For the nature lovers, here is an app you can put in your iPhone or iPod Touch on your next nature tripping. The app is the Audobon Guides App, an app released by The National Audobon Society to provide an innovative way of providing information about the natural world at the palm of your hands. The first set of app guides cater to the birds, wildflowers, trees and mammals.

These spate of informative materials should come in handy for the people who love the outdoors or find themselves exploring nature at its finest. The four initial Audobon Guides App are available at the iTunes app store at various prices. The limited-time-only prices are $19.99 for Birds and $9.99 each for Wildflowers, Trees and Mammals.

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Tags: Apple, birds, Cell Phones, exploring nature, informative materials, iPhone, iPhone, iTunes, limited time, mammals, Mobile Software, national audobon society, nature lovers, Palm, spate, trees

The Palm Pixi has been launched officially this Sunday and Sprint customers can get it for $99.99 after rebates and with a 2-year new contract. But other retailers, like Amazon, are ready to offer the smartphone for a lot less. Amazon is going to sell the Pixi for just $25 but you will still have to get a new contract from Sprint.

So should you buy the Pixi now? Why not wait a while as I am sure the phone will be available for free on contract real soon. After all there are hotter phones out there worth purchasing with new contracts like the HTC Hero, the Motorola Droid, the BlackBerry Storm2, the HTC Droid Eris or the Samsung Behold II. What phone are you going to purchase these holidays?

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Tags: Amazon, behold ii, BlackBerry, Droid, Droid Eris, Hero, HTC, HTC, Motorola, Palm, Palm, Pixi, Research In Motion, Samsung, Samsung, Storm2

The Pixi is supposed to be official this Sunday but it looks like the phone has already been spotted at certain Walmart locations. The Pixi is reported to have a $400 price tag at certain stores in Tennessee although that hasn’t been confirmed yet. In fact the Pixi hasn’t been spotted in Walmart’s system yet which means the phone is not available for purchase yet.

Will the Pixi be a hit phone or will it have to stay in the shadows of other smartphones like the Droid this winter? Will you buy a Pixi in the near future?

via PreCentral

Tags: Mobile News, Palm, Palm, Pixi, Walmart

Here is an app that should be useful for the people hooked up on live concerts and events. Never be left out on what is playing or what will soon be holding a concert on your area with the Concert Finder app made for the Palm Pre. Released by preAmped.com, not only will you be able to keep track of when your favorite band or artist will be in town, you also get to view pictures from concerts and even some sample music.

The Concert Finder app marks your calendars and provides you directions as well to the venue where the concert will be held. Or if you are wondering if your favorite artist is scheduled to have a concert, you can do so by searching the artist database and save it via preAmped.com.

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Tags: artist database, calendars, Cell Phones, concert finder, favorite band, live concerts, Mobile Software, Palm, Palm, sample music, venue

Sprint is really interested in selling the Pixi at any cost. In fact it would seem that the carrier has forgotten one important fact about the new Palm webOS phone: the Pixi lacks WiFi support which is a pretty annoying thing in the first place. But Sprint is announcing the fact that the Pixi is “WiFi capable.” As much as we’d like to imagine that the Pixi will arrive with WiFi support, that will not be the case this time. Maybe the future webOS Palm phone will offer WiFi but the Pixi won’t be able to sport such capabilities. So, Sprint, what do you have to say in your defense?

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Tags: Palm, Palm, Pixi, Sprint, Sprint, webOS, WiFi

We’re really tired to see this weird game between Apple and Palm. It was a little funny at first but we should expect to see this mind games occur every now and then. Here’s how it works: Apple launches a new iTunes version that happens to block the Pre out and then Palm comes up with a solution that will allow iTunes synching again.

Apple has a new iTunes version available and naturally, Palm Pre owners won’t be able to use it, at least for the time being. Version 9.0.2 was launched this week and it’s still too early for Palm to release an iTunes syncing solution. The simplest thing you can do is not to download the upload and keep using your old iTunes version with your Pre. What do you think?

via wired

Tags: 9.0.2, Apple, iTunes, Mobile News, Palm, Palm, pre, syncing

Palm Pixi is now an official Sprint and in case you’re still not sure about buying one then maybe this little info will help. Well it’s mostly a rumor but it looks like the new webOS phone will come with a new OS version. The new software will bring you more features although we still don’t know what they are. Rumors say that the next OS built is either 1.2.9 or 1.3. Currently the Pre is running version 1.2.1 which means we could be in for a lot of changes once the new OS hits. What do you say Pre owners? Are you ready for a new webOS version?

