September 8th, 2009

Sprint offers up a $100 credit with a new Palm Pre activition

There has been a few rumors about Sprint cutting the price on the Palm Pre the last few days. Those might still work out, but until then there is this deal. There is a lot of fine print with the offer, but if you’ve been eyeing a Palm Pre, you should definitely see if you qualify. → Read More

August 31st, 2009

Outrage! Canadia says we're lazy! But they do make better Palm Pre commercials

You know what Canada looks like? It looks like the best part of town – where everyone is cool and gets drunk all the time without hangovers and where you used to go to raves when you were like 16 and now when you go back the rave places have grown up with you and become chocolate shops and classic book stores – but it looks like that all over the country. → Read More

August 21st, 2009

This Bell Palm Pre ad looks familiar…

Hmmm, where have I seen this ad before? It looks a lot different than the weird Palm ad spots shown here in the States, so that’s not it. There isn’t a dude in a creepy king costume, I don’t think it’s reminding me of Burger King. Oh, wait, I know. It’s a combination of these two ads. → Read More

August 16th, 2009

Palm Pre Girl stops talking right at you

Pre-thinking brings us the latest Tamara Hope Pre Ad with young Tamara talking more to her Pre than directly at us. Interestingly, Tamara looks much better when she isn’t Palm’s ghoulish Pre homunculus. Click through for a pleasant surprise. → Read More

August 7th, 2009

Analysts say wireless charging is pointless without super capacitors

Well, despite the fact that the wireless charging system for the Palm Pre is popular and functional, the analysts at Strategy Analytics say that it’s pointless. Come again? → Read More

August 7th, 2009

The Shack to sell the Palm Pre for $150 this weekend

Didja hear that RadioShack is rebranding? The hoopla will of course include some sales to drive traffic. Apparently the Pre will be part of this upcoming sale and will be only $150 for new customers. Nice. → Read More

August 3rd, 2009

Pre Philosophy: Why are Palm's ads the way they are?

Half the money I spend on advertising is wasted; the trouble is I don’t know which half. -John Wanamaker Advertising and branding are very complicated and very unpredictable fields, and success can be measured according to any number of metrics. Modernista, the ad agency behind the soft-talking-lady ads that only occasionally seem to be talking about phones, seem to be measuring success… → Read More

August 3rd, 2009

CrunchDeals: $99 for a Palm Pre today only

If you weren’t one of the lucky ones that happened to snag a Palm Pre for $99 at Best Buy the other weekend thanks to a pricing snafu, LetsTalk.com has a deal for you. The website has managed to drop the price of the Palm Pre down to only $99 through a combination of instant and mail-in rebates. → Read More

August 3rd, 2009

The Palm Pre is now available on Amazon

There is probably a good chance that if you wanted the Palm Pre, you already snagged it at a Sprint store or Best Buy. Amazon now has the smartphone in case though. The on-contract price is the same at $199, but the off-contract price is surprisingly low at only $499. That’s a heck of deal considering the boys in blue have it listed at $749 sans contract. The only kicker is that it will take… → Read More

July 30th, 2009

Fed Up, A Popular Mac Developer Quits The iPhone

By now, you’ve heard the horror stories. Developers put their heart and soul into building an application for the iPhone App Store only to have it rejected by Apple. And sometimes apps are at first accepted and then later pulled for odd reasons. And sometimes app updates are rejected, even though there isn’t much difference with the version accepted. We get a half dozen or so stories sent to us… → Read More

July 29th, 2009

Roger McNamee: Judgment Day

You know the beautiful thing: June 29, 2009, is the two- year anniversary of the first shipment of the iPhone,Elevation Partners (which owns a huge portion of Palm) co-founder Roger McNamee told Bloomberg in March. “Not one of those people will still be using an iPhone a month later.

Yes, that would be today.

So how did McNamee’s claim turn out? Well, let’s put it this way: If there… → Read More

July 29th, 2009

Palm Pre lady remix: Like Jacob's Ladder with cellphones

BBG points us to this Palm Pre commercial remix that forces us to ask the question: Was Tim Robbins dead or dying in the Jacob’s Ladder. Was it like in An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge? Why haven’t I watched that movie lately? It was really good. Even crazier REAL commercial after the jump. → Read More

July 27th, 2009

Verizon to sell Palm Pre next year, long national nightmare is over

Verizon confirmed in an analyst conference call that the Palm Pre, the little smartphone the could, will be available on Verizon’s network between Q1 and the end of Q2 next year. This should come as a relief to people who are waiting to ditch their Blackberry Storms for Palm’s new offering. There’s not much more info than that: they just said it would happen. This confirms rumors… → Read More

July 26th, 2009

Palm Pre at Best Buy for $99 – Update

The internet is all aflutter with stories rolling in concerning the Palm Pre being sold for $99 with a two-year contract at neighborhood Best Buy locations. Although the Pre is nowhere to be found on Best Buy’s website, here’s an in-store photo from PreCentral.net for your enjoyment. Not a bad deal at all, considering the $99 price is out the door — no rebates or anything like… → Read More

July 23rd, 2009

Palm Pre now available online – everyone, please don't rush

Long after the Palm Pre hype machine has been turned off, Sprint is just now making the Pre available for purchase via Sprint.com. There really isn’t advantage of ordering the phone online besides you don’t actually have to leave the comforts of your basement. Purchasers will still need to mail in a $100 rebate to bring the cost down to $199. But if avoiding the general public is your… → Read More

July 21st, 2009

Probably Not The Palm Pre Chart Roger McNamee Wants To See

You know the beautiful thing: June 29, 2009, is the two- year anniversary of the first shipment of the iPhone,Elevation Partners (which owns a huge portion of Palm) co-founder Roger McNamee told Bloomberg in March. “Not one of those people will still be using an iPhone a month later.

