One more day until WebOS 1.1. I really hope that they come with some more apps tomorrow also.
Palm Pre Owners Step This Way
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I think everyone in here agrees with you on that one.
What's New in Palm Pre Homebrew Apps: Chess, Package Tracking, and Much More
Damn these homebrew apps are making it tougher for me to hold back from installing them
http://www.precentral.net/whats-new-palm-pre-homebrew-apps-chess-package-tracking-and-much-more
While we're still waiting for more than 30 apps to appear in the official webOS App Catalog, our own homebrew forums now has over fifty apps to play around with. They range from "Hello World" to a full-on chess app, and they're loads of fun.
With the official release of the Mojo webOS SDK to everybody, installing apps has gotten much simpler too. Both Mac and PC users simply need to
1. follow Palm's installation instruction for the SDK
2. Put the Pre into Developer Mode (oh yeah, there's an app for that so you don't have to punch in the Konami Code every time. Consider it your first install.)
3. Open up a command line terminal (it's not as scary as you think) and then use the palm-install command with the Pre plugged in to the computer (but not in USB mode). More here.
Windows users have another option. Forum member greg_roll has created a handy-dandy gui installer that is working for most people. You can find a great tutorial on how to use it at webosinternals.org.
Notice that URL - the Pre Dev Wiki is moving over to webosinternals.org and is looking good. If you want to start developing and delving into the nitty gritty of the webOS, the webosinternals team are the the go-to people. On that same subject, rwhitby has posted up an excellent article explaining that the webOS is so open that it's not technically accurate to say that you have 'rooted' your Pre -- all you're really doing is accessing the Linux core of webOS in a way that Palm actually allows.
Ok, enough nerdcore - let's talk apps. Here's a small sampling of what you can find in our Palm Pre Homebrew Apps Forum. Note that all of this stuff is essentially beta, so if there's trouble just head back into the thread and have a chat about it.
* WxRad Animated Radar - After seeing the official Pre Weather app did you think that the Pre could not show animated radar? Well it can! And it can be full screen! Check out what pilot adsllc has done in his spare time!
* Chess - rboatright has been incredibly active in the developer forums and still has had time to bring a first draft of Chess to the Pre!
* PrePackage - A package tracking app that works with FedEx, UPS, USPS, and DHL from Arcticus.
* Blocked - oil brings us this classic game where you need to slide the red block out of the box by moving the rest of the blocks around. It even includes a puzzle designer!
Damn these homebrew apps are making it tougher for me to hold back from installing them
yeah i got itchy fingers 2 brother .
Back in stock:
http://www.jr.com/product/productDetail.jsp?navProduct=PLM_3420WW
9.99 this is the one Mak got for his touchstone
http://www.jr.com/product/productDetail.jsp?navProduct=PLM_3420WW
9.99 this is the one Mak got for his touchstone
a cat in this thread got a non-palm microusb for 99 cents + $3 shippingBack in stock:
http://www.jr.com/product/productDetail.jsp?navProduct=PLM_3420WW
9.99 this is the one Mak got for his touchstone
im happy with what i got - came in the legit palm box and all
Anyone get WebOS 1.1 installed on their phone yet? I just checked & it said my phone is up to date even though I'm running version 1.0.4
yeah man i had to reg hack my touch to get it for free
my electric bill just hit $215wtf
mine is $289. I have vaulted ceilings... there like 20 ft high. So all the heat gets trapped and my AC is running non stop.
My Palm Pre has been ordered... got it off ebay. should be here within the next few days.
Anyone get WebOS 1.1 installed on their phone yet? I just checked & it said my phone is up to date even though I'm running version 1.0.4
Same here. Last time my phone gave me notification the the new update was ready for download.
Oh I didn't know it did that. When I got my phone I knew the update was already available & went to download the update as soon as my phone was activated.
yeah but he didnt confirm @ the time if it worked with the touchstone plus it's not a palm cable he posted it was a motorola razr cable http://www.bgol.us/board/showpost.php?p=6664144&postcount=156
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B001B3HJFO/?tag=vp314-20
I'd rather spend the extra money to get something I KNOW works for the touchstone
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This article is so ironic 
http://www.precentral.net/webos’s-biggest-victim-windows-mobile
Clearly anybody who bought a Palm Pre was migrating from some other OS. So from whom did Palm poach the most users? If you were to ask the members of the PreCentral forum, a full 39% of them would say that they left behind a Windows Mobile handset. That’s more than any other mobile OS, even Palm’s own old-school Palm OS, which 28% of Pre owners used to use. Rounding it out was BlackBerry OS at 15%, iPhone OS at 6%, and Android, Symbian, and Sidekick each registering less than 1% on the meter. Ten percent of Pre owners used a different operating system, with most of those switching from non-smartphone handsets.
