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Palm & WebOS 1.4 – We’re Getting There

Late last week Palm pushed out an upgrade to its WebOS operating system for the Palm Pre and Pixi phones, taking them to version 1.4.  In the past few weeks, Palm has taken a fair amount of flak, primarily from analysts but also from users.  Its performance in Europe hasn't exactly been stellar though it seems to have done well

Capacitive Touch Screens – A Step Backwards?

Ever since I bought my first PDA (a Palm III) back in the late 90s, I've used the kind of touchscreen which needs you to give it a slight press, typically with stylus but a finger will work just fine too.  Apparently these are resistive touchscreens and work by having two thin transparent parallel sheets which are brought together by the

The Newbie and the Smartphone

I've long been resistant to the idea of getting any kind of smart phone. I use my cell phone for phone calls, always have. I didn't feel I had a need for anything else; if I wanted email or web-surfing, I would jump to my trusty laptop to do those things. I could not understand why people wanted to do