Jun 28

Engadget app updated for Android and webOS

Posted in: Android, engadget, froyo, Today's Chili, webos

Is it possible we’ve been so busy we didn’t notice our Android app getting a handful of totally fresh new features? Maybe, but hey — you still win. If you’re an Android user, you might like to know that some time last week we flipped the switch on an update to our app that includes some pretty sexy new features, such as search and video playback inline (for Froyo devices). Additionally, our webOS app was recently bugging out, but that issue has since been fixed. Of course, the iPhone and BlackBerry apps are still available and as fly as ever — so go grab a copy right now! We’re including the changelog for the Android app after the break, too. Feel free to nerd out on that.

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Engadget app updated for Android and webOS originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 28 Jun 2010 19:29:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Jun 28

Palm Pre breaks the 1GHz barrier with insane custom kernel

Posted in: palm, palm pre, PalmPre, pre, Today's Chili, video, webos

If you own a Pre, you like to tempt fate, and you don’t faint at the mere thought of your phone melting into a nondescript heap of plastic and silicon, have we got some exciting news for you: some crazy dude with a death wish has somehow eked an honest gigahertz out of the Pre’s OMAP3430 processor that normally plods along at 600MHz. Of course, this isn’t the first time the phone’s been overclocked, but traditionally, those overclocks have topped out around 800MHz — so if you need serious speed and don’t mind nuking your battery at a record pace, this so-called “F105 Thunderchief” kernel project is one that you’re going to want to keep an eye on. The project’s owner says “do not install this if you like your phone,” so… you know, proceed with extreme caution, especially considering that your warranty’s probably going to dry up as fast as your battery. Follow the break for the blood-curdling action on video.

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Palm Pre breaks the 1GHz barrier with insane custom kernel originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 28 Jun 2010 16:57:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Jun 23

HP buys Melodeo, brings Nutsie music streaming service into the fold

Posted in: HP, itunes, palm, streaming, Today's Chili, webos

Well, it looks like HP’s year of acquisitions isn’t showing any signs of letting up just yet — it’s now reportedly bought Melodeo, the parent company of the Nutsie music streaming service, for between $30 and $35 million. While the service doesn’t exactly have the name recognition of the now Apple-owned Lala, Nutsie’s mobile applications (for iPhone, Android and Blackberry) have reportedly been downloaded more than two million times, and the company already has partnerships with a range of carriers and cellphone companies including Verizon, T-Mobile and Sprint. As TechCrunch reports, however, what might be most interesting is what the company has in store for Nutsie 3.0 — it will apparently let you copy your entire iTunes library to the cloud and access any song on demand (it currently offers a more limited service that only offers a shuffle mode). We’ll let you take the Palm / WebOS speculation from there.

HP buys Melodeo, brings Nutsie music streaming service into the fold originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 23 Jun 2010 18:56:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Jun 19

Nearly every app in Palm’s webOS catalog is 50 percent off

Posted in: app, apps, AppStore, deal, palm, sale, Today's Chili, webos

That’s right, deal seekers and Palm fanatics: you can now get (almost) every single app in the webOS catalog for half off until July 9th. There are a few listed exceptions, but hit up the catalog and get downloading.

[Thanks to everyone who sent this in]

Nearly every app in Palm’s webOS catalog is 50 percent off originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 19 Jun 2010 22:17:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Jun 18

Palm confirms new devices, webOS upgrade

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Ever since HP CEO Mark Hurd said he wasn’t interested in smartphones, it’s like the company’s been making up for lost time — first by denying the exec’s predilections, and more recently by actually asking us to speculate wildly. Now Palm’s Developer Relations team has reportedly stepped in to confirm that speculation, telling devs that future devices and a new version of webOS are on the way. While there’s no knowing if those devices are smartphones or when we might see them, we’re told to expect a “very exciting” next year.

Palm confirms new devices, webOS upgrade originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 18 Jun 2010 02:36:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Jun 16

webOS 1.4.5 reportedly coming any day now… except for AT&T users

Posted in: att, delay, mobile os, MobileOs, operating system, OperatingSystem, palm, Software, Today's Chili, webos

As friends very near and dear to us have confessed, “soon” is a relative term. If you’ll recall, we heard from Palm (in)directly that the next webOS update was “coming soon” back in the early days of May, and here we are a fortnight from July without so much as an update regarding the update. Well, without an official update. A source over at Pre|Central has confirmed that a release of webOS 1.4.5 is “imminent,” and while the primary purpose will be to get a better handle on PDK apps, it’s also expected to finally bring 3D gaming to the oft-forgotten Pixi. Purportedly, carrier testing on the new OS is just about wrapped, with one unnamed operator waiting for a small bug to be squashed and AT&T simply waiting for waiting’s sake. At any rate, we’re still left twiddling our thumbs and hoping for the best, but at least we’ve a sliver of hope that our patience is about to pay off.

webOS 1.4.5 reportedly coming any day now… except for AT&T users originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 16 Jun 2010 10:51:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Jun 03

HP says it’s in the smartphone market, after all

Posted in: hewlett-packard, HewlettPackard, HP, palm, phone, smartphone, Today's Chili, webos

HP CEO Mark Hurd certainly caused a few sad faces yesterday when he told investors and analysts that HP “didn’t buy Palm to be in the smartphone business,” and now the company is trying to walk that back a little — rest easy, folks, because there are definitely more webOS smartphones on the way. Apparently what Hurd was really trying to say was that HP is excited about using webOS as the foundation for all types of smaller web-connected devices, and smartphones are just a part of that universe — a part HP intends to pursue. Phew. Now, can we see these new webOS devices, please? Here’s the full statement from HP:

When we look at the market, we see an array of interconnected devices, including tablets, printers, and of course, smartphones. We believe webOS can become the backbone for many of HP’s small form factor devices, and we expect to expand webOS’s footprint beyond just the smartphone market, all while leveraging our financial strength, scale, and global reach to grow in smartphones.

