Palm WebOS

The updated Synergy and Quick Actions look nice. I really miss the webOS's messenger. It's nice to have SMS/MMS and IM integrated. - Rodfather

They should have redone the hardware. It looks the same. It's a bad reminder of the poor build quality of the original. - Rodfather

"So what happened? Wasn't webOS the greatest thing since the original iPhone OS? Wasn't the Pre a great phone? How did Palm blow it so badly? I was a Pre user up until January of this past year, when the Nexus One came out. I went with Palm as far as I could, but in the end, I bailed. Here's where I think Palm went wrong, and why I left the Pre." - chrisofspades from Bookmarklet

You are so wrong...Palm will be bought by a company for the pattens they have and WEBOS will live on! - Matt Ratcliffe

"Update x2: several members in the comments with existing Mobile Hotspot plans note that their cost has magically dropped from $40 a month to $0. " - Rodfather from Bookmarklet

I hope this sets a trend. No more 'tethering' fee. People will want a WiFi hotspot paired with the iPad or other devices. - Rodfather

Verizon is very smart to do this on the eve of the iPad launch. It may force AT&T to do the same. - JCunwired

"They were THRILLED. They were going to the Mobile World Congress the next week, and they really wanted to be able to show that off. I had 3 days to get some Qt demo apps running on it. I ran out and bought a Pre and got started. It was a lot of fun. Oh, and here's our client's app running on the Pre (yes, that's WebKit)" - Rodfather from Bookmarklet

"Qt (pronounced 'cute') is Nokia's attempt at creating a 'write once, run anywhere' programming platform - learn more here. It's a big deal for them as they deal with supporting S60 and their new Meego linux platform (which Maemo will be merged into). The idea is that developers will be able to create their app in Qt and have it run on both S60 and Meego - and darn near everything else they can get it running on. Add one more platform to that list - webOS. Darron Black successfully ported Qt to webOS in time for a demo at Mobile World Congress. Nokia was naturally thrilled and blogged it up themselves (twice)." - Rodfather from Bookmarklet

I'm a big fan of the 5x4 icons tool. It makes your icons smaller, and you may find yourself hitting the wrong one occasionally, but it's nice to see a boatload of apps on one page. - aldenoneil

Me too - I wasn't even aware there was a Foursquare app for Pre. Downloading. - aldenoneil

"Online music service Grooveshark is today announcing the launch of a native app for devices running Palm webOS, or in other words the Palm Pre and Pixi phones. With the app, Grooveshark users gain access to its vast on-demand song catalog – the number of tracks in there runs in the millions – but also to the personal playlists and favorites they and other users have cultivated on the kick-ass music service." - chrisofspades from Bookmarklet

No, I was confronted with that message when I signed up on Grooveshark via the web. I'll let you know when I cross the threshold. - JCunwired

I assumed the cost had gone way up but according to this it's totally the opposite. - Nathan Mylott from Bookmarklet

not yet. /Hits refresh again...Nope - G Dub of the Carolinas

Same with my POS phone, Chris. - Anika

yeah, I was quite annoyed at this, too. URGH. Though, I think that this has more to do with geolocation working with the browsers than anything. All these other phones, it does (even WinMo can install Google Gears for Mobile to get it working). I don't think that Pre can. Or maybe it can, and Google has never bothered to investigate how to do it. - Chieze Okoye

functionality seems kinda weird. I'll give it a try but gDialPro is probably still the better option for webOS. - chrisofspades from Bookmarklet

LAG, same reason they provide a google maps app for webos - chrisofspades from email

"That's right folks. Hot on the heels of our iPhone app release (which has since skyrocketed up the App Store charts to #1 in News), the webOS version has officially landed. You'll see that the experience is shockingly, wonderfully similar to the iPhone / iPod touch version, but of course there are a couple of webOS flourishes to be found. You can download the application right from your Pre or Pixi by simply popping open the App Catalog and, you know... downloading the thing. This is the 1000th application in the Catalog -- a piece of info we feel pretty psyched about. We've got even more on the way (like BlackBerry and Android versions), so keep it tuned here, but for now... webOS fans, go get your fix!" - Richard Lawler from Bookmarklet

I've been trying to test myself to see if any other applications installed could have affected, and I'm not able to come to any conclusions. If I had to venture a guess there is something wrong between application launch and reading of xml data feed (I presume its xml). - JCunwired

It does get warm, but nothing that has concerned me. Have not used the original cover, so I cannot comment / compare at this time. - JA Castillo

I've never used the touchstone, don't own one, but the back does get warm while using it or charging it. - Richard Lawler

Yes, both with and without Touchstone, it gets warm while recharging. - JCunwired from iPhone

I think the chance of any such app died with the Facebook acquisition, unfortunately. - Ken Sheppardson

Not that I know of. It'd be slick to come up with a common set... - Ken Sheppardson

"Ready for an update? webOS 1.4 is coming in February, and its bringing along a lot of goodies. First you can expect to have Flash 10.1 built-in, though the beta should be available soon from the App Catalog. Second, there’s video recording. Third, there’s the standard upgrade deal of better battery life, faster performance, and all that jazz. But Flash and video recording? That’s big." - chrisofspades from Bookmarklet

You have a palm? - Xavier Mathews from email

Yes, a Palm Pre. - aldenoneil