesterday WebOS 1.4.1 dropped for Bell users bringing with it the paid App Catalog and all the applications that Canadians had been deprived of for so long. If you’re a Pre user on [...]

It’s looking like a big week for WebOS. Yesterday we reported about WebOS 1.4.1 dropping and today we have some love to help Verizon users cope with their omission in the update’s release. Today Verizon cut the prices of the Pre Plus and the Pixi Plus. The Pre Plus has dropped from $149.99 to $49.99 [...]

There were rumors that WebOS 1.4.1 would be dropping today and PreCentral has confirmed that it’s a go. First the update hit international carriers in the UK, Ireland, Germany and Spain. With the update comes the usual bug fixes, but more importantly for international customers 1.4.1 brings the ability to purchase paid applications. Palm has [...]

DrPodder has been one of the most well-known and feature-rich podcatchers in the webOS homebrew scene. After much feedback and subsequent updates of the application, PreCentral reports that DrPodder has been released into the App Catalog for the modest price of $0.99. The application does everything you would expect from streaming podcasts over the air [...]