Login

Please login to Techworld.com

Forgot password?
Need your new account confirmation email resent?
Forgot email?

Not a member yet?

Register for a Techworld Account and enjoy unlimited access to our extensive white paper library and exclusive Enterprise multi-user software trials. Account members can also comment on articles and access best practices guides.

PALM PRE

Topic Zone

Latest News

HP makes webOS operating system open source

HP announced today that it will "contribute" its webOS operating system to the open source community.
Dell shows Venue Pro Windows phone at MWC

Dell is set to bring its Venue Pro Windows Phone 7 touchscreen-slider smartphone to European markets in the next few weeks. A broadly similar Android touchscreen model will follow
Wireless charging powers forward for mobile devices

Gadgets are increasingly becoming more mobile and wireless, and we're breaking free of cords and wires or so we wish. Even wireless devices have to be plugged in every so often to recharge their batteries. Wireless charging technology could change that, though, and enable us to live in a truly cord-free world.
HP demonstrates Enyo Javascript framework for WebOS

HP has demonstrated Enyo, an upcoming Javascript framework for webOS.
HP plans to sell unlocked Palm Pre 2 to small businesses

Hewlett-Packard plans to sell the unlocked version of its Palm Pre 2 to small businesses as well as to mobile application developers.
HP to launch Palm Pre 2, WebOS 2.0

Hewlett-Packard on Tuesday announced the next-generation Palm OS, calling webOS 2.0 the "most significant upgrade" since the mobile platform was introduced in 2009.
HP upgrades mobile platform with webOS 2.0

Hewlett-Packard on Tuesday announced the next-generation Palm OS, calling webOS 2.0 the "most significant upgrade" since the mobile platform was introduced in 2009.
Windows Phone 7 launching today

Microsoft will unveil devices running its new Windows Phone 7 operating system today at an event in New York that some experts predict will be a make-or-break product launch.
Palm WebOS 2.0 beta released to developers

Palm's WebOS 2.0 beta is now available in limited release to developers, with a full public release planned for later this year.
RIM unveils new BlackBerry Torch 9800

Research in Motion (RIM) unveiled its first BlackBerry with both a touchscreen and a physical slide-out QWERTY keyboard. The phone is also the first BlackBerry to run 6 OS. The Torch 9800 will debut August 12 on AT&T for $200 with a two-year contract.

Latest Features

Why WebOS was a disaster from the beginning?

HP announced Thursday that it will discontinue its WebOS line of devices, which includes the HP Veer 4G, the HP Touchpad and the yet-to-be-released HP Pre 3 smartphone. The death of WebOS devices is sad, yet unsurprising news. The entire journey of the WebOS has been marred by pitfalls since the very beginning, and things only got worse over time.
A simple guide to touch screens

Ever since the Apple iPhone arrived more than three years ago, gadget makers of all kinds got busy replacing real buttons with virtual ones on touchscreens.
Five ways to save Palm

The fact is, Palm is a smartphone producer, and instead of taking a risk on an unproven market like tablets, the company needs to spend some time thinking about how to revive its smartphone devices. Here are five suggestions how Palm could do just that.
Ten top apps for Palm WebOS

Palm's official webOS app store has come a long way. With only 30 apps available at the App Catalog's launch last June, there wasn't much for early Palm Pre owners to get excited about. Today, however, the App Catalog sports well over a thousand titles. That's a far cry from the iPhone's 150,000 applications, but there are plenty of apps for users of the Palm Pre and Pixi and the Pre Plus and Pixi Plus to choose from, and many of the best ones are free.
Why Google Android beats the Apple iPhone

Android's openness, flexibility, and Java foundation make it the best choice for many developers and the businesses that depend on them
Palm ponders survival

Smartphone industry pundits wonder whether Palm can survive another year, given Palm's guidance that its smartphone sales failed to meet expectations.
HTC's New Smartphones and Sense User Interface

Here at Mobile World Congress on Tuesday, I got some hands-on time with HTC's newest smartphones, the Desire, Legend, and HD Mini. I also got to play with the spruced up Sense user interface, which will run on all three phones. Overall, I was quite impressed: HTC is truly one of the top phone manufacturers when it comes to design and build quality.
Smartbook: the ultimate evolution of the netbook?

The netbook promises convenience and capability in a small, lightweight, and generally inexpensive package, and the concept of a smartbook goes even further: a handy dandy combination of smartphone and notebook.
Motorola Droid: Four reasons to buy, and one reason to avoid

The general consensus on the Motorola Droid is that while it's a very strong device, it still doesn't match the iPhone. Here are four reasons to buy (and one reason to avoid) this new entry in the smarthone market.
Motorola Droid vs. Apple iPhone 3GS

Today's formal unveiling of the Motorola Droid smartphone on Verizon's network was an anticlimax, given most of the details had been leaked days earlier. Nevertheless, it's the boldest, most open iPhone challenge yet.

How-tos

How to make your website display properly on iPhone and Android

How to sync Google Calendar with your mobile

How to secure the Apple iPhone

Slideshows

Also in slideshows:

15 reasons to jailbreak your iPhone

A visual tour of the Nokia Test Centre

Forget iPhone 4S: Nine high-end Apple alternatives

Recommended in Mobile & Wireless

Recommended Mobile & Wireless

ARM targets servers and smartphones with first 64-bit processors

Radio Spectrum Policy Programme approved by European Parliament

Nokia Siemens and Qualcomm show multiflow bandwidth multiplier

Question of the day!

Are your management tools adequate for a hybrid cloud?

Follow the conversation at @Know_Cloud

Question of the day!

Are your management tools adequate for a hybrid cloud?

% of Techworld readers agree with you

Yes

TBC

What are the key management tools you need to take advantage of the hybrid cloud?

Follow the conversation at @Know_Cloud

Featured Reviews

Intel Core i7-3960X Extreme Edition review

Intel's Sandy Bridge architecture stole the limelight this year, summarily trouncing its predecessors, and the best that AMD had to offer, with considerable performance boosts and power savings. Today, Intel is announcing the Sandy Bridge Extreme Edition, an £800 CPU that distills the lessons the company has learned over the past year into a single piece of premium silicon. read more...

VMWare Fusion 4 review

Fusion 4 is the newest version of VMware's virtualisation solution for the Mac, which allows you to run multiple operating systems within Mac OS X. Since we reviewed Fusion 3, VMWare has added support for Lion and the ability to create OS X Lion virtual machines, reduced the consumption of system resources to zero when you aren't running a virtual machine, redesigned the settings window, and much more. read more...

Dell PowerEdge R715 review

New 16-core AMD Opteron 6200-series CPUs in the Dell R715 bring huge bang for the buck to wide virtualization workloads, but not until your OS supports it read more...

RescueTime review

Here's a question most of us can probably answer, at least approximately: How many hours do you spend in front of your computer every week? But here's a trickier one: How much of that time do you spend doing productive work, and how much of it do you spend watching cat videos? RescueTime ($9 per month) is an online service that tries to answer this question, and sometimes even succeeds. read more...

CrashPlan+ review

With the demise of MobileMe upon us, you’ll need to come up with a new backup solution if this Apple service is your current backup method of choice. If you’re a fan of online, cloud-based backups, then CrashPlan is one to consider. read more...