Naturally there are no release dates announced yet but we might just see the Pixi come with the new OS on board. We’ll tell you more about the new webOS once it becomes available.

via precentral

Tags: Palm, Palm, Pixi, pre, Sprint, Sprint, webOS

A Twitter app known as Twee has finally hit Palm’s App Catalog. You can get a free version of this app, which can support photos such as TwitPic, yfrog, TweetPhoto, and Img.ly and track TwitTrends with Twitturly. It also lets you preview a thumbnail of a friend’s image URL without opening it. As for the $2.99 Twee pro, it is perfect for those who have multiple Twitter accounts and receive local tweets from 1 to 250 miles. Of course, Twee isn’t the only WebOS Twitter app, but time will tell if it will be the best-selling.

Tags: Mobile Software, Palm, Palm, Twee, twitter, webOS

Take a gander at the Else Institution, it isn’t really isn’t out there because it was abandoned in development years ago. It uses Access’ Linux Platform v3.0 OS, which was totally ignored by Palm. The Institution has a 3.47 inch 480×854 with OMAP 3430 processor, internal memory of 16GB, A-GPS, a five megapixel camera, plus 3.5mm headphone jack. Apparently, “worldwide operator evaluations are currently underway”. Could we be seeing this phone anytime soon?

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Tags: Access, Else, Else Institution, Institution, Palm, Uncategorized

Palm’s second webOS phone, the Pixi has been spotted wearing GSM clothes. The phone isn’t yet available anywhere but a GSM prototype is out in the wild in Vietnam. As you can see in the picture here, the Pixi is “World Ready” which means that other carriers beside Sprint can sell in the USA. Not to mention that other international carriers will want to get in on the action and grab this GSM webOS phone as soon as it becomes available.

The Pixi here is most likely a version made for usage outside of the U.S. It has only 4GB of internal memory storage available instead of the regular 8GB memory that equips the Pixi headed to Sprint.

via electronista

Tags: CDMA, GSM, Palm, Palm, Pixi, Sprint, Sprint, world phone

We’re not surprised to see stuff leaked from Best Buy and this time we have some details about the company’s upcoming holiday releases. And there are quite a few phones there ready to capture your imagination, but also a netbook we’ve seen in the news lately:

• Nokia Booklet netbook - October 25th launch (AT&T activation)
• Sprint HTC Hero - October 11th
• Sprint Palm Pixi - launch date TBD
• Verizon Storm II - launch date TBD
• Verizon Android device - launch date TBD
• T-Mobile CLIQ - launch date TBD

We’re particularly interested in that “new technology which doesn’t exist today” mentioned in the leaked documents and we definitely want to hear more about those BlackBerry and multiple Android phones which will also be available from Best Buy soon. We’ll be back with official prices and release dates so in the mean time you have plenty of time to decide what phone to ask from Santa this Christmas!

via BGR

Tags: Android, best buy, Booklet 3G, Cliq, Guide, Hero, Holiday, HTC, HTC, Mobile News, Motorola, Motorola, Nokia, Palm, Pixi, Research In Motion, Sprint, Sprint, Storm 2, T-Mobile, Verizon, Verizon

In case you got pretty excited two days ago to find out that Palm and Sprint are getting ready to launch the Pixi on October 20 then you’re about to get pretty bummed to hear that said date might not be that precise. The source failed to mention the correct launch date but we can assume that both Sprint and Palm would like to have a fresh phone available in time for Christmas. In case you have already passed on the Palm Pre, which can be purchased right now for just $79 from Walmart, will you consider getting the Pixi this winter?

via Engadget

Tags: Mobile News, Palm, Palm, Pixi, pre, Sprint, Sprint, Walmart

Palm has released a new version of their operative system, made for the Palm Pre users. It is codenamed webOS 1.2 and this upgrade is already available for download at the Palm website.

The webOS 1.2 bring a few new features to their users:

- being able to buy songs via Amazon MP3 just by using the phone (no need for WiFi);
- being able to insert credit card information so it is stored in a Palm profile, along with your bookmarks and other data;
- new way to share link easily, with a push of a button;

Visit the Palm website for more details on webOS 1.2.

