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Bye bye WebOS ?

Ennev — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 11:18:01 +0000

It’s sad, Palm allays been an innovator, but this time I guess it was too late in the game to have significance. Will be hard to be special when your hardware run the same os than 15 others models.

Article from wired:

Rumor: Palm May Ditch WebOS for Android
An anonymously-sourced, unconfirmed memo partially quoted on Slashdot purports to show that Palm is ready to ditch the failing WebOS – which powers its Pre smartphone – and instead become yet another Android handset maker. The full memo was promised to be posted on Wikileaks at midnight Eastern last night. It is still not there.

Chapters is doing ebook too

Ennev — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 11:49:21 +0000

The Canadian book will not miss this train and will be selling book too.

I’ll come back to you with more information about the format they will
be using.

http://www.chapters.indigo.ca/ebooks

At the first glance the title available look a lot like Eeader.com & Barnes & Noble

Palm Pre Snoops on Users by Phoning Data Home

Ennev — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 22:59:48 +0000

I really love palm. But this is very dissapointing.

Palm Pre Snoops on Users by Phoning Data Home
A programmer finds that the Palm Pre’s operating system webOS sends users’ GPS location to Palm every day, along with data on which WebOS apps they use and for how long. The move triggers concerns over data collection on consumer behavior by handset makers.

One of the best apps for Palm now avaiable for the iPhone

Ennev — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 01:38:22 +0000

And cheap too

http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~3/kkY-TNjWGyc/at-last-microsoft-word-editing-in-the-iphone

Rejoice, Microsoft Office and iPhone users, because now you can edit, create, and view Microsoft Word files. Dataviz Documents To Go doesn’t bring Excel editing as promised , but at least is here now for $5. The Excel creation and editing will be a free upgrade if you buy now. Like the rest of the Dataviz mobile editors, Documents to Go for iPhone uses InTact, which retains the format of edited files at all times. They also have another version for $10, which also supports Exchange attachments. [ Documents to Go and Documents To Go with Exchange Attachments ]

Zune phone again!

Ennev — Tue, 12 May 2009 14:56:10 +0000

Again again and again!

http://news.zdnet.com/2424-9595_22-301177.html

A Microsoft promotional Twitter account tells fans that a new product launch is coming and hold off from buying a Palm Pre. The idea that Microsoft may release a Zune-phone, based on its portable music player, has once again resurfaced. Although the likelihood of a…

Palm Pre to offer some compatibility with old Palm OS apps

Ennev — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 14:12:56 +0000

This is a great new for old palm user like me !!! This thing is getting more interesting everyday!

I’ve bought a bunch of palm apps over the ~10 years I’ve been using this platform, fun to see that it’s not all lost.

http://www.palminfocenter.com/news/9722/motionapps-classic-to-provide-palm-os-compatibility-on-webos/

Kindle ? naah! I love eReader!!

Ennev — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 16:14:33 +0000

I’ve been reading ebooks for years since I have a Palm IIIx till my Palm T3. Since i have an iPod touch and i was very pleased when they made a version of it months ago, the added bonus is that I could download my previous purchases on it!

Now it’s getting even more available: eReader brings access to almost 60,000 ebooks to the BlackBerry platform

eReader had just been purchased by Barnes & Noble, so it might be very interesting to see what will happen next.