Hasta La Gadget!

Oh look, another set of Palm Pre / webOS emulator videos care of TheInvisibleMan of PalmPreForum.org. This time we get a new two-part Q&A session and a glance at the calendar, PDF viewer, phone, e-mail, and universal search, which as the name suggests not only searches locally on the phone but also lets you run that query through Google, Google Maps, Wikipedia, and Twitter — something iPhone OS 3.0’s local-only spotlight frustratingly lacks. That said, we can see ourselves being bothered by the apparent inability to open PDFs directly from the browser, and it looks like the email client might not group threads together. A major bummer if that’s the case, but this is an early emulator, so we’re holding onto the tiniest bit of hope that changes somewhere down the line. Like before, we’ve gone ahead and grouped all the new videos in a playlist after the break.

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More Palm Pre emulator videos emerge: universal search, calendar, and email (oh my) originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 25 May 2009 22:49:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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It’s been a tense bunch of months between the Palm Pre’s January unveiling and the almost palpable launch next month, with fears of delays and a fairly tight-lipped Palm keeping us on the edge of our seats. But with the launch finally just two weeks away, we thought we’d revisit our “everything you ever wanted to know” feature on the device and work in everything we’ve learned since.

Read – Palm Pre: everything you ever wanted to know
Read – Everything else at our giant Palm Pre hub

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Palm Pre: more of everything you ever wanted to know originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 25 May 2009 17:21:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Usually, Sundays don’t get too crazy at Engadget — after all, even super-nerds need to rest. That wasn’t the case yesterday, however, as we found ourselves knee-deep in a handful of seriously sweet smartphone leaks. Most of the news centered around AT&T’s upcoming devices (you know, like its first Android phones, brand new BlackBerry offerings, and… the Palm Eos), but we also saw a few new angles on the Pre. Do yourself a favor and hit all the links below — you won’t be sorry.

AT&T leaks

HTC Lancaster is a QWERTY slider with Android for AT&T
Palm Eos on track for AT&T release second half of 2009
HP triumphantly returns to AT&T with iPAQ K3 “Obsidian”
Blackberry Magnum, Onyx, Pearl 3G, and Gemini to harmonize on AT&T
HTC’s Warhawk and Fortress are AT&T’s Touch Diamond2 and Pro2
Nokia Grouper, Mako, Snapper, and Thresher rolling deep on AT&T

Pre leaks

Sprint’s Pre business launch guide leaked in its entirety
Plethora of Palm Pre interface videos emerge from leaked emulator

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Sunday scoops: Android on AT&T, Palm Eos details, BlackBerry Magnum, and more originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 25 May 2009 11:27:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Just in time for your weekend perusal, Palm Goon (which we half suspect might be a viral site from Palm itself) has uploaded three tours and a FAQ chock-full of new Pre / webOS screens and details, chief among them being confirmation that the Pre does daily automatic backup. We’ve also got some pretty thorough glimpses of the web browser, Tasks, and Memo applications. Visually, it’s quite a beaut — a very elegant and classy UI that rivals anything we’ve seen from a certain Cupertino-based company. Of course, functionality remains to be seen, but if Palm and Sprint deliver half as good of a game as they talk, looks like we’re in for a real treat.

Update: Looks like the site’s experiencing intermittent server errors. Hang tight, we’ll keep you updated.

Read – Meet the Web Browser
Read – Meet the “Memos” app
Read – Meet the “Tasks” app
Read – Things You Might Not Know…

[Thanks to everyone who sent this in]

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Palm Pre tasks, memos, browser on display, automatic backup confirmed originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 22 May 2009 18:56:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Best Buy may not be launching the Pre exclusively, but it’s probably the place to go if you’re scouting one come June 6th. Why? Pretty simple, really — you’ll leave the joint with an extra Benjamin in your purse. You see, those who waltz into a Sprint store will be forced to pay $299.99 up front (with a two-year contract) and wait eons for a $100 mail-in rebate to return. Over at Best Buy Mobile, you’ll pay $199.99 free and clear, sign your contract and proceed to send us loads of personal hands-on shots. Be honest — which scenario sounds superior to you?

[Via Brighthand]

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Best Buy Mobile to skip rebate, sell Palm Pre for $199.99 outright originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 20 May 2009 11:21:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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