PalmGear Now Officially Retired
In a rapid closure of the events first mentioned here earlier this month, the PalmGear.com domain is now officially shuttered as of November 27th. All traffic to the PalmGear.com site is now being redirected to the "new" hybrid PocketGear.com site in a effort to swiftly dissolve all references to the classic PalmGear domain, URL and branding.
In addition to the main PalmGear site closure and redirection, Motricity, the owner of both the PalmGear and PocketGear trademarks, domains, and online stores, has also closed down their network of affiliate sites. One casualty of these closures was that our very own PIC/PalmGear store was terminated without prior notification. The ACCESS (formerly PalmSource) and PalmGear co-branded store has also vanished with only a brief message to inform customers of the closure.
Interestingly, Palm Inc.'s Motricity-powered Software Connection store is still going strong as of this writing. With new apps being regularly added to their new releases page and no mention of the PalmGear/PocketGear merger on Palm's site, it’s possible that their Software Connection store is going to continue on indefinitely and/or could be spun off and merged into the MyPalm online portal at some point in the future.
Another long term fixture at PalmGear that did not make the move is their once extensive library of freeware titles. It's unknown how many classic Palm OS titles have lost their online presence in the process as the site used to host a large number of niche freeware titles maintained by smaller independent developers and hobbyists.
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RE: that's just about it then
It's Obvious!
They were secretive and then wham! The site and affiliates are locked out. PalmGear is ramping up it's web portal for the gigantic release of PalmPlinux Inc OS II in 16 months and counting. Gates and Jobs are certainly preparing to cut losses once the release and near instantaneous global adoption takes place according to Ed's timeline. Ladies and gents, don't cover those calls, Palm is about to take off like a rocket!
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RE: It's Obvious!
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Palm V > Vx > Clie Peg T615C > T3 > Clie TH55 > T3 > Treo 650 > Treo 700p & T3!
Well, THIS doesn't bode well...
I've indicated that I'm a TX user.
I click on New Releases.
The top of the page says All Titles for Palm TX.
However, all the software listed is written for Windows Mobile Pocket PC.
Hello, Handango!
RE: Well, THIS doesn't bode well...
RE: Well, THIS doesn't bode well...
RE: Well, THIS doesn't bode well...
Greetings from PocketGear.com.
PalmGear.com is now a part of PocketGear.com. PalmGear customer accounts have been transitioned to PocketGear.com, however a percentage of PalmGear accounts did not make the transition. If you are unable to sign into PocketGear.com using your PalmGear login information, you will have to register a new account at PocketGear.com to continue purchasing.
You can still access your PalmGear account, and past orders, by going to the following link:
http://accounts.palmgear.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=account.login&PartnerREF=&siteid=1
(You may need to copy the entire link and paste it into your web browser if clicking on it does not work.)
Once you have signed into your PalmGear account, you will need to click on the "Order History" link to access your old orders.
The above link is available at PocketGear.com as well. To access it, you will need to sign into your PocketGear.com account (your PalmGear login information should work, though if it does not, you will need to create a new account on PocketGear.) Once you have signed into your PocketGear account (https://www.pocketgear.com/en_US/html/login.jsp) you will then need to click on the "View Past Purchases" button. On the next page you will see a "Log in to your classic PalmGear Locker" link.
If you have any additional questions regarding this matter please contact us and please include all previous correspondence in order to better assist you.
Thank you for shopping at PocketGear.com.
RE: Well, THIS doesn't bode well...
RE: Well, THIS doesn't bode well...
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III -> m505 -> T -> T3 -> TX
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RE: Well, THIS doesn't bode well...
when you search for palm stuff you can the WM crap too.
we need a palm specific site again. Both handango and PocketGear sucks.
RE: Well, THIS doesn't bode well...
I'm a little biased, but the PalmInfocenter store works pretty well and has a large Palm OS section including freeware.
http://software.palminfocenter.com/platformMain.asp?platform=1
RE: Well, THIS doesn't bode well...
Just finding software for my HTC Kaiser has been a pain on PocketGear. Seriously, did all the PalmGear developers leave a long time ago and hacks are working on PocketGear now?
You would think it would have merged the other way around considering the maturity and polish of PalmGear.
RE: Well, THIS doesn't bode well...
Palmgear's had their problems over the years, but I guess this just shows us that it's possible to get even worse. More and more my favorite site to purchase and use is Mobihand - to top it off they even offer discounts regularly.
R.I.P. Palmgear/Pocketgear/whatever. We hardly knew ye.
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Has anyone been able to log in with Safari?
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RE: #1 Palm OS App Store - PalmGear is Back!
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that's just about it then
Windows Mobile, iPhone, and Blackberry are not "there" yet in regards to ease of use or number of applications available.
Looks like Palm will continue, but it will be a very very small niche player.
Imagine if Microsoft still sold MS-DOS v6.2976 franken-c-colon-prompt operating system. Palm dropped a million bucks on BeOS which was had some following only to kill it. They shipped Palm OS 6 and all the licensees dropped dead. The split, merged, renamed, relocated, restaffed, reshuffled, and still we have the same old franken-garnet. I wouldn't be surprised if one day www.palminfocenter.com points to brighthand.com the way things are snowballing.
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David