All Entries in the "Palm" Category

Gameloft’s Featured Games of the Week on Palm Pre: Shrek Cart and Asphalt 5

Posted by Mary Ann Neder | Mar 12, 2010 | Comments 3

Gameloft’s featured games of the week on Palm Pre are Shrek Kart and Asphalt 5. Here’s a brief description for both games:

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Print Your Documents From iPhone or Blackberry at Hilton Garden Inn Hotels

Posted by Jake Wright | Mar 09, 2010 | Comments 2

Hilton Garden Inn hotels are now offering a new amenity that will allow iPhone, Blackberry and other smartphone users to print their important business documents from anywhere in the world directly to printers that are located at the hotel inside their business centers. This mobile printing service is free to all hotel guests and according to Hilton Gardens Inn’s press release, these Printspots will work with any Smartphone.

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Bell Canada Receives webOS 1.4 Update

Posted by Mary Ann Neder | Mar 05, 2010 | Comments 0

Several Canadian readers have let the folks at PreCentral know that Canadians are finally able to download and install webOS 1.4 on the Bell network. Everyone here in the US is just going have to wait to record video for a few days more.

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Facebook for Palm webOS Receives Update

Posted by Mary Ann Neder | Mar 04, 2010 | Comments 0

Facebook app for Palm webOS was recently updated. Simply check your updates app to get it installed. Here’s the breakdown:

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Admob: Apple Users Twice as Likely To Pay for Apps Than Android Users

Posted by Jake Wright | Mar 02, 2010 | Comments 1

AdMob has recently uncovered some interesting stats about the purchasing behaviors for applications and specific devices. They surveyed iPhone, iPod Touch, Android and WebOS users and found that Android users love their free apps. Apple and Android users each download around nine apps per month, the big difference is Apple customers are twice as likely to pay for those apps. In fact, 50 percent of iPhone users and 35 percent of iPod Touch owners buy at least one app a month. When compared to Android users who only 21 percent are likely to purchase an app in any given month. WebOS users download about 6 apps per month. Of course, the Apple App Store has thousands more apps on offer compared to Palm’s storefront, which could add to the difference in behavior.

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Palm’s WebOS 1.4 Update Emphasizes Video, Available Now

Posted by Jake Wright | Mar 02, 2010 | Comments 0

Palm has just announced that webOS version 1.4 is now available, and will arrive on Palm Pre and Palm Pixi handsets via an over-the-air update for both Sprint and Verizon Wireless customers. In this update users will be able to capture, edit, and share video clips, including direct uploads to YouTube and Facebook. It also features improved calendar, phone, messaging, and e-mail apps; you can now dial contact numbers from the calendar, or sort e-mail by date, sender, and subject.

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PDFMyWeb for Palm webOS, Saves Entire Webpage as PDF

Posted by Mary Ann Neder | Mar 02, 2010 | Comments 0

Ever been caught in an area with bad or no cell phone service and you need to access to a web page that has important information like a map? Right now, the browser in webOS is not capable of saving a webpage for offline viewing so what do you do? PDFMyWeb is a lightweight utility that captures web pages and saves them as a PDF file for offline viewing.

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Guitar Hero 5 Hits the Palm App Catalog

Posted by Mary Ann Neder | Mar 01, 2010 | Comments 1

Glu Mobile just released Guitar Hero 5 for webOS. The game comes packed with 20 songs for you to play along with on your Palm Pre and Pre Plus. Artists include David Bowie, Sublime, Blink 182 and many more. So turn up the volume ‘cause it’s time to rock.

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Grooveshark for Palm Now Available

Posted by Mary Ann Neder | Feb 25, 2010 | Comments 0

Grooveshark, similar to streaming music apps like Pandora and Slacker, has just become available for the Palm Pre. The app, as shown below, leverages Grooveshark’s popular and powerful recommendation engine to find other music you might like. You can rate a song up or down by a smile or a frown, but you can also save playlists and songs for later repeat listening and sharing with other users.

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True Internet Radio App for Palm Web OS

Posted by Jay Krishnaswamy | Feb 22, 2010 | Comments 3

RadioTime.com has developed an application that enables Palm webOS users to tune to thousands of AM/FM and Internet-only radio stations airing all over the world. Sorry iPhone users this isn’t available for you yet.

