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Tech News Phillip Tracy Aug 1

StyleTap Finally Lets You Run Palm OS on Your iPhone

It’s been over two years since we first heard of StyleTap, a Palm OS emulator for the iPhone. Now the app is finally available through Cydia, meaning you’ll have to spend $50 and jailbreak your iPhone. [StyleTap via Engadget] https://gizmodo.com/palm-emulator-for-iphone-and-touch-looks-good-bad-360081

Tech News Rosa Golijan Mar 23

Else Intuition OS Looks Pretty Sweet on First Phone Expected Q2 Next Year

This video is the best-look yet at the slick OpenGL-accelerated OS from Else (formerly Emblaze) and Access (who developed a next-gen Palm OS before Palm ditched it for their own). The big news: The First Else phone arrives next-year. Confusingly, the name of Else’s first phone is actually “First Else”. As we mentioned in October,…

Tech News Danny Allen Nov 25

Else Intuition: The Surprisingly Not-Sad Fate of Palm OS

In 2006, Access bought the rights to Palm OS, and licensed the code to Palm. Access spent plenty of time and money developing a next-gen OS, which Palm totally ignored for their own. Things looked grim! Until this thing. https://gizmodo.com/palm-licenses-palm-os-garnet-os-5-source-220210 The Else Intuition, aside from being one of the first phones to use Access’ Linux…

Tech News John Herrman Oct 23

Palm Pre: The Definitive Guide and FAQ

Simply put, the Palm Pre is the most hyped phone since the original iPhone. It’s coming out in two weeks, on June 6. Here’s everything we know—we’ll update this as more info comes in. Should I get the Pre over the iPhone? WIll it make a good replacement for my old Phone? It depends. I’m…

Tech News Adrian Covert May 24

Palm Pre Marketer Crashes, Burns During Classic Palm OS 3D Gaming Demo

Cool demonstration of the tech in action, but damn woman, get back on the road! Brief clip, with the fun beginning at 30 seconds and ending pretty much instantaneously. Update. Now, the driving may be terrible, but the video itself answers a question about the emulator regarding sound support. Short answer: It looks like it…

Tech News Jack Loftus Apr 19

How Palm’s OS Tried To Go From PDAs to Smartphones

After today’s remarks from Palm Co-CEO Ed Colligan, the Palm OS is officially dead as far as new updates and development goes. But here’s a look at its evolution over its 13-year lifespan https://gizmodo.com/palm-os-is-dead-long-live-pre-and-windows-mobile-5151721 Palm OS will continue to exist for a short while in the Centro, but after that, it’s done. Palm OS was…

Tech News Adrian Covert Feb 11

Palm OS Is Dead, Long Live Pre and Windows Mobile

The Palm OS is a dead duck. Palm’s CEO Ed Colligan has signed its death sentence today. But while there will be no more new Palm OS products, their Windows Mobile smarty-panty-phones will survive (!): Talking to investors today, Colligan said there was no point in keeping on with its development. • No more Palm…

Tech News Jesus Diaz Feb 11

Palm Pre Might Not Be Priced Into Oblivion After All

The curiously well-informed Russian gentleman who spread the Pre=$399 rumor wants to clarify! He meant to say that it’ll be $399 or $499, and $149 or $199 on contract. That’s a pretty big clarification, guy. https://gizmodo.com/palm-pre-may-be-priced-at-399-on-sprint-5127445 The claim is as follows: With Sprint, Palm is considering two different price points to be decided based on…

Tech News John Herrman Jan 12

Palm Pre May Be Priced at $399 on Sprint

Earlier rumors regarding the Palm Pre have it priced at over $200—but one Russian blogger with a history of accurate reports on the canceled Razr 3 claims it will be as high as $399. https://gizmodo.com/awww-sounds-like-palm-pre-will-be-over-200-5126961 Whether this figure reflects the contract or full retail price is unknown, but the blogger also states that the price…

Tech News Sean Fallon Jan 9

Palm Pre Preview: Simply Amazing

Click to viewHey, I just had some time to play with the Palm Pre, maybe the most important handset to be announced in two years, and here’s what it was like to use it. Updates coming. NOTE: If you want the latest Pre details, check out our Palm Pre Review and Palm Pre FAQ. https://gizmodo.com/palm-pre-review-5277499…

Tech News Adrian Covert Jan 8

Is the Pre Smartphone Enough To Make Palm a Serious Competitor Again?

