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by admin on September 25th, 2009
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Well, we have been getting a lot of questions on how to install the My Tether wifi router software onto your Palm Pre, so I figured I could make a short video on how to do that step-by-step in YouTube video fashion.  This should answer a lot of questions for people who are having trouble so… ...
by admin on August 25th, 2009
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Here’s a really simply way to make your Palm Pre’s battery last longer by simply turning your LCD brightness down to the lowest setting, which is still too bright for me. Before doing this, I got about a day of normal use out of my Palm Pre.  Afterwards, I am now getting at least 3 day ...
by admin on August 23rd, 2009
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(Screenshot of @trackmypalmpre, which gets updated with location of my Palm Pre every hour.) As promised on my last blog post on how to set up Google GPS tracking on your Palm Pre, I will now show you how to “tweet’ your GPS location to a Twitter account so you can track it on Twitter ...
by admin on August 22nd, 2009
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A lot of carriers now offer the ability to track your kid’s cellphones to track where they are.  Well,you can do that on the Palm Pre too. Here’s how you can setup a “website” on your Palm Pre and secretly track your Palm Pre, whereever it is in “real-time”. Fir ...
by admin on August 21st, 2009
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(screenshot of SSH Top command showing processes running on my Palm Pre) Since the Palm Pre is based on Linux, I figured that you could probably run a Wordpress blog on the Palm Pre.   Well, after about 3 hours of research, I found a way to run a wordpress blog using Optware Lighttpd and MySQL ...
by admin on August 20th, 2009
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The second day I got the Palm Pre, I was able to SSH into my own Palm Pre and also make it into a WiFi Router.  Of course, this is usual business for me as I manage about 30+ web servers on a daily basis.  If I see a linux machine, the first thing I want to do is SSH into it. What is SSH? SSH is a ...
by admin on August 19th, 2009
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UPDATE: I also did the same test on my sister’s 3GS and same results. 3GS has better hardware but that doesn’t make AT&T go faster. Here’s a quick network speed test I did on the Sprint Palm Pre and AT&T’s iPhone 3G. As noted in PCWorld, Sprint’s Palm Pre won o ...
by admin on August 17th, 2009
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Planning on a long trip or vacation somewhere?  Well, if you are going to take your Palm Pre with you, don’t forget to invest in one of these little, nifty double-A battery emergency chargers, which can come in handy when you are on-the-go. Never be left without power again using our AA Batt ...
by admin on August 17th, 2009
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I just spent $29.99 at Radio Shack for a in-car Palm Pre charger, which comes with a Palm Pre USB cable.  I guess these are hard to come by in retail stores but Amazon sells them for just one dollar!  Talk about rip-offs. Order a couple of these so you have one in your home and office at the least ...
by admin on August 9th, 2009
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Well, first, I want to thank every blogger/visitor who has visited this new Palm Pre blog.  I will have many, many Palm Pre tutorials and hacks coming soon including how to install run a website on your Palm Pre, how to SSH into your Palm Pre, and many more.  I just have been caught up myself figh ...