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The Palm Pre will have a wireless charger called “The Touchstone”. Little round gizmo that you just place the Pre on to charge it up. Very cool.

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Palm announced today that they’ve developed the “Palm pre”, a new device with 802.11 b/g, GPS, touch screen, stereo, bluetooth, 8GB of storage, 3 megapixel camera, 3.1 inch multi-touch screen, usb, and a slide-out keyboard.

I’ll get a picture up when I get one.

update: Sprint will be the exclusive partner at launch.

update: A picture of the device:

There appears to be no way to run existing Palm applications on this device. If that’s incorrect, point me at the info that states this, and I’ll post it here.

by ·Comments Off on Dr Dobb’s being absorbed into InformationWeek

I remember seeing Dr. Dobb’s when it was one of the few computer magazines (along with Kilobaud Microcomputing, Pet Gazette, and Nybble) available. The last issue I got reminded me it was a shade of it’s former self, and I guess someone agrees, because it will no longer be a standalone magazine.

Originally called “Dr. Dobb’s Journal of Tiny Basic Calisthenics and Orthodontia – Running Light without Overbyte“, I first saw it on the shelf at the local library, probably about 1978 or 1979. A lot of what they were talking about was WAY over my head, but I read through it anyway, since it was one of the few computer publications available.

I always enjoyed reading the magazine, but as I said, in the last year or two it was a shade of it’s former self. I’m not sure what will happen to “Swaine’s Flames” or that very long running C/C++ ad they ALWAYS ran since this is all being folded into InformationWeek (which spams me constantly to subscribe, btw)…

Sad to see it go.

by ·Comments Off on MacWorld 2009 Announcements – iLife 09 – GarageBand 09

GarageBand will add video instructions of how to play instruments, (piano and guitar demoed). Nine lessons included. Artist lessons will be available, including John Fogerty, Cobie, Sting, Sarah McLachlan, and more. The lessons are $4.99 per lesson.