Archive for November 16th, 2009

Palm passed the P100UNA through the FCC today.  The P100UNA is better known as the GSM/3G version of the Palm Pre, as Wi-Fi certifications on the Wi-Fi Alliance site show (from Pre Central.net).  FCC test reports confirm support for GSM 850 and 1900, as well as 3G HSDPA and EDGE.

There has been speculation that the Pre would make it to AT&T and Bell Mobility by the end of the year, and this filing seems to confirm those rumors.

Have room for a large black mesh-covered ball in your house?  Meet Lenco’s Speakerball, a spherical speaker/iPod dock, with remote, that can also connect to iTunes via USB.

I’m all for wacky-looking iPod docks – take the Bowers and Wilkins’ Zeppelin, for example – but as a California resident the design of the Speakerball makes me uneasy.  The last thing I want to see is my iPhone and Speakerball rolling across my pad during a quake.

Acer’s Ferrari One 200 laptop passed through the FCC today sporting Qualcomm’s Gobi processor.  Gobi is a robust all-in-one wireless chip that supports CDMA 2000, EVDO, W-CDMA, GSM and EDGE, and Qualcomm threw GPS in there as well just for the heck of it.

The benefit here is that Gobi allows your laptop to surf the new on practically any wireless network worldwide, a big plus for frequently travelers.