Things We Don't Know About webOS and Palm Pre

Posted by: Christopher Meinck on Jan 8, 2009 Print PDF

Tagged in: YouTube , Palm Pre , Mac , Flash support

There has been plenty of news streaming out of Vegas regarding the new Palm webOS and the Palm Pre. During extensive demo time this afternoon, the operating system looks very stable. There are a number of issues regarding the webOS and Palm Pre that are still works in progress. Palm provided a deluge of information today, but there are still a few details that will not be answered until we get closer to launch. Palm would not comment either way regarding:

  • Flash support 
  • Mac support
  • YouTube streaming video

With Jon Rubenstein coming over from Apple, I'd be surprised if in this day and age they didn't support the Mac platform. At last check, the Mac OS has reached 10% of the market and that's a market that craves the latest technology. Of course, most of those are probably iPhone owners. If Palm hopes to convert them to the Palm Pre, they need to build in syncing support for Address Book and iCal. Additionally, the Palm OS that webOS replaces has always been Mac friendly. If you used a Treo and had a Mac, you most likely used a Palm OS Treo to avoid dealing with third party syncing apps.

Have questions for Palm? Let us know in the Palm Pre forums and I'll do what I can to get them answered.



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Palm Pre Mac Support
written by Gene A, January 15, 2009
Palm's Mac OS support has been abysmal for quite some time with no updates to HotSync software for several years. Despite software updates from Apple, Hot Sync does not function under OSX 10.5 Leopard to sync my Treo 700p, which forced me to purchase of The Missing Sync from Markspace. Hoping that iCal and Address Book syncing will be fully supported
questions about the palm pre
written by k.boy, January 29, 2009
some of us have pictures saved on to our micro sd will there be a micro sd slot for our memory card?
2. can the background be personallized?
3. i have a blackberry and while im on the phone i get text messages and after about 20mins while still on the phone i cant reply back to whomever sends me a text..SO IM ASKING WILL THE PALM PRE BE ABLE TO REPLY BACK TO SMS MESSAGES FOR HOWEVER LONG YOU ARE ON A CALL WITH SOMEONE?
BATTERY CHARGEING
written by k.boy, January 29, 2009
IF YOU DONT HAVE THE WIRELESS BACK FOR THE WIRELESS CHARGER..CAN YOU CHARGE THE PALM'S BATTERY THE REGUALR WAY FROM AN OUTLET? AND ALSO WILL THE PALM PRE COME WITH AN EXTRA BATTERY? I THINK IT SHOULD FOR THOSE LIKE MYSELF WHO USE MY PHONE EVERYDAY ALMOST ALL DAY
RE: Text messeging
written by Armando, March 22, 2009
You can't reply to a text because Sprint and verizon's network only have 1 band for talk and data. this allows for faster data speeds and more calls per tower/better reception. AT&T on the other hand has 2 bands, one for calls and one for data. It doesn't hold as many calls per tower, but it does allow for simultanious use.

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