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Next Palm Pre WebOS Phone Will Be Cheap, Maybe Centro 2 [Rumor]
Gizmodo — ... But given Palm's present position, grabbing as much marketshare with its OS as fast as possible should be (and is) its top priority, and having a less fancy phone at an easy-to-swallow price is the best way to do that. It just needs to look sexy and be cheap, whatever it's called—though Centro 2 in it all its unimagination does sound a lot less stupid than Pre, so maybe Palm should stick with that. [ ...

Here's praying that Palm gives Apple a run for its money
The Open Road — ... I'm a big Apple fan, but I'll admit that I'm hoping that Palm's new Pre device, glowingly reviewed by Dan Lyons in Newsweek, will dent Apple's iPhone fortunes. ...

Palm: OS X is Too Fat to Run Well on Phones [Palm Pre]
Gizmodo — ... used in the operating software of computers made by Jobs's other computer company, NeXT. Palm sees an opportunity to come out with something newer, better and—perhaps most impressive to gadget geeks—faster. A lot faster. "We're already four times faster than the iPhone, and we're still optimizing," McNamee boasts. Palm expects people will keep 15 to 20 applications open at the same time. A great feature, with lots of side story. [Dan Lyons on the Palm Pre] ...

Palm Prē(view) the iPhone-killer
PalmAddicts — ... which his company then injected hundred billions of dollar into Palm. McNamee said this during an interview with Daniel Lyons from Newsweek: “I look at the guys who are trying to compete with Apple and I think, are you guys crazy? I just want to learn from Apple's experience." ...

webOS = Nova?
PalmAddicts — ... [From JB - NYC] I have been wondering since the Palm Pre launch: is webOS the release name for Nova (their secret Linux-based OS)? I had assumed it was but hadn't read anything until Dan Lyon's Newsweek article confirmed it (http://www.newsweek.com/id/178536). I think it looks like a great OS for a new Palm. I remain concerned about transitioning older, legacy apps onto the new OS. I think Palm said webOS won't do it out of the box; I am hoping some developer will figure it out; I wonder if I can simply move on without my myriad third party apps from my Treo. Here's ...

Definitive Palm Pre Details and FAQ [Precyclopedia]
Gizmodo — ... Palm told us that Adobe Flash support wasn't something they were talking about at the moment, but Newsweek's Dan Lyons got a confirmation from Palm officials that the phone will, in fact, support Flash. ...

Palm Pre: The Definitive FAQ [Precyclopedia]
Gizmodo — ... Palm told us that Adobe Flash support wasn't something they were talking about at the moment, but Newsweek's Dan Lyons got a confirmation from Palm officials that the phone will, in fact, support Flash. ...

How Palm's OS Went From PDAs to Smartphones [Palm OS]
Gizmodo — ... Dan Lyons said it best when commenting: "It was a bit like using a lawn-mower engine to build a go-kart, then adding a bigger chassis and turning the go-kart into a real car, then turning that into a plane, and then trying to make the plane fly to the moon." Here's a look at how the Palm OS evolved over it's lifespan. Rest in peace, Palm OS. We hardly knew ye. ...

How Palm's OS Tried To Go From PDAs to Smartphones [Palm OS]
Gizmodo — ... Dan Lyons said it best when commenting: "It was a bit like using a lawn-mower engine to build a go-kart, then adding a bigger chassis and turning the go-kart into a real car, then turning that into a plane, and then trying to make the plane fly to the moon." Here's a look at how the Palm OS evolved over it's lifespan. Rest in peace, Palm OS. We hardly knew ye. ...

Bumper Crop
MacBytes.com — ... can dial numbers and even change songs using your voice, and a better camera that can take videos as well as still photos. The new phone ships June 19 and comes in two models—a 16-gigabyte model that costs $199, and a 32-gigabyte model that goes for $299. Apple will continue selling the current model, called iPhone 3G, but has slashed the price to $99 for an 8-gigabyte model. That move will push Apple down into a lower end of the market and protect it from new rivals like Palm, which introduced its long-awaited Pre smartphone over the weekend. (That giant sucking sound in ...