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Palm App Catalog Glitch Locks Out WebOS Users

Posted by Soulskill on from the less-than-handy dept.

hazmat2k writes "Palm's App Catalog appears to have suffered a meltdown of sorts, with users of Palm Pre, Pixi, Pre Plus, and Pixi Plus handsets reporting that after having downloaded a new title — whether paid or free — no aftermarket software would run properly. The issue remained even after fully erasing and restarting the phone; in fact, the apps were still installed even after that process was completed. Core functionality — calls, messaging, and data — were all unaffected. Palm acknowledged the issue on its blog, and later said that it had been fixed."

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  1. Fragile Devices by WrongSizeGlass · · Score: 1, Insightful

    This demonstrates how 'fragile' these devices really are (from a software/OS perspective). It's not like a tower that we can pop open, tinker futz and fuss until they're fixed. This also makes it clear that it won't take much to disable the software on a device - and possibly the networking & phone features - if some virus or malformed code makes its way to the device.

    1. Re:Fragile Devices by LurkerXXX · · Score: 2, Insightful

      The most likely root cause is an expired certificate. I'd hardly consider that an Achilles heel.

  2. at least this had a fail safe that made basic stuf by Joe+The+Dragon · · Score: 2, Insightful

    at least this had a fail safe that made the basic stuff still work.

  3. The important thing... by gmfeier · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I don't have problems with dropped calls on my iPhone 3G. Why? Before I purchased it, I made sure that AT&T coverage was excellent in the areas where I use it (and it is). If it wasn't, I'd have an Android phone now. Moral - Don't buy any phone if the coverage where you are mainly going to use it sucks.