Today was the first time the world got a look at Palm’s new Pre smartphone. It looks promising, but is it good enough to make Palm a serious competitor again? https://gizmodo.com/palm-pre-preview-simply-amazing-5126702 Is the Pre Smartphone Enough to Make Palm a Serious Competitor Again? ( polls)

Tech News Sean Fallon Jan 8

Palm Pre: First Look and Details

Palm just announced the multitouch Palm Pre smartphone with the completely new Web OS at CES 2009. It’s a full touchscreen phone that slides open to reveal a keyboard. It has a 3.1 inch 480×320 screen that slides vertically to reveal a keyboard. The slider action is curved, sort of like the SE Xperia X1.…

Tech News Adrian Covert Jan 8

Palm Pre’s Amazing Wireless Touchstone Charger

The new bad-ass Palm Pre phone charges wirelessly. That is, it’s got a magnetic induction charger—like a toothbrush—called the Touchstone. More info during our hands-on. [Palm Pre Details] https://gizmodo.com/palm-pre-first-look-and-details-5126516

Tech News Wilson Rothman Jan 8

Live: Palm Keynote

In a few moments, we will see the fruits of the Palm team’s many months of labor, and the Palm fan’s answer to what the Post-Treo revolution looks like. Updates. It’s a lot for them to live up to, but we’re resetting our expectations and approaching the lagging company’s new model line with an open…

Tech News Adrian Covert Jan 8

Rumor: Palm Planning New Hardware, OS Debut for CES

According to analysts who know a great many things about the wireless industry, Palm is planning a “massive product launch” for CES next month. Update: Confirmed. https://gizmodo.com/new-nova-palm-os-confirmed-for-ces-2009-5109881 The new hardware will come with a new OS, said Lawrence Harris, an analyst for CL King & Associates. “It’s quite likely, actually close to a certainty, that…

Tech News Jack Loftus Dec 14

Access ALP 3.0 Palm OS Successor Finally Shown Off, Looks Palmy

Access, the company that licensed the Palm OS 5 source code, has just finally gotten around to releasing a next-gen version of the OS. Called ALP 3.0, the Linux-based OS looks a whole lot like a next-generation Palm OS should, with smooth transitions, animations and apparently accelerometer support. An ALP mini version is available now,…

Tech News Jason Chen Oct 23

SDHC Driver for the Palm OS Released

Palm gets lost in the midst of all the iPhone and Android hype, but if you still love your good old Palm OS, Dmitry Grinberg has finally released an SDHC driver that allows for card support. The program is available for devices like the Tungsten T|C, Tungsten E|2, Tungsten T|5, LifeDrive, Palm TX, Zire 31…

Tech News Sean Fallon Sep 19

Palm’s Grand Plan to Save the Brand Barely a Plan At All

Palm is in a tough place right now, with a staid reputation, a decade-old OS and a line of phones that are all, well, sort of boring. The New York Times ran a piece today charting Palm’s revitalization plans, which are being carried out under the guidance of CEO Ed Colligan and Apple vet Jon…

Tech News John Herrman Aug 20

Palm Adding Voice Commands to Treos For Messaging and Browsing

Thanks to an agreement with Nuance Communications, Palm will be delivering voice command capabilities to Palm OS supported smartphones like the Centro and the Treo. More specifically, Palm will be utilizing Nuance’s VSuite apps to handle functions like name dialing, digit dialing, message addressing for text, picture, and video messages as well as application launching.…

Tech News Sean Fallon Mar 26

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Gizmodo’s Wackiest Gadgets of 2002

StyleTap Finally Lets You Run Palm OS on Your iPhone

Else Intuition OS Looks Pretty Sweet on First Phone Expected Q2 Next Year

Else Intuition: The Surprisingly Not-Sad Fate of Palm OS

Palm Pre: The Definitive Guide and FAQ

Palm Pre Marketer Crashes, Burns During Classic Palm OS 3D Gaming Demo

How Palm’s OS Tried To Go From PDAs to Smartphones

Palm OS Is Dead, Long Live Pre and Windows Mobile

Palm Pre Might Not Be Priced Into Oblivion After All

Palm Pre May Be Priced at $399 on Sprint

Palm Pre Preview: Simply Amazing

Is the Pre Smartphone Enough To Make Palm a Serious Competitor Again?

Palm Pre: First Look and Details

Palm Pre’s Amazing Wireless Touchstone Charger

Live: Palm Keynote

Rumor: Palm Planning New Hardware, OS Debut for CES

Access ALP 3.0 Palm OS Successor Finally Shown Off, Looks Palmy

SDHC Driver for the Palm OS Released

Palm’s Grand Plan to Save the Brand Barely a Plan At All

Palm Adding Voice Commands to Treos For Messaging and Browsing

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