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Palm Pre webOS Error message

So the number of apps in the App Catalog at the time of this writing is 125. Unfortunately, if you’re like us, the most you’ve been able to install before receiving that pesky message is between 25 and 35. So far there have been many a hackers that have tried to fix this problem, but to be honest, most of them suck (meaning they don’t work).

So you might be wondering why you have 5.7GB of free space on your Pre and yet you cannot install another app. Surely apps are not that big, they just take up a few kilobytes of space. Well you’re right, it has nothing to do with your device memory but rather with what Palm has implemented on the device as a safety precaution which has turned out into a headache for everyone.

Basically Palm has built webOS to install apps in a hidden partition, thus the location doesn’t show up during USB mode. The reason the partition is hidden is to prevent users from being able to illegally copy apps from one device to another. However this is not the major problem. The problem resides in the fact that the partition is a set size and is not dynamic, meaning once all the allocated space is filled up, you will not be able to increase the size. So you either live with the apps you have or delete old ones and download new ones.

There are more then a few ways to fix this problem, most of them involving messing getting dirty with webOS Linux code. We’re not gonna go into full details here, but if you want you can check PreCentral for some solutions.

But what we really need is an official fix from the guys at Palm that will deal with this issue. Seeing that the App Catalog has taken off full steam ahead it is about time that they loosen up memory so we can start enjoying what webOS was really built for…apps.

Palm Pre email in Landscape Mode

If you are interested in viewing your emails in landscape mode here is a cute trick you can use.

All you do is type RocknRollHax and the hack will work.

Hold Shift + R
ockn
Hold Shift + R
oll
Hold Shift + H
ax

Once you have typed that switch the orientation of the screen to landscape and vwala it is done.

Screen capture for PalmArena.com

If you’ve ever wanted to do a screen capture on your Palm Pre, but didn’t know how its pretty simple. Hold down the: “orange + sym + p”

The image will be saved in your photo album under the “screencaptures” folder. Pretty straightforward. Now you can capture that priceless screen.