A week from tomorrow is the big day for McNamee’s prediction. How’s it looking? Not so hot. Okay… → Read More

July 17th, 2009

Smoke up! Palm Pre's gotta new commercial

Whip out the bong, kids, and start in on that Afghani Kush because Palm has a new commercial. Put it on repeat if you’re on LSD. → Read More

July 16th, 2009

The Innocase Surface Palm Pre case works with the Touchstone

One of the common downsides when using any sort of handset case or skin is that you often lose compatibility with accessories. Case in point is the Palm Pre and the Touchstone which requires a special phone back to work with the inductive charger. Good news, Pre owners. Seideo has the answer and it’s called the Innocase Surface. → Read More

July 14th, 2009

Analyst Finds Palm Pre Sales Stabilize At Ho-Hum Levels

Despite the early fanfare and limited inventory at launch, Sprint doesn’t seem to be hitting it out of the park with the new Palm Pre. Earlier this month we reported on some channel checks by JNK Securities analyst Mike Ehrlich, who called 50 Sprint stores and found out that sales were lackluster.

Yesterday, he issued a new report based on channel checks from last Thursday and Friday, Week 5… → Read More

July 13th, 2009

Summer's Pre

EXT. Sunset Beach. Mother and Daughter walking. Daughter: Mom, did you ever have that not so fresh feeling? Down there? Mom: Sure, honey. We all do. Daughter: What do you do about it? Mom: Well, I keep a Pre handy. Daughter: A Pre? Mom: It’s the latest feminine hygiene product from Palm. It fits where other phones won’t. → Read More

July 10th, 2009

Palm Pre owners complaining about the lack of touchscreen keyboard

Oh this is just stupid. A Strategy Analytics study has found that some Palm Pre users are complaining about the lack of an on-screen keyboard. Unbelievable. → Read More

July 7th, 2009

Get on your party hats: GSM Palm Pre hitting O2 and Movistar

We’re all quite excited here to find out that O2 and Movistar will get the Palm Pre in GSM form, opening the phone up to unlocking, hacking, and all sorts of molestation. UK, Ireland and Germany will get the phone on O2 and Spain will get it from Movistar. When, you ask?

Christmas.

That’s right: by the time Palm pinches off the GSM Pre Apple will have probably released iPod Touches with cameras… → Read More

July 6th, 2009

Palm Pre, she is not doing so well

My, how time flies in the tech world. It was only one month ago today that the Palm Pre launched to the public, giving users their first chance to try out WebOS first hand. Critical response to the device was generally positive, though much of this stemmed from the phone’s impressive operating system rather than the hardware itself. Still, it was exciting to see a genuinely compelling product… → Read More

July 6th, 2009

Maybe The Palm Pre Isn't Selling So Well, After All

My, how time flies in the tech world. It was only one month ago today that the Palm Pre launched to the public, giving users their first chance to try out WebOS first hand. Critical response to the device was generally positive, though much of this stemmed from the phone’s impressive operating system rather than the hardware itself. Still, it was exciting to see a genuinely compelling product… → Read More

July 3rd, 2009

Headline: eBay selling Pres for $320

eBay has some red hot Palm Pres for about $320 – this one is ending in 28 minutes but I bet you could find more. I’m curious to know where these are coming from. Refurbs? Stolen? Found on the road after their owners abandoned them in frustration? → Read More

June 30th, 2009

HEADLINE: Palm sold 300,000 Pres in June

Ed Snyder of Charter Equity Research estimates that there were 300,000 Palm Pres sold in June and there should be sales of about 1 million this quarter, on track with expectations. He estimates Palm is able to make 15,000 phones a day and that all is right with the world. via Inquirer → Read More

June 30th, 2009

G.S.M. Palm Pre spotted in Vietnam

Waves of exultation and joy must be coming out of Saigon as the first secret G.S.M. Palm Pres begin wending their way out of the secret Pre factories in the jungles to the south. A crack team of commandoes have wrested one of these super secretive models out of the hands of an unsuspecting courier and taken video and photos of it.

Remember that the Palm Pre originally came in G.S.M. flavor back… → Read More

June 29th, 2009

In Soviet Union, you get Palm Pre

If you were reading a major paper this weekend, you’d notice a striking ad. There’s the Palm Pre resting against an apple core with the words:

The Palm Pre does things the iPhone can’t. Run multiple applications at the same time with real-time updates and even save $1200 over two years. It’s the perfect time to join the Now Network, America’s most trusted 3G network, bringing you the first and… → Read More

June 27th, 2009

Get you some Mojo (SDK for WebOS)

Get some sweet, sweet Palm Mojo early. It’s basically the SDK for WebOS and it just showed up on the interwebs. Most interesting, however, is the lengths folks will go not to anger the Palm Gods:

Currently, no word on whether or not Palm is okay with this, and we can’t imagine that they are thrilled, so download at your own risk. Depending on how this one goes, we may have to pull all the links… → Read More

June 24th, 2009

A Million App Downloads For Palm. A Million iPhone 3GSs For Apple.

“You know the beautiful thing: June 29, 2009, is the two- year anniversary of the first shipment of the iPhone,” Elevation Partners (which owns a huge portion of Palm) co-founder Roger McNamee told Bloomberg in March. “Not one of those people will still be using an iPhone a month later.”

We’re 5 days away from that milestone. Anyone want to take that bet still?

It’s been 18 days since… → Read More