With a few old exceptions, Android absolutely supports ActiveSync. This is an Exchange thing. If you've entered a pop3 account, it's still no better than a pop3 account.

My guess is that this isn't simply about POP3 over GSM, but special low-power push systems like Blckberry's system and Microsoft's ActiveSync, which is licensed by all of the named companies. I also find it interesting that Palm isn't on that list now that they're backed by HP's deep pockets. Perhaps their patent portfolio really is a nuclear deterrent.

If DOS made you happy, then Powershell could drive you to orgasm if you let it. Object-oriented scripting that can tap into .NET, WMI, COM objects, Windows APIs, and still read/replace part of a text file in one line. You will have to install it on older clients, but what you want can be done with Powershell 1.0, which is like 2MB.

There's nothing closed about WebOS on any level. They even encourage you to take their native apps, rewrite, and redistribute them. Half the Homebrew efforts involve patches to everything from the mail app and system settings to the kernel itself. Palm has openly acknowledged, thanked, and encouraged the Homebrew developers on a number of very public stages. "Jailbreaking" the device involves typing in the publicly available developer code, which does little more than open some firewall ports. For users who can't be bothered with that, Palm established an official app distribution channel that bypasses their store, but still allows users to install apps by simply clicking on a web link.

One of our departments decided to do their own thing and host a site on GoDaddy. Not sure if it was Wordpress or not, but the same thing happened to them. We reported it back on 3/11 and moved the site. Way to get in front of this thing GoDaddy! Oh, and it wasn't just Google. Referrers from Bing and Yahoo would redirect to the same link spam page.

The advantage is that you don't get screwed. It's not that you're going to be homecoming queen, it's just that you get to sit at the cool kids' table and no one shoves you in a locker.

1066 official apps in the catalog; 310 in the homebrew channels. I think Palm's real play here is that this coincides with the release of the C/C++ PDK and some games that are very obviously direct ports of iPhone games. If you're an iPhone developer who had a solid hit and it's relatively painless to port your app to WebOS for a shot at $100,000, why not? It's one more opportunity to be the big fish in a small pond like Trism.

http://developer.palm.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1841&Itemid=35

Will the laptop battery last long enough to hack into and disable the lawnmower's systems before the lawnmower can run it over and make lithium confetti?

Do you and your doctor frequently exchange your medical records via postcard? No, that would knowingly expose your information to any number of mail carriers. Likewise, e-mail goes through the hands/servers of any number of strangers and can be read without so much as holding it up to the light. It's a disappointing precedent, and certainly judges and government should be held to a higher standard than a USPS sorter making minimum wage, but the reasoning here isn't wrong. You shouldn't expect privacy if you can't even stuff your letter in an envelope.

Sprint has the Pre and Hero and it's damn near impossible to spend more than $70/mo. That gets you unlimited mobile calls, data, text, gps, tv. The only way to spend more is if you spend more than 450 minutes a month calling landlines before 7pm. AT&T's base iPhone plan is $70 with no texts, favorite numbers, or gps, and the free nights start at 9pm.

Seriously. I can't believe no one has figured out a way of exchanging goods and services on the Internet for some sort of currency without the benefit of monolithic corporate store fronts.

That's what the official App Catalog will be for: safe, screened little confections for the average Joe. This is simply an alternative for developers and consumers who don't want to go through Palm for whatever reason. Keep in mind the old Palm OS, Windows Mobile, and Symbian have always allowed you to load whatever random app you found on the net, too. Apple's the one that came along and made the walled garden popular.

Snipers have to concentrate to manage their heart rates and time their shots between beats. A little practice and we've now got the world's quickest shot at 1,000 meters.

Yeah, this almost reads like Palm simply isn't interested in lame, free apps littering their official store. And I love how this guy keeps saying that the UNofficial store is so impossible to access. Let's see, step 1) run an app on your desktop; step 2) drag the store app to an icon on your desktop; step 3) access homebrew store with his crappy apps getting in the way of the good ones. If he really doesn't want money, he can very easily distribute his stuff without Palm. Palm even specifically told the NaNplayer developer to distribute his player as homebrew until they finalize some of the APIs it uses. This guy doesn't exactly seem to have the healthiest relationship with reality.