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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

Palm’s Pixi Up Close

9:22AM Matt Buchanan | The Palm Pixi’s oddly hard-bodied for a phone that’s otherwise appropriately named. Even the matte rubber back feels stiff and unforgiving. But the keyboard reminds me of Rice Bubbles. In a good way. 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)

6:38AM John Herrman | The Droid and Android 2.0 as a whole, isn’t going to kill the iPhone. That’s ridiculous. It’s going to team up with the iPhone and straight up murder the Palm Pre and possibly others. Here’s why. More »
Phones

Palm Pixi Lands In The US November 15 For $US100

1:31AM John Herrman | Sprint’s just gone public with its plans for the Pixi: One c-note, payable on November 15. It’s not the aggressive, bottom-scraping pricing I was hoping to see for Palm’s second, daintier webOS device, but $US100 isn’t exactly expensive, either. [BusinessInsider]
Software

Palm Couldn’t Pick A Better First Paid WebOS App Than Air Hockey?

7:48AM Jason Chen | The first webOS paid app is Air Hockey, coming in at $US1.99. It might not be a mindblowing game, but Rome wasn’t built by Air Hockey apps (or something). [Palm via Engadget]
Software

Full Flash For Everyone But iPhone, Actually Playable HD Vids

3:01PM Matt Buchanan | A ton of good news about Adobe Flash 10.1: Full Flash is coming to Android, BlackBerry, Symbian, WebOS and Windows Mobile. And it’ll be actually GPU accelerated, meaning you can play back YouTube in HD perfectly. But the bad news? More »
Software

How To: Install Homebrew On Palm Pre 1.2.1

7:30AM John Herrman | WebOS 1.2(.1) is here, and yes: It broke homebrew. Amazingly, it only took devs about two days to bounce back. Here’s how to bring hundreds of free apps, tweaks and themes to your Pre, without flashing your firmware. More »
Software

WebOS 1.2.1 Fixes Palm Pre iTunes Syncing, MS Exchange

5:52PM John Herrman | When webOS 1.2 didn’t re-fix the syncing compatibility that iTunes 9 re-broke, it almost looked like this bizarre little Apple/Palm standoff had finally just, you know, puttered out. Well, nope, for some reason! Cue webOS 1.2.1. More »