Palm made an announcement earlier this week which should only have been startling if you have paid absolutely no attention to the world of mobile devices for the entire year of 2009.  Until now, as many of you know, Palm has been a dual Operating System company.  You could buy Palm branded devices running either the outdated PalmOS (like the popular and inexpensive Treo) or Windows Mobile (like the even more popular Treo line).

Earlier this year, Palm released the much heralded upgrade to its PalmOS, the WebOS Operating system with the Palm Pre.  This month saw the release of Palm’s second WebOS based device, the Pixi (both are available on the Sprint network). 

With two devices and a moderately to highly successful (depending on whom you ask) Operating System on its hands, Palm has taken the not terribly shocking step of placing all of its eggs into the WebOS basket.  In a conference call earlier this week, Palm executives had this to say:

Due to importance of WebOS to our overall strategy, we’ve made the decision to dedicate all future development resources to the evolution of WebOS. Which means that going forward, our roadmap will include only Palm WebOS-based devices.

This is going to come as disappointing news to a lot of Treo users, especially the Treo Pro, which was an extremely popular Windows Mobile device.   Only time will tell, however, whether this will prove to be a company-saving strategy, or the final straw on a badly broken back. 

[via mypre.com]

Resco has just released an update to their Audio Recorder program for Windows Mobile Professional, bringing the version number up to 4.6.  Audio Recorder works great for recording quick voice memos as well as lengthly lectures while in the classroom.  One of the more interesting features of Audio Recorder is the ability to record conversations while in the middle of a call.  Along with some other enhancements, version 4.6 aims to increase the reliability of this feature.  See below for the full press release.

Resco, a Windows Mobile application designer, releases today a new version of Resco Audio Recorder 4.60, popular voice and phone call recording program.

Resco Audio Recorder is a useful business and personal assistant with MP3 voice and phone call recording, noise filter, support of various sound formats, simple music player and a full file manager. Enjoy one-button recording, fast export or simple playback. Use its business potential at work or fine-tune your karaoke skills during free time.

Some of the changes in version 4.60:

• Improved Core of the Application
  Improvements include faster application launch and less system load.
• Support for More Devices
  Problems with call recording are fixed. Problematic devices: Touch HD, Touch Pro 2…
• Recorded File is Saved as Caller’s Name
  Old problems with this option are fixed.

AT&T is rolling out “a-list” tomorrow, a new feature for their cellular service.  A-list is poised to provide users of AT&T’s cell phone network with the ability to call up to five user on individual plans and ten on family plans for free.  Additionally, the minutes that are saved when calling these numbers will be able to be retained via the “rollover” feature that allows users to keep their unused minutes for the next month.

Check out the details below:

• If your individual plan is 900+ minutes ($59.99 or over) per month, or your FamilyTalk plan is 1400+ minutes ($89.99 or over) per month, you’ll be ready to add your A-List on September 20!
• No extra charge with your qualifying plan
• Add up to 5 numbers on your individual plan or up to 10 shared numbers on your FamilyTalk plan
• Add any domestic number, on any network – including landline numbers – for unlimited calling to and from those numbers
• With Rollover® – already included in most AT&T plans – you’ll keep the minutes you would have used!

…and plenty of booty there be….today be international talk like a pirate day. For starters we’ll be serving up the very first chapter of The Tales of Monkey Island: Launch of the Screaming Narwhal courtesy of Telltale Games. Remember, get it before the sun goes down as this offer will head to the depths of Davy Jones’ locker….ARRRR.

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Looking at Gizmodo today, this little fleece blanket and pillow set seem to be quite a nice addition to my gadget world. Designed straight into the blanket is a pocket for your cell phone, music player, or whatever else you would wish to put in there that would meet those dimensions – yes, I could also cut a small hole and put a camera into there…or even have my Axim do a wifi site survey. All of this stealthy geekiness while having the ability to stay warm and be comfortable for only $28. Not a bad deal assuming shipping doesn’t kill it. I tried finding out on Pantina how much shipping was, but they don’t even let you know without going through check out and entering credit card info – I think I’ll keep this one on my wishlist for now as well as keep it in mind for the upcoming colder months ahead.

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