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Win a Palm Pre Contest!

By Ian Hardy ⋅ October 13, 2009 ⋅ 684 comments

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The Palm Pre is one of the most sought after devices to hit Canada. There has been much hype behind this product, and it’s not only because it has won multiple awards as “the best mobile phone”. We’ve already given one [...]

Video: Palm Pre takes a beer bath!

By John Connors ⋅ October 11, 2009 ⋅ 3 comments

Here’s a good video to watch on a Sunday. Apparently the story behind this is that the guys Pre screen kept cracking and his boss offered up an iPhone if he “killed his Pre”. The video is pretty funny and takes a while for the suds to soak in… check it out here:

Pre: “revolutionary and there are no other phones like it”

By Kate O'Brien ⋅ September 10, 2009 ⋅ One comment

The Palm Pre has officially been available in Canada for weeks now. We’ve done several video reviews here (1, 2, 3 & 4) and progress has been made when it comes to the App Catalog – now at 50 apps with several Canadian focused apps such as The Globe & Mail, Yelp, Shortcovers and the [...]

Palm Pixi announced! TELUS rumour of January 2010 release

By Rob Avison ⋅ September 9, 2009 ⋅ 3 comments

We’ve been hearing rumours of a new Palm device for some time now. It was codenamed the “Eos” and its real name was announced as the “Pixi”. This is the second device to run on their new webOS platform and the first device to ship with the Qualcomm MSM7627 chipset, essentially making the device [...]

Palm App Catalog Video Review

By Ian Hardy ⋅ September 3, 2009 ⋅ One comment

Since Bell launched the Palm Pre last week, us Canadians have had the opportunity to have a taste of what Palm’s new App Catalog is all about. Actually the number of official apps has increased by about 40% in 7 days… the number sounds incredibly high but you have to remember that we started off [...]

Video: Palm Pre vs. Apple iPhone 3GS

By Ian Hardy ⋅ August 27, 2009 ⋅ 3 comments

We know that the Palm Pre and the Apple iPhone are two completely different devices. Both are desired devices in Canada. We took a bit of time to take a look at each and compare them.
The iPhone 3GS has a bigger screen (3.5 inches) vs. the Palm Pre’s 3.1 inch screen. They both have a [...]

Bell officially launches the Palm Pre in Canada!

By Rob Avison ⋅ August 27, 2009 ⋅ 5 comments

It’s was May 6th (113 days ago) since Bell said they were bringing the award winning Palm Pre to Canada. And today they’ve taken down the “Coming Soon” and have officially released this touchscreen device.
Bell always said it’ll be available in the second half of 2009 and amidst rumours of launch dates, speculation of pricing [...]

Palm Pre Review #4: Calendar, Messaging, Contacts

By Ian Hardy ⋅ August 25, 2009 ⋅ 6 comments

We’ve been using the Palm Pre for the past week or so and love the multi-tasking ability and even love flicking away the applications when I’m finished with them – kinda a power trip against me and the Pre. With that said… have you registered for our Palm Pre giveaway yet? Put your name in [...]

Bell Palm Pre Review #3: Battery Life and Touchstone

By Ian Hardy ⋅ August 23, 2009 ⋅ 5 comments

The Palm Pre is fun. Easily switching between applications has gotten a bit more exciting! You can tell Palm has thought about how the user would actually want to interact and experience a device. Switching back and forth between an iPhone and a Pre, I found myself doing the “gesture area” action of the Pre [...]

Bell Palm Pre Video Review – Part 2

By Ian Hardy ⋅ August 20, 2009 ⋅ 2 comments

Using the Palm Pre gets easier as the days go by. I mean it’s really simple to start with but as with everything you do over and over again the tasks get more intuitive.
With the Pre’s 3.1 inch touchscreen (320×480 resolution) you’ll find it’s responsive and very sensitive. Whenever you put your thumb or fingers [...]

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