Tags: 12, Mobile Software, Palm, Palm, pre, webOS

Place your bets now folks! Today’s question is fairly simple: who do you think Bone (from U2 of course) loves most? Is it U2’s official sponsor, RIM, a company with great phones that happens to be pouring in lots of cash in this U2 partnership, or Palm, a company that’s fighting to rise from the dead, in which Bono happens to be currently investing? I know, the question is pretty difficult to answer, and it’s possible that even Bono doesn’t know the real answer.

While U2 is performing in front of thousands of people with RIM’s logo hanging around stadiums and U2 events, Elevation Partners is buying more Palm shares. The investor has purchased 2.2 million shares for $35 million. That means that EP is now controlling 42% of Palm and Bono has an important role in that as EP’s Managing Director and Co-Founder. So what do you think? Palm or RIM?

via mobilitysite

Tags: Bono, Elevation Partners, Mobile News, Palm, Palm, Portable Devices, Research In Motion, RIM, U2

You conclude a lot of things once you catch a glimpse of posters or photos serving as promotional materials or teasers. And while 02 Germany has already made it known that they may be unleashing the Palm Pre before the Holidays start, it seems that something definite regarding this promise is about to take place. If the image above is any indication, it looks like the GSM Palm Pre will definitely be coming out this Fall.

With only a few months away, at least this update will make the German handset subscribers happy.

(Source) Engadget

Tags: autumn, Germany, glimpse, holidays, Palm, Palm, photos, posters, promotional materials, subscribers, teasers

Palm may have the Pre and webOS behind them, but those assets alone evidentally haven’t been enough to bring the company back to greatness. Today, the Q1 2010 results were made known which state that Palm has sold 823,000 handsets (mostly the Pre) so far which may sound like a lot but the next bit of information isn’t all peaches.

It seems that Palm has posted a net loss of a staggering $164.5 million and, when compared to the $41.9 million Q1 2009 net loss, may show where the company is headed. Let’s hope the forthcoming Palm Pixi will spur sales or else Palm may be facing a grim future.

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Tags: 2010, Business, Cell Phones, Mobile News, Palm, Palm, Palm Pre, q1

If you think the Apple App Store is taking all the heat for its controversial manner of approving submitted iPhone apps then guess again. Palm’s App Catalog made it first official app rejection by thumbing down the NaNplayer, a music player app.

Apparently the folks over at the App Catalog camp found some inconsistencies for the NaNplayer and this was traced to the undocumented use of a webOS API call. The said app was using the same API the built-in music player uses to index files so it could make playlists.

(Source) Endgadget

Tags: Apple, apps, inconsistencies, index files, iPhone, Mobile News, Mobile Software, music player, Palm, Palm, rejection, webOS

It seems that we have evidence to support the rumor that Palm is gearing up to launch their webOS touting Eos sometime next month. According to TechCrunch, Palm will unveil the phone sometime next week in leiu of Fashion Week.

This would somewhat make sense since the Eos is said to feature a low price and sleek design. Either way, we won’t know if this phone even exists (although we do have some proof) until Palm makes an official announcement. We’ll keep you posted.

Tags: EOS, fashion week, Palm, release date, rumor, Uncategorized, web os

For the business-minded individuals and investors, here is an app finally made for you. Monitoring the stock market and being up to date with the latest financial highlights doesn’t have to be harder with this new app, TraxStocks for the iPhone or the iPod Touch. This powerful visual market analysis tool makes use of the iPhone’s touch screen to deliver advanced data visualization techniques and market data at the palm of your hands.

Developed by All of Zero, the TraxStocks app is now available for download at the iTunes store for $4.99. This is an app ideal for people who want to know where to put their investment and money in as far as stock investment is concerned.

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Tags: advanced data visualization, analysis tool, Apple, Business, business minded individuals, data visualization techniques, investors, iPhone, iPhone, iPod Touch, Mobile News, Money, Palm, stock investment, stock market, touch screen

Have you purchased your Palm Pre yet? Well in case you’re still considering getting the phone you should know that the word on the street is that the Pre will come with a new price starting September 8. Instead of the regular $199 with a contract you should be able to get it for just $149.99 after a mail-in rebate and with a Sprint contract. Nothing is official so far but it looks like the documents indicate that the promotion will last until October 31. Considering that Sprint is getting ready to sell HTC’s hottest Android phone, the Hero, it might be a good idea not to rush into things just yet. Maybe you’re money will be better spent on the Hero instead! What do you say Sprint customers?

via Precentral

Tags: Cell Phones, Hero, HTC, Mobile News, Palm, Palm, Portable Devices, pre, Price drop, Sprint, Sprint