We're guessing a healthy portion of that WinMo segment include Windows Mobile Treos. Even so, it does look like, at least amongst our users, the Pre is managing to convert a sizable number of people to the platform.
dude... a micro usb cable is a micro usb cable. What you have to worry about is the power source beeing 1000ma. You can prolly get away with anything less but anything above might cause damage.
dude...I know this..but you're commenting on a convo you didn't even read. Mak had mentioned earlier in the thread that the the micro usb port on the touchstone was recessed a bit or something and that the cable he bought...fit it perfectly....I dont want to buy just any second cable only to find out it does not fit the touchstone perfectly.
got it?.....good
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So I take it you already bought your Pre?
in about two weeks
the dark side is too strong to resistI will be one of those many WM converts
Well its looking less and less likely by the second that there will be any 1.1 today....
Welcome aboard. I doubt you'll have any regrets.in about two weeks
I will be one of those many WM converts
Well they did say it would either be today or around today. I'm just hoping August doesn't arrive without the update.
shit tell me about em - i got 18-20ft ceilings in the main part of the crib and 10-15ft everywhere else. This summer has been really mild down here. My office getz hot as fuck though and I bought one of those portable jammies until I decide on whether or not to just buy a bigger unit. my freon is almost tapped out cuz that shit stays on all day too. another $150 to get them to fill it back up
was the price on ebay good?
That was my rationale too.
this is the touchstone
you can see the port is set in about 7/8 of an inch
It matches up correctly with their cable
I wanna say I read where some cables didnt fit correctly.
Its in the works - yesterday as a release date was just a tip that proved to be wrong
anyone have keys on the pad where the light doesnt shine as bright on the different keys ? there is a plastic coating and when im typing it becomes depressed and the light is brighter on some parts than it is on others
does everyone have this or are my keys defective? The keys make a little noise too when I press them. Its all from the cover or whatever is on top of the lettering.
Sprint.com now says that the Pre has voice activated dialing. I hope that means that it will come with the 1.1 update.
I have no noise or problems with my keyboard. there is a very slight oreo effect on the phone, but no enough to make me take it back. If It hasnt been 30 days yet for you you can reeturn for a new Pre.
I have no noise or problems with my keyboard. there is a very slight oreo effect on the phone, but no enough to make me take it back. If It hasnt been 30 days yet for you you can reeturn for a new Pre.
Supposed to have NFL Live full time app like that NASCAR shit on on Aug 1, so they have to update by that day.
I am actually pretty well versed in hacking WM phones and adding software to do what I need it to do. In other words, I ain't new to this. BUT I am having the worst time trying to root my Pre!!!!
I have followed the "simple" instructions to no avail. I love this phone but would like to be able to tether. Without sounding like the retarded kid in the room, can anyone help??
I have followed the "simple" instructions to no avail. I love this phone but would like to be able to tether. Without sounding like the retarded kid in the room, can anyone help??
http://forums.precentral.net/homebr...omebrew-apps-onto-your-pre-after-1-0-4-a.htmlI am actually pretty well versed in hacking WM phones and adding software to do what I need it to do. In other words, I ain't new to this. BUT I am having the worst time trying to root my Pre!!!!
I have followed the "simple" instructions to no avail. I love this phone but would like to be able to tether. Without sounding like the retarded kid in the room, can anyone help??
1.1 is in the house!! Downloading now!
webOS 1.1.0
Version information
NFL Mobile Live from Sprint
Calendar
webOS 1.1.0
Version information
- Version: webOS 1.1.0
- Release date: 23 July 2009
- Configuration: Sprint 1.7
NFL Mobile Live from Sprint
- Watch or listen to live NFL games right on your phone.
Calendar
- For Calendar accounts you create on your phone, the default reminder intervals are 15 minutes for timed events and one day for all-day events. A few notes:
- This change applies only if software version 1.1 was on your phone when you bought it, or if you did a partial or full erase on your phone and signed in to your Palm profile again after updating to version 1.1. If you simply update your phone to software version 1.1, the default reminder intervals in Calendar do not change.
- This change applies only to Calendar events you create on your phone, not to events that are synchronized to your phone from an online account.