HP says it’s in the smartphone market, after all originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 03 Jun 2010 17:57:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Jun 02

ARM, Samsung, IBM, Freescale, TI and more join to form Linaro, speed rollout of Linux-based devices

Posted in: arm, HP, intel, Linux, meego, palm, samsung, Software, texas instruments, ti, Today's Chili, ubuntu, webos

My, my — what have we here? No, seriously, what is this hodgepodge of (rival) companies, and why have they suddenly decided to high five each other here at Computex? Frankly, we’re still trying to piece it all together, but after sitting through a Linaro launch event in Taipei, we’re beginning to get a better handle on the relationship that Samsung, ARM, IBM, Freescale, ST-Ericsson, Texas Instruments and the Linux Foundation have just made official. The outfits mentioned above are coming together to form the UK-based Linaro (a not-for-profit entity), which currently has 25 engineers but will see that figure shoot up to nearly a hundred around the world in the coming days. In short, the new firm — which will have an annual budget in the “tens of millions of dollars” but below “$100 million” — is seeking to “speed the rollout of Linux-based devices,” with one of the key points being this: Linaro will “provide a stable and optimized base for distributions and developers by creating new releases of optimized tools, kernel and middleware software validated for a wide range of SoCs, every six months.”

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Gallery: Linaro launch event at Computex 2010

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Jun 02

HP CEO: “We didn’t buy Palm to be in the smartphone business”

Posted in: hewlett-packard, HewlettPackard, HP, palm, smartphone, Today's Chili, webos

You’d think spending a billion dollars on a smartphone company would indicate a desire to, say, make and sell smartphones, but you’d apparently be thinking wrong: HP CEO Mark Hurd just told investors at the Bank of America Merrill Lynch tech conference that his company “didn’t buy Palm to be in the smartphone business,” and that he’s not going to “spend billions of dollars trying to go into the smartphone business; that doesn’t in any way make any sense.” Yes, that sound you’re hearing is Jon Rubinstein’s heart breaking into a million tiny pieces. According to Hurd, HP was actually more interested in Palm’s IP — specifically webOS, which he wants to put on “tens of millions of HP small form-factor web-connected devices.” Sure, that makes sense, and it lines up perfectly with HP’s plan to “double down on webOS” and put it on everything from netbooks and slates to printers, but hey, Mark? You should really look into the smartphone business when you get a second, okay? Just trust us on this one.

We didn’t buy Palm to be in the smartphone business. And I tell people that, but it doesn’t seem to resonate well. We bought it for the IP. The WebOS is one of the two ground-up pieces of software that is built as a web operating environment…We have tens of millions of HP small form factor web-connected devices…Now imagine that being a web-connected environment where now you can get a common look and feel and a common set of services laid against that environment. That is a very value proposition.

[Thanks, Steve]

HP CEO: “We didn’t buy Palm to be in the smartphone business” originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 02 Jun 2010 19:15:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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May 29

Engadget Podcast 198 – 05.29.2010

Posted in: Android, Apple, HTC, Microsoft, palm, podcast, Today's Chili, webos, windows phone 7, windows phone 7 series, WindowsPhone7, WindowsPhone7Series

How many executives does it take to screw in a light bulb? Fewer than you would think! How many screens do you need to coordinate your digital life with the cloud? Less than 3, contrary to popular belief. How many Engadget Podcasteers need be present to convey the week’s news to you in a succinct 90-minute audio package? Less than five. How many Foxconn employees should consider suicide to bring you a $99 iPhone? That’s right, zero. This week, it’s all about reductionism on the Engadget Podcast. Let’s go on a trip together – to the clean, compact future.

Hosts: Joshua Topolsky, Nilay Patel, Paul Miller
Producer: Trent Wolbe
Music: Bullet With Butterfly Wings

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00:04:15 – WSJ: Microsoft’s Entertainment and Devices Division getting a ‘shakeup,’ J Allard expected to leave
00:04:35 – Microsoft’s Robbie Bach and J Allard leaving as part of broader shakeup; Xbox and Windows Phone teams now reporting directly to Ballmer
00:06:00 – Robbie Bach: Project Natal a ‘midlife kicker’ for Xbox 360, ‘absolutely confident’ Courier innovations will appear elsewhere
00:08:32 – Apple and Microsoft now neck and neck in market capitalization
00:08:55 – Ballmer downplays Microsoft’s shift in market value, says it’s a ‘long game’
00:30:23 – Windows Phone 7 pops up on a Samsung prototype device, plays Twin Blades
00:32:12 – webOS design mastermind Matias Duarte leaves Palm… and could be headed to Google
00:32:22 – Confirmed: Palm’s Matias Duarte joins Google as User Experience Director for Android
00:42:07 – Lenovo kills Skylight OS in favor of Android, U1 Hybrid and Skylight smartbook being shelved
00:51:32 – The next Apple TV revealed: cloud storage and iPhone OS on tap… and a $99 price tag
01:04:00 – Confirmed: Apple’s next iPhone will have video chat, feature to be shown in ads directed by Sam Mendes
01:09:53 – Foxconn raising wages, relocating 20 percent of Shenzhen workers closer to home (updated)
00:20:00 – Apple, Dell, and HP comment on suicides as Foxconn CEO shows off the pool
01:29:49 – Introducing Engadget Alt

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