At one point, an opponent donned a "Stop Pre" T-shirt to counter fans, dubbed "Pre's People, " wearing "Go Pre" shirts.
First off, as "webOS" implies, apps written for the platform are web-based -- HTML, JavaScript, that sort of stuff -- but unlike Apple's original vision for the iPhone, Palm's going to include libraries that allow devs to tap in to the Pre's hardware capabilities and interact closely with services exposed by the operating system.
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Well, maybe -- we've got another little clue here in the form of some tips to PhoneArena stating that a "Pre Plus" has found its way into the carrier's systems, which fits in nicely with info we'd previously received from one of our trusted sources that Verizon's Pre would be somehow "different" from Sprint's though we don't yet know how.
It'll be kind of cool to see this app running as a card on the Pre's interface, won't it?
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She was talking about the film Hilary and Jackie, for which she has been nominated Best Supporting Actress for the part of cellist Jacqueline Du Pre's older sister.
Outside Palm's inner circle of trusted partners, the webOS SDK (playfully named "Mojo") won't be released to would-be app developers until we get closer to the Pre's launch, but we know a few key details.
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You had to know we'd see a flurry of iPhone rumors and news as the Apple community reacted to the Pre's official price and launch date, and right on schedule, we've got whispers that Cupertino's next handset will be announced at WWDC, feature an OLED display and a glowing Apple logo, and launch on July 17.
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Thomas returned to the UK late last week in preparation for Monday's pre-season training with the Crusaders, based at Wrexham's Racecourse stadium.
His family's legal and financial troubles transformed Wilpon into one of New York's pre-eminent punching bags and called into question the team's stability.
That financial crisis, in the course of which the Italian lira was ejected from Europe's pre-euro exchange-rate system (along with Britain's pound sterling) coincided with a huge political crisis, as corruption investigations brought crashing down the parties that had dominated Italian politics for the past 40 years.
It could well turn out to be the most significant speech of Labour's pre election campaign, and certainly the most significant of Gordon Brown's political career.
On the software side, meanwhile, HP's pre-installing a few board games like EA Monopoly, and there's a physical key you can use to flip the screen orientation when it's another player's turn.
Reading mode and Smart Remote are clearly the Note 8.0's two biggest software features, but to make the tab just a bit more alluring, Samsung's pre-loading two other applications suited to the Note 8.0's form and function.
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The phone felt slightly fuller in the hand compared to the recent glut of sub-10mm devices, measuring in at just under 12mm thick, but like Palm's HP's now defunct Pre range, it's a very comfortable fit in the hand.
Aside from the difference in notifications, the downloadable APK differs from the First's pre-loaded version in that no Google search bar sits upon the top of Home's app menu.
In their declaration, prompted by the pope's pre-millennium call to local churches to ask for pardon for misdeeds committed during the course of the church's history, the French bishops seek to place the church's actions between 1940 and 1945 in a historical context.
The 25-year-old is expected to be at Anfield on Saturday to witness his new team-mates take on Atletico Madrid in the club's final pre-season friendly before next weekend's Premier League kick-off.
We just got to witness history, folks: Alfredo Rodriguez waited an hour in the miserable New York rain for the privilege of snapping up his Sprint store's very first retail Pre at this evening's invite-only Premier customers event.
Mogadishu-born Mo Farah became one of Team GB's pre-eminent heroes with his storming 10, 000 kilometre finish.
For the time being the region's pre-eminent naval power, America, is showing little sign of concern.
VimpelCom's pre-paid cards, by contrast, are sold at hundreds of retail outlets in Moscow.
Barker will make his first appearance in a Derby shirt in Saturday's pre-season friendly against Chesterfield.
My youngest son's pre-school class was recently asked what their dads do for work.
The central defensive trio will miss Tottenham's pre-season Wembley Cup matches against Barcelona and Celtic.
One of my favorite observations from that era came from the head of my daughter's pre-school.
Johnson will gather his squad together for a week's pre-season training camp from 8 August.
IFES's pre-election poll, no less than 84% of Indonesians thought the election would be fair.
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They see Delaware's pre-eminence in company registrations as the outcome of a race to the regulatory bottom.
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Apart from last August's pre-World Cup warm-up defeat, Ireland have won the last seven Six Nations clashes.
It just means that it will take longer to reach its potential than today's pre-launch claims suggest.
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