- The Photos application opens more quickly when launched from the camera.
- Enhanced support for time zones in Clock.
- When you set an alarm in Clock, an alarm icon appears in the notification area at the bottom of the screen. Tap the icon to display alarm details. Alarm details include the following:
- If the alarm is set for the current day, the alarm time appears.
- If the alarm is set for tomorrow, the alarm time and "Tomorrow" appear.
- If the alarm is set for any day other than today or tomorrow, the day of the alarm appears.
- Friends added and deleted in Facebook on the web are now correctly added and deleted in the Facebook account in Contacts on the phone.
- As soon as you create or makes changes to a Google contact on the phone, the phone begins a sync to reflect those changes in Google on the web.
- When you set up an Exchange ActiveSync (EAS) email account, you can enter the mail server name as an IP address.
- Support for self-signed certificates with multiple common names has been added.
- When you reply to an email in HTML format using an EAS account, the formatting of the sender's original message is now retained in the reply.
- Palm's EAS implementation now supports several Exchange ActiveSync Policies, including the following:
- PIN/Password Required. IT administrators can ensure a password is assigned to the phone. Administrators can also specify the minimum length of the password.
- Inactivity timeout. IT administrators can ensure that an inactive phone goes into a locked state after a certain time period. You cannot set a higher timeout interval for your phone, but you can set a shorter interval.
- Remote Wipe. IT Administrators can remotely erase all data on a phone from their Exchange console. IT administrators can also have the device wipe itself if an incorrect password is entered more than a specified number of times.
- You can enter emoticons in new text, multimedia, and instant messages. Emoticons also display in incoming messages.
- If you set the phone to use a 24-hour time format, the message times shown in a conversation appear in 24-hour time.
- If you go into an IM account's preferences, all the options are available even if you are signed in to the account. You can tap Remove Account to delete the account, enter a new password to update the password, or tap Sign In to sign in with your updated password. Previously, you needed to sign out of the account before you could use these preferences.
- When you delete an IM account, a message now appears asking you to confirm that you want to delete the account.
- When multiple missed call notifications are displayed on the dashboard, the time of the most recent missed call is shown.
- When you slide the ringer switch off, a bell icon with a slash is displayed. Previously, the icon was a speaker with a slash.
- In Phone Preferences, the Show Contact Matches preference is now turned on by default. When typing on the keyboard in the phone app, the phone automatically displays both the numbers being entered and any contact matches for the characters entered.
- Improved functionality of person reminders. A person reminder is a notification that you create in a contact entry. The notification appears when you have a call or exchange an email, text, multimedia, or IM message with a contact.
- Resolves an issue preventing media sync from working with latest version of iTunes (8.2.1).
- When you enter a search term in Card view or the Launcher to perform a universal search, if you select the Wikipedia web search option, results are shown in the Wikipedia Mobile site instead of the Desktop site.
- You can now use symbols from the symbols table (Sym + key) when you enter text into a web page dialog box.
- If you have a page open at a certain zoom level, leave the page, and use the onscreen Back button or the back gesture to return to the page, the zoom level is restored right away.
- A new gesture is now available that works the same as the onscreen Forward button. To move forward through open web pages, make a short swipe left to right in the gesture area.
- When using the Wikipedia drop-down search feature in the address bar, results are shown in the Wikipedia Mobile site instead of the Desktop site.
- When you tap a link, the link appears highlighted to indicate it has been activated, even if it takes a moment for the linked page to open.
- After you enter search text, you can tap the Search icon to perform a search. You still have the option of pressing Enter
to perform the search.
Resolves an issue preventing media sync from working with latest version of iTunes (8.2.1).
LOL. In other words, Apple, we on your ass!
Can someone verify before I update my Itunes.
when did this happen???
I went on sprint and they have it on there too
(there also selling it online too
but im waiting for bestbuy to get more in stock)
Verified! itunes working like a champ again!LOL. In other words, Apple, we on your ass!
Can someone verify before I update my Itunes.
Downloading WebOS 1.1 now. Thanks for the heads up on all the improvements CGR.
even if its past 30 days Id scream like a muthafucka over that bruh
Resolves an issue preventing media sync from working with latest version of iTunes (8.2.1).
Palm punks apple
Downloading WebOS 1.1 now. Thanks for the heads up on all the improvements CGR.
let us see how everyone reacts to the Pre being right back on with iTunes a week after being shut out
Advantage Pre
no way Apple starts to release updates faster just to shutout the Pre
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