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Phones
Palm Pre Experiencing Big Ol’ Backup Failures
6:58AM Adam Frucci | If you’ve been backing up your Pre, you might think that if you, say, drop it in the toilet, you’ll be set to have all your data placed on a replacement. That might not be the case. More »
Phones
Palm Pre Gets Video Recording With Precorder HomeBrew Software
11:49PM Danny Allen | That’s right, 480×320-pixel video recording at 30fps is now go. The homebrew software is only an alpha (so there’s bugs like not being able to preview what you’re recording), but the app works, and is free to download. More »
Software
webOS 1.3.1 Available Now
2:50AM Chris Jacob | Nothing game changing, just bug fixes and small tweaks. Don’t expect one of Palm’s infamous syncing hacks, because iTunes support is nowhere to be found. Fire up your updaters, 1.3.1 is live now. [BGR, GadgetsOnTheGo, thanks Jimmie!]
Phones
Why Aren’t More People Talking About the Palm Pixi?
10:25AM John Herrman | We, as in the tech press, are all over Palm’s new mini-Pre. But we, as in the internet, just don’t seem to care about it — just ask Google. More »
Phones
Walmart Hacks Palm Pixi’s Price Down To Size: $US30 At Launch
5:31AM John Herrman | It looks like retailers are going to have to do what Palm won’t: Make the Palm Pixi genuinely cheap, or at least cheaper than the Pre. For example! Walmart’s already slashed the Pixi’s price from $US100 to $US30 — pre-launch. More »
Peripherals
DIY Palm TouchStone Car Mount: Death To All Cables
4:40PM Dan Nosowitz | A modder managed to wire Palm’s TouchStone inductive charger directly into his car’s battery, giving his Pre both a simple mount solution and wireless charging. More »
Software
Pre Developers Get Stupid-Simple Tool To Make Stupid-Simple Apps
1:28AM John Herrman | It’s no secret that Palm’s been taking it niiiice ‘n slow with their app strategy, whatever it is. Here’s their next baby step: Ares, a browser-based, drag-and-drop development toolkit for making simple apps. It’s a marginally good idea! More »
Software
Apple And Palm: The iTunes Syncing Fight Is Officially Dumb
8:57AM John Herrman | OK, Palm, it was cute the first time you cracked iTunes to sync with the Pre. And Apple, I guess I can understand why you’d want to keep control over your software. But really guys? Still? You look silly. More »
Business
How Palm Lost (Like Apple In The ’80s)
Phones
3:20PM Matt Buchanan | Decapitation is the classic zombie assassination method. It kills them dead usually. Zak snapped his Palm Pre in half, and it still lives. Lesson being, unless you completely sever the head from the body, it’ll keep on cutting. Thanks Zak!
Behold, The Unkillable Palm Pre
3:20PM Matt Buchanan | Decapitation is the classic zombie assassination method. It kills them dead usually. Zak snapped his Palm Pre in half, and it still lives. Lesson being, unless you completely sever the head from the body, it’ll keep on cutting. Thanks Zak! 
