Palm is back with a brand new device under its new owners, with a smartphone simply named - the Palm. The handset is designed to be an add-on device rather than a full blown smartphone - This means that much like smartwatches, it will share the same phone number of your primary phone.

Despite being an add-on device it still features some impressive hardware. The device has a premium aluminum and glass construction, with Gorilla Glass protection and IP68 water and dust resistance. Its small form factor is around the size of a credit card, allowing it to take it with you just about anywhere you go.

You have a 3.3 inch LCD display with a 445 ppi pixel density, a 12-megapixel rear camera with LED flash, an 8 megapixel front camera, 32GB of internal storage and a Qualcomm Snapdragon 435 chipset with 3GB of RAM.

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The Palm is an Android powered add-on to your regular smartphone. It features a 3.3 inch LCD display, a 12MP rear camera with LED flash, an 8MP front camera, 32GB of internal storage and a Qualcomm Snapdragon 435 chipset with 3GB of RAM.

The company will be based in Silicon Valley and will be charged with delivering "absolute breakthrough innovations in Technology, Design, User Experience, Ecosystem, Marketing, Supply Chain, and Business Models."

TCL said that it will announce at a future date, when it plans to start rolling out what it calls the "Palm project". The company which started with the production of featurephones, now backed by 5000 engineers from Alcatel produces smartphones, tablets, wearables and mobile routers. This could be the perfect home for Palm to make its return to its past glory.

With LG's acquisition of webOS, we expect the first Palm smartphone will be powered by Android.

Are you still holding onto a webOS device running webOS 2.1 or later? Then you will be interested to know that there maybe an update waiting for you. This is a mandatory system update which has been available for these devices since early June.

Basically what it does is update a certificate used by webOS to access cloud services like backup/restore and the App Catalog. The current certificate is set to expire on June 23.

All you have to do is power up your device and simply accept the automatic update. However if you are running an older version of webOS, a manual update is required. To manually update head over to HP App Catalog and select the app called “App Catalog Update,” download and install.

If you miss updating before July 23, you can head over to the source link for step by step instructions on how you can still obtain the update on your device.

The Palm Pre on Telcel has been updated to webOS 1.4.5. The Pre has been on webOS 1.4.1 for a long time now so it's quite a surprise that an update has found its way to this device.

While the chances of getting webOS 2.0 or higher on the original Pre are far from likely it looks to have taken two years for Telcel to release the 1.4.5 update for their Pre handsets.

The update brings improved PDK support, browser text field focusing, fixed podcast downloads and some security patches. While these features are in no way impressive to modern smartphones, anyone who is still holding on to an original Pre on Telcel will surely appreciate the update.

Are you someone who looks to get great deals on smartphones? Well this deal may interest you then. The Palm Pixi is being offered for just $29.99 and that is without having to sign a contract. The deal is only available today, and there are only a few hours left.

The Pixi may be a discontinued device, but getting a smartphone for such a low price is a deal you wouldn't want to miss. If you are one of the lucky owners of an HP TouchPad you may like to accompany your tablet with a WebOS powered smartphone.

The deal is being offered by 1SaleADay who is known for similar deals. The device will total $34.98 which shipping included which is a good price for any smartphone.head over to the website by Midnight and get your hands on this deal which may turn out being a great Christmas gift for someone.

This is a CDMA device and will work on Sprint's network in the U.S.

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The Palm Pre 2 has been launched in the US. The device was announced not too long ago. The unlocked version is available directly from HP and costs less in the US than in UK. You can order the device directly from HP and it will be dispatched within 24 hours. The Palm Pre 2 has a 1GHz processor, 5 megapixel camera with auto focus and a 3.1" HVGA multi-touch display which is made from scratch resistant Gorilla Glass.

The device has 16GB of on device storage and 512MB of RAM. It has built in GPS, WiFi and Bluetooth. The Palm Pre 2 also features the new Web OS 2.0 which brings various improvements on the old version including multi-tasking, and flash support on the browser.

The US customers can get the Palm Pre 2 for 450 USD which the device costs 400 GBP in the UK.

You can use this link to purchase the Palm Pre 2.