CES: Palm Pre Plus and Pixi Plus, Dell 5-Inch Tablet Prototype
Announcements are continuing in full force at CES today, with a number of Apple competitors showing off new gadgets looking to set the bar for technology in 2010.
Palm Pre Plus
Palm today unveiled several new products and initiatives, including the new Pre Plus and Pixi Plus, both destined for Verizon later this month. The Palm Pre Plus bumps storage to 16 GB from the 8 GB found in the original Pre and includes a Touchstone-compatible back cover to allow for wireless induction charging. The Palm Pixi Plus gains Wi-Fi capabilities, as well as multiple colors of Touchstone charging covers.
Both phones will be compatible with Palm's new mobile hotspot application, which allows users to set up mobile Wi-Fi networks using Verizon's 3G data services. Engadget and Gizmodo have both offered hands-on impressions of the new devices.
In addition to the hardware, Palm also announced the coming availability of a number of 3D games from such vendors as EA and Gameloft. Finally, Palm opened up its webOS developer program to all interested parties, and announced a $1 million "Hot Apps" prize pool for developers of the most successful applications.
Dell Prototype Slate Tablet
Dell today also showed off its prototype 5-inch slate, an Android-based device offering a 5-megapixel camera and an apparent SIM card slot. Dell representatives have refused, however, to offer additional information on the device to this point.
Palm Pre Plus
Palm today unveiled several new products and initiatives, including the new Pre Plus and Pixi Plus, both destined for Verizon later this month. The Palm Pre Plus bumps storage to 16 GB from the 8 GB found in the original Pre and includes a Touchstone-compatible back cover to allow for wireless induction charging. The Palm Pixi Plus gains Wi-Fi capabilities, as well as multiple colors of Touchstone charging covers.
Both phones will be compatible with Palm's new mobile hotspot application, which allows users to set up mobile Wi-Fi networks using Verizon's 3G data services. Engadget and Gizmodo have both offered hands-on impressions of the new devices.
In addition to the hardware, Palm also announced the coming availability of a number of 3D games from such vendors as EA and Gameloft. Finally, Palm opened up its webOS developer program to all interested parties, and announced a $1 million "Hot Apps" prize pool for developers of the most successful applications.
Dell Prototype Slate Tablet
Dell today also showed off its prototype 5-inch slate, an Android-based device offering a 5-megapixel camera and an apparent SIM card slot. Dell representatives have refused, however, to offer additional information on the device to this point.
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27 months ago
Oh for christ sake Dell.
Apple rumors of creating a tablet - so Dell jump onto the bandwagon too.
Unoriginality shouldn't be allowed.
Apple rumors of creating a tablet - so Dell jump onto the bandwagon too.
Unoriginality shouldn't be allowed.
27 months ago
Dell rocking the PS3 Piano Black. Time to bust out of the vapors and expose your inner workings. Black is back.
27 months ago
This new Palm looks better than that HTC-built device that Google is introducing. I'll give them that.
As for the Dell slate; I'm not a fan. It's a bit too round for my taste.
As for the Dell slate; I'm not a fan. It's a bit too round for my taste.
27 months ago
Oh for christ sake Dell.
Apple rumors of creating a tablet - so Dell jump onto the bandwagon too.
Unoriginality shouldn't be allowed.
Bit of a stretch isn't it?
27 months ago
Nice announcements from Palm!
-The Mobile Hotspot app is REALLY COOL!
-Big gaming push.
-Nice PDK.
-Cool ways of incentivizing good apps with rewards.
-Adding video recording with editing to all phones with software update.
-Decent hardware refinements.
Let it hereby be known that I am NOT an Apple fanboy! :D Palm did some cool things, and I will give them credit for that! Web OS is nice.
Now Dell and that slate on the other hand lol! :rolleyes:
-The Mobile Hotspot app is REALLY COOL!
-Big gaming push.
-Nice PDK.
-Cool ways of incentivizing good apps with rewards.
-Adding video recording with editing to all phones with software update.
-Decent hardware refinements.
Let it hereby be known that I am NOT an Apple fanboy! :D Palm did some cool things, and I will give them credit for that! Web OS is nice.
Now Dell and that slate on the other hand lol! :rolleyes:
27 months ago
Oh for christ sake Dell.
Apple rumors of creating a tablet - so Dell jump onto the bandwagon too.
Unoriginality shouldn't be allowed.
Erm, excuse me but tablets have been around for YEARS. You're criticizing your own sacred company. Blasphemy!
27 months ago
I wonder how MS is going to react to Dell using a different operating systems?
27 months ago
dell slate is just the axim in a modern sexier package with a better OS
I might bite seeing how it has a camera and my touch doesn't.
edit: oh it's a phone? nevermind don't want it.
I might bite seeing how it has a camera and my touch doesn't.
edit: oh it's a phone? nevermind don't want it.
27 months ago
I wonder how MS is going to react to Dell using a different operating systems?
until microsoft gets back on in the game and releases windows mobile 7, what can they say? even they admit 6.5 just isn't there yet
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