Palm Pre InvisibleShield Post Installation Pictures

June 24, 2009 PDA / Smartphones
palm pre invisibleshield front skin install

Here are some followup pictures of my three day old InvisibleShield install on my Palm Pre (see the original install here). Most of the air bubbles worked their way out, but there’s still one on the right edge that refuses to go away. It gets smaller day by day, so maybe it’ll just take some [...]

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Palm Pre InvisibleShield Review – Full Body Scratch Protection

June 22, 2009 PDA / Smartphones
palm pre invisibleshield materials

After having an InvisibleShield for my old HTC Touch Pro, I decided to get one for my Palm Pre as well. The InvisibleShield is a thin (1mm thick) silicone like skin which wraps around your phone. About 90-95% of the phone is covered, protecting it from scratches and light drops. The first thing I did [...]

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One of the First Palm Pre vs iPhone 3GS Speed Tests

June 19, 2009 PDA / Smartphones

In case you guys haven’t seen this, here’s the speed test from CNET: The bootup time test is pretty retarded. Actually, it’s really retarded. Not because I love my Pre and the iPhone 3GS spanks it in boot time, but because nobody really ever turns their phone off, so why would it be included in [...]

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Secunia PSI – Great Utility to Quickly Get Software Update Notification

June 17, 2009 Computer Tips
secunia

Software development is a long term process. Software vendors constantly keep on updating their products to incorporate new features and plug security loopholes. Many of the software, which are installed on your PCs, have the capabilities to automatically contact their developer websites to know when a new software patch or update is available so as [...]

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Palm Pre How To Guide – Enable Tethering Over Bluetooth!

June 15, 2009 How To
Connect to Pre NAP to Tether

Credit goes to fish199902 for this one. Basically, you setup an SSH tunnel to the Pre, which supports running as a SOCKS proxy. You then configure your browser to point to this proxy and BAM, you’re tethering away. First, you must have rooted your Pre and installed/enabled SSH.\ UPDATE 8/6/09: Easier method with GUI: MyTether [...]

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Day 5 After Palm Pre Release – Over 1700 Apps Available

June 11, 2009 PDA / Smartphones

Now, these aren’t your typical GUI applications, these are Linux console apps. For 99% of the users out there, this doesn’t mean squat. However, the hacker and developer community probably shat their pants earlier today (I know I did). Programs are installed through the Pre’s built in ipkg package manager. Installing programs is as easy [...]

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Palm Pre Hacked – Enable Developer Mode and Gain Root Access!

June 10, 2009 PDA / Smartphones
pre-konami-code-developer-mode

Hot damn, only 4 days after the release and people have already figured out to gain root access to the Pre! Credit goes to dsevil from the PreCentral forums for discovering the now infamous Easter Egg left by the Palm developers. Those sneaky, but hilarious, developers found a way to incorporate the “Konami code” into [...]

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iPhone 3GS – Part Success, Part Fail

June 9, 2009 PDA / Smartphones

Straight from Apple’s site: http://www.apple.com/iphone/iphone-3g-s/ Let’s take a look at the new features: “The Fastest iPhone Ever” – Claims that the new 3GS is up to twice as fast as the 3G model. Seeing as we don’t know any hardware specs, nor can we trust Apple’s tainted advertising reputation, we’ll just have to wait till [...]

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Palm Pre Multitasking and Speed Test Video Demonstration

June 8, 2009 PDA / Smartphones

Alright folks, here’s what was lacking on most all review sites: a good demonstration of the Palm Pre’s multitasking capabilities. In the video, I’m opening some commonly used apps and switching between them via the Card view. As you can see, there was very little slow down, even after multiple apps were opened. Try doing [...]

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Palm Pre First Impressions & Short Review From A Power User

June 6, 2009 PDA / Smartphones

I’ve been screwing with this phone for the last hour or so trying to find things that I don’t like. I’m happy to report that the biggest issue I have with the phone are the two dead pixels No matter, I’ll just wait a month when supply evens out and get a replacement then. Anyways, [...]

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