Jun 05

Palm Pre hits eBay prior to official launch: just $900 and a fistful of shame

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Look, if this were one of those elusive GSM Pres, we might be able to understand this. But seriously — $899.99 for a Palm Pre that you won’t get until launch day anyway? ‘Course, there are those certain folks that are born everyday, but we couldn’t caution you enough to steer clear here. After all, lines won’t even be a problem come tomorrow, right guys? On another note, how did some chap from Encino end up with five of these gems? White panel van delivery or something?

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Jun 05

Palm Pre designers sit down to talk, reminisce and revel

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By now, you know precisely what the Palm Pre is capable of. You know the ins and outs of the user experience, and you’ve probably got a solid idea of whether or not you’ll be lined up come June 6th to claim one as your own. But here’s a side you probably haven’t heard: the voice of the design team. At long last, the masterminds behind Palm’s comeback phone have finally sat down to talk about the build process and what drove them to create both the Pre and webOS. Not surprisingly, most of it came from the desire to truly revolutionize the mobile experience, one that’s been generally poor for far too long. In separate (but equally awesome) interviews, Michelle Koh and a gaggle of design engineers (including Matias Duarte, Mike Bell, Peter Skillman and Michael Abbott) have opened up to spill their soul on rejuvenating the company with a single product. We won’t issue any spoilers here, but we’d argue that the read links below are required reading if you’re even remotely interested in this handset.

Read – Michelle Koh interview
Read – Design team interview

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Jun 04

Sprint and Palm admit that they don’t expect wild lines for Pre

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It’s hard to say what changed between May 20th and today (any ideas, Verizon / AT&T?), but it seems that Sprint’s tone on the impending Pre launch has shifted just a bit. In a new report over at Bits, we’re told that both Sprint and Palm are informing the public to not expect lengthy lines on launch day. Naturally, both firms are spinning this like it’s a good thing, with Palm’s Lynn Fox proclaiming that “[Palm’s] not like Apple.” Mark Elliott, a spokesman for Sprint, even went so far as to say that it was actually attempting to “manage the exact opposite” of long lines, noting that Sprint wanted “each customer to get the experience” rather than being rushed in and out. Honestly, the spin factor was most obvious when he outed this line: “[Success] is not about having a line out the door; it’s about being able to treat each customer and make sure they’re happy with their decision.” Alrighty then.

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Jun 04

In case you missed our Palm Pre review…

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We wouldn’t want you to feel left out of the biggest blockbuster phone launch of the year (or at least this week), so be sure to hit up our behemoth Palm Pre review before all your friends do and start spouting off the spoilers. We heard that Shia LaBeouf totally dies at the end.

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May 30

Palm Pre filtering into Sprint stores, indocile employee sizes it up

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With only days to go before at least four or five Sprint stores begin selling Palm’s Pre, we’re already seeing at least one employee with some time on his hands give the smartphone a go. Moral of the story? Right about now would be an awesome time to know somebody who can get behind a Sprint counter without using an unlawful amount of force.

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May 25

More Palm Pre emulator videos emerge: universal search, calendar, and email (oh my)

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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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May 25

Palm Pre: more of everything you ever wanted to know

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

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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May 25

Leaked Palm Pre Gesture Guide lets you get some finger-flicking practice in early

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Warm up that last aftermarket inkjet cartridge you’ve been milking for the past two years: we’ve got a leaked copy of the Palm Pre Gesture Guide, a handy little brochure that’s sure to make you a professional app-switcher in minutes. Not many surprises, but it’s a nice little refresher to run through while you wait for your sleeping bag to get back from the cleaners.

Gallery: Leaked Palm Pre Gesture Guide

Leaked Palm Pre Gesture Guide lets you get some finger-flicking practice in early originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 25 May 2009 13:13:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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May 24

AT&T First Android Phone HTC Lancaster Leaked

Posted in: Android, att, cellphones, Google, HTC, palm, Smartphones, Today's Chili, top, webos

Engadget apparently hit upon the motherload of AT&T powerpoints: Slides detailing the Palm Eos, a new HP iPaq and probably most thrilling, HTC Lancaster (aka the Android phone we’ve been waiting for).

I’ve always wondered what Android would be like on a Touch Pro, that’s basically Lancaster. There is the dreary little note that “Initial Lab Entry dates were based on Google Mobile Services (GMS) UI, AT&T standard UI has been requested, which puts schedule in question” meaning AT&T could muck it up with their own UI, and take longer putting out the phone in the process. Its target date is Aug. 3, and it’ll be AT&T-exclusive for six months it looks like. Update: Oops, didn’t notice at first the screen resolution is a bit too squee for our tastes (240×320). Bummer.

The Palm Eos slide basically just confirms everything from before: emaciated WebOS phone with 4GB storage and AT&T all over it.

Update: Oh look, a whole bunch of BlackBerrys are now confirmed for AT&T too—Onyx, Gemini, Magnum and a 3G Pearl.

AT&T’s fall lineup is looking pretty unassailable at this point: With iPhone 3, a WebOS phone, and a solid Android piece, all of their bases are covered, with the exception of a touchscreen BlackBerry, but um, who really wants one of those now? Good thing AT&T’s network blows, since the other carriers have their work cut out for them. [Engadget]

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May 24

Plethora of Palm Pre interface videos emerge from leaked emulator

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Palm Pre secrets? That’s very quickly becoming a thing of the past. After getting some pretty good shots of webOS last week, the “invisible man” from PalmPreForum.org has uploaded an absolute ton of videos — fifteen in all, at last count — showcasing the interface from a leaked emulator given out to early developers (available for Windows, Mac, and Linux, in case you were wondering). Browser, tasks, memos, YouTube, Google Maps, backup, settings, copy and paste — frankly, we’re still wrapping our heads around all of them, and while it’s a shame we can’t see any multitouch gesture since he’s limited to a mouseclick, we’re not gonna be choosy here. Clear your afternoon schedule and check out the video playlist we’ve embedded after the break — and not to worry, the audio clears up right around the 9th video.

Read – YouTube channel
Read – PalmPreForum.org

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