HP’s webOS devices are finally here: the Touchpad tablet, the Pre 3, and a teeny, Pixi-esque slider called the Veer.
It’s always nice when rumours actually hold up: HP just officially introduced the world to webOS 2.0 and confirmed its flagship handset, the Palm Pre 2. So this is why HP spent all that money. Let’s take a quick spin.
OK, so you’ll have to import it from dodgy Chinese site M8Cool, but surely a gamble with your credit card security is worth the slight chance of getting a working Palm Pre, running iPhone OS?
Incredibly popular mobile game Angry Birds is now available on WebOS – specifically on Palm Pre and Pre Plus devices running webOS 1.4.5. While this’ll certainly make Palm users happy, I’m surprised that the game hasn’t hit Android devices yet.
We knew that plenty of Palm employees left once HP acquired the company, but now we know the latest one to jump ship: Peter Skillman, Palm’s Vice President of Design. Also known as the man who designed the Pre.
Downloading his podcasts every morning and loading them onto your phone is one way to listen to Adam Carolla on the way to work, but it’s such a 2005 way of doing things.
The Kobo ebook apps are free and now available for your iPhone, Android, BlackBerry and Palm Pre devices. This means that you can easily purchase, access, bookmark and read your ebooks on the go. [Kobo via CrunchGear]
