During Palm’s investor conference call, CEO Jon Rubinstein confirmed the imminent release of the webOS 1.3.5 update and then outlined the improvements that we can expect. The 1.3.5 update will offer the following:

• Increase the limit for more app installation
• Improved battery life
• Increased speed for the Pixi
• Improved WiFi and app performance

Also, Mr. Rubinstein emphasized that Palm will showcase the Ares development platform at CES 2010 and that developers will receive more support and initiatives as “thousands” of webOS apps are expected soon. This is exciting news — particularly the “thousands” of apps part — that we hope will come to fruition sooner than later!

source: Pre Central

Currently, Sprint is the only US carrier that offers Palm´s webOS-based handsets the Pre and Pixi. A rumor that appeared at the beginning of this fall had it there was a pretty good chance that Verizon would release the Palm Pre in 2010. Yesterday, FCC approved the CDMA version of the Palm Pixi equipped with Wi-Fi, the Palm 121 EWW that would allegedly roll out through Big Red. Until now, there wasn´t any proof about the intentions of the carrier and everything that we knew was, more or less, based on rumors. Fortunately, one of our trusted tipsters has just sent us a document that makes us hope the rumors about Verizon´s webOS range might be true indeed. According to the information, Verizon has embarked on a 20-minute long training to re-introduce Palm and webOS to its personnel that will be ongoing until January 4, 2010. Fingers crossed the information gets confirmed soon.

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The annual Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas will be the venue for another Palm-hosted event to be held on Thursday, January 7th at 11 a.m. Palm has extended invitations to the media to attend and learn what Palm has to offer in 2010 and beyond. Attendance of the event is by invitation only. It is unlikely that there will be an announcement that is quite as monumental as the webOS and Pre announcement made at last year’s event, but as we learn more we will share.

source: Palm Infocenter

When the Pixi was first released on Sprint, one of the big drawbacks when compared to the Pre was lack of WiFi. Evidence from the FCC suggests that those wanting a WiFi’d Pixi may be in luck very soon.

A CDMA Palm Pixi has been tested for 802.11b/g WiFi by the FCC and given Verizon’s gearing up for Palm webOS-based handsets for early next year, it’s likely a Pixi with WiFi capability will show up on Verizon. Are you headed to Sprint for a Pixi now, or are you willing to wait a little longer to see what shows up on Verizon?

source: engadget

A reliable source has told PreCentral that they spotted an AT&T-branded Palm Pixi out in the wild, more specifically on San Francisco mass transit. There is no picture available to make visual confirmation, so the existence of an AT&T Palm Pixi will have to be taken on faith. Of special interest is the branding of the device with AT&T – branding is usually not a practice performed well in advance of a phone release so if this phone is already branded, then the release may be mere months away.

source: precentral

Good news for Palm Pre fans in the Czech Republic. Sometime early in 2010, T-O2 should be releasing the webOS-based Pre for it’s customers once they have finished testing the device on their network. T-O2, a subsidiary of Telefonica, already offers the Pre in Germany, Spain, and the UK, and more European countries should come.

As more carriers and countries offer the Pre, the more entrenched Palm will be in the smartphone world. Hopefully the Pre will be popular in the Czech Republic. What do you think?

source: webOS-France

Usually it doesn’t pay to procrastinate until near the very end before finalizing your Christmas shopping, but WirelessWave is bringing Christmas a little early this year for Canadians by offering a steep discount for the Palm Pre — only $24.95. This incredible price drop will require a 3-year commitment, but that seems a small price to pay (along with only $24.95) to experience the joys of the Pre and the webOS operating system.

source: mobilesyrup

We may live in a litigious society, but class action lawsuits are often effective in twisting the arms of big companies to make right what they may do wrong, and now Palm and Sprint are in the legal crosshairs. According to a class action suit filed on behalf of Jason Standiford and others similarly affected, the plaintiffs seek “relief for the loss of personal data suffered” when Palm allegedly loses customer data in the backup process.

Palm and Sprint advertise that their webOS-based phones (Pre and Pixi) can reliably backup user data in the case of a lost or damaged phone or other causes of lost data. However, there have been problems with Palm’s backup via Sprint (over-the-air) and important data of customers has been lost. In order to hold Palm and Sprint accountable, the class action suit has been filed. Who do you think will prevail?

source: precentral

The guys at the blog PreCentral have managed to get their hands on a picture from the internal database of Sprint that mentions pink version of the Palm Pixi. Another piece of evidence that confirms the existence of the color solution comes from the Buyback website of the carrier, where you can easily notice the Palm 120 Pixi – Pink. The fact that a handset is buyback approved means it is to roll out very shortly. This is good news for all ladies who happen to be fans of smartphones, because the Palm Pixi is an extremely likeable device and we believe pink will make it even more appealing to the fairer sex. We hope that Palm releases the handset in various color solutions, just like they did with the Palm Centro.
source: PreCentral

If you’ve owned a Palm Pre during its heyday over the summer, then you probably were downloading every single application available on the App Catalog. Although a good majority of those programs didn’t seem to be big winners, with a small percentage being considered app worthy, owners of the venerable WebOS handset didn’t need to worry about overloading their Pre’s with useless apps. Now that development for the WebOS has been made available for some time, Palm Pre and Pixi owners have been facing a dilemma that didn’t seem too problematic in the beginning – which is the cap on app installations on either WebOS devices. Apparently though, there are some confirmations through anonymous sources that the latest version 1.3.5 of WebOS will clear the way to allow as many applications to be installed on a device. So if you’re the type to literally download every single program made available on the App Catalog, then you may find this news somewhat eye opening. No other information has been revealed about what else the next version will offer – but expect it to land sometime in the next few weeks.
source: PreCentral via Engadgetmobile