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Three years ago today, the era of webOS began
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Three years ago today, the era of webOS began
by Derek Kessler
Jun 06, 2012
Three years. Has it really been that long? Has it really been only that long? On June 6, 2009, I lined up in the early morning with a few dozen other excited persons outside the Sprint Store at...
Two years later, webOS 1.4.5 update finally comes to the Telcel Palm Pre
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Two years later, webOS 1.4.5 update finally comes to the Telcel Palm Pre
by Derek Kessler
Mar 22, 2012
There are some things that we never expect to see happen. We're talking tortoise riding a unicorn type stuff here. That's the level of make-believe upon which we had stashed the thought of...
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YouTube brings HTML5 video to webOS two years too late
by Derek Kessler
Oct 17, 2011
If you’re still running webOS 1.4.5 on your Pre, Pixi, or the Plus variants of each, you might have noticed something new in your browsing of the internet over the past several days: playable...
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Bing Maps update brings Enyo support to the webOS masses, Troy impressed by giant wooden horse
by Derek Kessler
Oct 12, 2011
Before tonight, if you wanted to run Enyo apps on a webOS device, you had to have an HP TouchPad or Pre3. With the just-updated Bing Maps released for all webOS devices, that changes. If you...
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Bing Maps made available for all webOS phones
by Derek Kessler
Oct 12, 2011
If you thought your old Palm Pre wasn’t ever going to get another update, well, think again. HP’s still looking out for you, in a way. Tonight saw the surprise release of an updated Maps app for...
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webOS disappears from Rogers, Bell, and Sprint; Pre and Pixi join the big data cloud in sky
by Derek Kessler
Aug 17, 2011
North America, your options for new webOS devices just got slimmer. In the past few weeks we’ve seen old Palm devices drop off the radar of three American and Canadian carriers, though only one we...
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It's time for webOS on the HP TouchPad to reclaim gestures [editorial]
by Derek Kessler
Aug 01, 2011
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A new webOS phone on Sprint doesn't look likely. What's a Sprint Pre owner to do? [poll]
by Derek Kessler
Jul 20, 2011
So there’s a question you have to ask about that Sprint Pre sitting in your hand: what do you do when it finally dies? With webOS not looking likely for any time soon on Sprint, your options are...
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$50 HP TouchPad Mail-In rebate now available for early adopters
by Tim Stiffler-Dean
Jul 01, 2011
When we first told your about HP's plan to give all early adopters of webOS devices a $50 discount to new 32GB HP TouchPad owners, we were still unsure how anyone would be able to cash in on the...
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Angry Birds for Pre and Pixi not likely to get updates anytime soon
by Tim Stiffler-Dean
Jun 23, 2011
You may or may not have noticed this, but over the last two months, webOS device users have been unable to get the monthly updates for the various titles of the Angry Birds franchise. While the...