http://toki.co.nz/webos/ yet another blog BlazeBlogger 1.0.0 http://toki.co.nz/webos/2012/03/12-what-could-have-been/ I just read a brief article over at webOS Nation about the original plan for Palm after it was purchased by HP - basically HP were going to throw a bit of money Palm's way but otherwise leave the cash strapped company to run itself for three years to try and get into a competitive position. But one year into this plan Mark Hurd (the CEO in charge when HP purchased Palm) was out and Leo Apotheker was in and canned the whole thing. I can't help but wonder where Palm/webOS would be today, what dev Wed, 14 Mar 2012 00:00:01 GMT http://toki.co.nz/webos/2012/02/11-time-for-a-new-phone/ I haven't owned my little Veer for too long now (coming up on 6 months) but the honeymoon is starting to wear a bit thin. It's currently running webOS 2.2.3 (as 2.2.4 had a particular problem where every third call or so all sound would be lost and not just my end - the person I was talking to couldn't hear me either) which has proven to be a relatively stable release but it still has its quirks* and it's pretty obvious that this is the end of the road for webOS on smartphones so it'll never se Mon, 13 Feb 2012 00:00:01 GMT http://toki.co.nz/webos/2012/01/10-webos-224-on-the-veer/ Well I couldn't wait - with ATT dragging it's feet over the Veer update (and really, after being so badly burned by HP who can blame them?) I've gone ahead and run the manual update procedure to bring my Veer up to 2.2.4 (which the Pre 2 and Pre 3 are also now on). I've been using it like this for about 10 days now and I'm really pleased - it certainly seems a bit more responsive and I haven't come across some of the bugs I used to get on 2.1.2 (like phone crashing, too-many-card errors even wh Mon, 09 Jan 2012 00:00:01 GMT http://toki.co.nz/webos/2011/12/9-webos-224-rolling-out-to-pre2-owners/ Well it looks like owners of the Pre2 are getting an over-the-air update - webOS 2.2.4 is now available! I'm hoping this means that an update to my poor veer can't be far behind! I'm not at all fussed about Touch-to-Share with the TouchPad but would really like Skype on my phone. A member of the Precentral forums has managed to get a system image of 2.2.3 off a Veer that was sold on Ebay and another image of 2.2.4 from a European Veer that escaped the lab and has posted instructions on how to r Fri, 09 Dec 2011 00:00:01 GMT http://toki.co.nz/webos/2011/11/8-webos-223-coming-for-the-veer/ Well it looks like there is an update for my poor Veer which has been out now for nearly half a year with no new webOS love - the only problem is it hasn't been released yet. Over on the PreCentral forums a user reports that he bought a Veer off ebay from someone who claims to "work for Palm" and it came preloaded with 2.2.3 - he even has a video up to prove it. Nobody knows how long this update has been ready or why it hasn't been released officially (it could be that HP/Palm have had it ready Tue, 01 Nov 2011 00:00:01 GMT http://toki.co.nz/webos/2011/10/7-webos-304-for-touchpad-released/ HP just pushed out an update to the TouchPad - going from version 3.0.2 to 3.0.4. Wow, what a difference! Seriously, this is a massive improvement in "snappiness" and general smoothness when scrolling through lists, web pages etc. The webOS Internals team haven't yet released all the patches and updated kernels for this version yet (it normally takes them a few days of testing to make sure everything works) but to be honest I don't feel I need the faster kernel - it honestly feels just as smoot Wed, 19 Oct 2011 00:00:01 GMT http://toki.co.nz/webos/2011/10/6-ive-got-a-veer/ I've replaced my trusty old Palm Pre with a new HP Veer. I bought it brand new in the box unlocked off ebay and had it shipped here to NZ for a very reasonable price - my guess is it's reasonable due to the fact that HP was selling these little phones for $49 to get rid of stock so some people grabbed a whole bunch and put them up on ebay! This is the first webOS device that I haven't felt the need to overclock - this tiny phone packs an 800MHz Qualcomm Snapdragon backed up with 512MB RAM and w Mon, 17 Oct 2011 00:00:01 GMT http://toki.co.nz/webos/2011/09/5-goodbye-powerbook/ And I now have a working RDP client too! Command line only at this point but I'm not too fussed - that was the last piece of the puzzle needed to enable me to use my TouchPad as my oncall device! It actually works surprisingly well (with the bluetooth keyboard - if you use the virtual keyboard it doesn't leave you with a whole lot of screenspace!). Yeah, I still have to carry the bluetooth keyboard around with me but it is pretty small and I've since bought a new messenger bag that is still nic Tue, 27 Sep 2011 00:00:01 GMT http://toki.co.nz/webos/2011/09/4-progress/ Well that was quick - I now have a way of using ctrl and esc from the virtual keyboard! Certainly more painful than using the bluetooth keyboard but it's a solution non-the-less! Not only that but someone is working on a native RDP client for the TouchPad too! My woes may soon be gone :-) Thu, 15 Sep 2011 00:00:01 GMT http://toki.co.nz/webos/2011/09/3-needs-more-work/ Having used this tablet for a few weeks now it has become apparent that I can't quite use it as a replacement for my old PowerBook as an oncall device. That's a real pity as it is nice and light (against a laptop) and has really good battery life plus a decent enough screen res to be really useful in this roll. There are a bunch of things missing that make it not ideal - the biggest of which is the lack of an RDP client (my work uses VDI desktops that we access using RDP). Even if I did have an Mon, 12 Sep 2011 00:00:01 GMT