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There is a new version of webOS available to the owners of a Palm Pre or Palm Pixi smartphone, which will fix a lot of bugs as well as bring some surprises. With the webOS v1.4 the Time Zone bug is fixed, as well as the bluetooth car-kit transition problem. Other bugs that were fixed include the random browser formatting, and a Missing Contact issue. As for the new features, the Palm Pre owners get the Flash support in the browser which will become available as a plug-in, and other features include an improved notification and email system, and a better performance when making …

What do you call a long press in the gesture area on a webOS phone? Well, it doesn’t matter, because unless you said “meta-tap” you’re wrong. That’s what Palm has decreed such a touch will be called and so it shall be called — at least officially. A long press in that area plus a key, like X, C or V to cut, copy, or paste, has been given this moniker by Palm in something of a nod to the concept of a UNIX meta key, a keyboard modifier that works like the Apple Command key or Windows Alt and Ctrl keys. Why bother with the clarification? Well, for one thing, “meta-tap X” is a heck of a lot easier to type than “hold your finger in …

Now that the Palm Pre is on both Sprint and Verizon Wireless in one form or another, AT&T users looking to get their webOS fix have been left in the dust. Luckily, according to a document released by the FCC, the Palm Pre may in fact be hitting AT&T’s service come May. Of course, this has yet to be confirmed so we’ll have to way until AT&T or Palm come forth and say something. via gizmodo Related Posts Treo Pro disappears from the Palm website Here’s a recent and somewhat disturbing development. The Treo Pro has vanished from Palm.com. … Palm to Unravel Palm…

If two new fart apps in one day isn’t a sign of a maturing App Catalog , I don’t know what is. Rest easy for once, Rubinstein. For once . [ Palm ]

Even in a world full of racket, it seems that the squeaky wheel still gets the grease. In yet another blow to this whole “cloud” agenda, a vocal segment of Palm users began to notice that information transferred from their online Palm Profile was only a fraction of what it should have been. Today, both Palm and Sprint have issued a joint statement acknowledging the issue and promising to work much, much harder in order to avoid having something like this ruin your life once again. To quote: “We are seeing a small number of customers who have experienced issues transferring their Palm Profile information to another Palm webOS device. Palm and Sprint are working closely together to support…

If you’re addicted to Techmeme , like we are, you’re probably addicted to reading it on your mobile phone too. The problem is that the experience hasn’t been great. There was a mobile version of the site, called Mini-Techmeme, but no one seemed to know about it. More importantly, it didn’t give the full Techmeme experience because it didn’t include discussion items. Today, Techmeme has launched a new version of its site optimized for smart phones. If you visit the regular Techmeme site now on devices like an iPhone, a Palm Pre, or the new Verizon Droid, you’ll see…

An update for Palm’s webOS has been released today bringing the software up to version 1.3.1 for those of you on Sprint or Bell. The update, which clocks in at 126MB, will allow for contact and calender syncing with Yahoo! along with Yahoo! IM. Additionally, users can now copy and forward a single text or IM

Just weeks after Palm’s Pre sunk to CAD $149.95 on Bell , the outfit’s first-ever webOS phone has now stooped to just CAD $99.95. That still requires a 3-year contract, of course, but man — a single bill for a smartphone like the Pre? Anyone tossing out guesses on how long it takes Sprint to follow suit (and embarrass the Pixi )? [Thanks, David] Filed under: Cellphones Palm Pre price keeps sinking on Bell, down to $100 originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 07 Nov 2009 19:41:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Read

There are three things in this crazy world that scare the living daylights out of us: poor battery life, scratched screens, and seven-foot tall she-bots wielding Pres like concealed weapons. This, it seems, was the nightmarish scenario facing Madrid as it launched Palm’s first webOS-based phone this week. Chris: “I’m being treated well, but please, it’s imperative that you buy this phone as expediently as possible.” Richard Lai: “My other toy is the Pre.” Ross: “It says if we don’t do exactly as it commands, the Spiders from Mars will return and destroy us all.” Darren: “Geordi La Forge and I are like this .” Josh T.: “So far they have treated me well, but I fear that…

Oftentimes a picture shouts a thousand words. Other times it belts out precisely a dozen. Straight from Verizon Wireless’ official Twitter account comes this, a confirmation that the Palm Pre we knew was coming to Big Red, well, is coming to Big Red . If you can hold off through the tempting holiday rush, you’ll find Palm’s first-ever webOS device on VZW “early next year.” Huzzah! [Via Boy Genius Report ] Filed under: Cellphones Verizon confirms: Palm Pre hitting Big Red “early next year” originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 17 Oct 2009 11:41:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Read