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Free Demos of Assassin’s Creed and Gangstar Now in the Palm App Catalog

Posted by Mary Ann Neder | Feb 22, 2010 | Comments 0

With an influx of 3D games coming to the Palm App Catalog, many users are left wondering if they’re worth the price of admission. Gameloft recently released a couple of free demo versions for their games, Assassin’s Creed – Altair’s Chronicles and Gangstar: West Coast Hustle, as well as updates for the full versions of several of their games. These demo versions serves to provide a brief taste of how gameplay actually works.

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Gameloft Brings Avatar to webOS, Now in Palm App Catalog

Posted by Mary Ann Neder | Feb 17, 2010 | Comments 0

If you loved the movie, you’re going to love this! Gameloft has brought James Cameron’s highest grossing movie, Avatar, to webOS. This is the latest PDK-enabled 3D game and promises to be quite impressive.

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Slacker Radio Now Available on webOS

Posted by Mary Ann Neder | Feb 02, 2010 | Comments 0

Slacker Radio on webOS, first demonstrated at CES, has now been released on the Palm App Catalog. The app is a music streaming service similar to Pandora. Slacker Radio offers benefits like curated genres, a much larger music library and a plus account which has a monthly fee that will give you even greater control over your music.

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VisualBoyAdvance, Gameboy Emulator Now Available for webOS

Posted by Mary Ann Neder | Feb 01, 2010 | Comments 0

VisualBoyAdvance (VBA), an opensource Gameboy, Gameboy Colour and Gameboy Advance emulator having been available for a number of operating systems is now available for webOS.

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Brothers in Arms Now Available at Palm App Catalog

Posted by Mary Ann Neder | Jan 28, 2010 | Comments 0

Gameloft just ported yet another great game to webOS with the addition of the popular first person shooter game, Brothers in Arms. A game that has become popular on the iPhone, Gameloft’s Brothers in Arms: Hour of Heroes is based in WWII, where you play a soldier in the United States Army’s 101st Airborne Division and fight your way through Africa and Europe.

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Gameloft Offers Free Asphalt 5 Demo at Palm App Catalog

Posted by Mary Ann Neder | Jan 28, 2010 | Comments 1

For those still unsure whether the Pre and Pre Plus can actually handle 3D gaming, Gameloft has provided a demo version of their racing game, Asphalt 5. It is available free of charge from the Palm App Catalog. Asphalt 5 Free provides you with a few minutes of play on a full functional track. This file is nearly 66 MB, so you can be rest assured that you’re getting the full experience. Since this is just to give you a taste, you will only get to play for a few minutes with no save functionality. So, if you like what you see, Asphalt 5 Free comes with a link straight to the App Catalog so you can pay the $6.99 (plus applicable taxes) for the full game.

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Palm Pre webOS Gets Assassin’s Creed

Posted by Jason | Jan 26, 2010 | Comments 3

The Palm Pre webOS is getting a little love from the gaming community, as Gameloft has brought their top games over to the platform including Asphalt 5, Brain Challenege, Oregon Trail, and Let’s Golf. Now the company is introducing the first Assassin’s Creed – Altaïr’s Chronicles title from the iPhone to webOS, a big step for the App Catalog.

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Thwapr Beta Launched, Mobile to Mobile Video Sharing

Posted by Mary Ann Neder | Jan 22, 2010 | Comments 0

Thawpr, is a new service that allows you to share videos and pictures, from mobile to mobile, without requiring any downloads. This is a free platform in its beta stages and is said to work on hundreds of mobile devices across major carriers within the US and Canada that has a camera and a web browser.

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Video: Verizon’s Palm Pre Plus and Pixi Plus in 10 Minutes

Posted by Mary Ann Neder | Jan 21, 2010 | Comments 0

For those unfamiliar with Palm and webOS, PreCentral has been kind enough to do a 10 minute video about everything you need to know about Verizon’s newest devices, the Palm Pre Plus and the Pixi Plus.

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Palm Pixi’s Classic PalmOS Emulator Underway

Posted by Mary Ann Neder | Jan 14, 2010 | Comments 0

For Palm Pixi owners still looking to use some old school Palm OS apps, MotionApps is close to finding a solution for you. The company is developing a version of the Classic OS that will work with the Pixi’s smaller screen.

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