Beta app for store demos teases AT&T Veer 21
The now-common occurrence of HP pushing an app through their Beta app feeds that they oughtn't has struck again, this time with an app called "HP AT&T Device Alive ODD-Veer," which is almost surely meant to be the "On Device Display" app meant to run on a device as it's displayed in a retail store. The app is developed by Syncables, who has done this sort of app for multiple platforms before, including webOS.
The description pithily starts with "Do not download or use this application" and our man Derek Kessler manfully ignored those instructions on his Pre 2, only to find that it's buggy, tries to clear out preferences, may attempt to add dummy accounts, and also apparently is populated with Pre Plus information right now. In other words, we very much agree with the app's description: don't download or use it, folks.
On the other hand, feel free to go take a gander at it in the Beta app feed either in our own gallery, in Preware, or in AppScoop. Gander away until HP takes it down, that is. While you do, rejoice in the knowledge that the Veer's launch on AT&T is surely imminent and they're doing more than just slapping decals on Mini Coopers to market it.
Source: Palm Beta App feed, Syncables; Thanks to rsanchez1 in our forums for the tip!
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Why even make this app, why not actually put a demo of the phones in stores. You know for the past year or so any store i go in never had a pre plus or a pixi plus on display. The few that actually had a stand for the phone had the fake plastic displays with a cardboard screen showing how could it could have been. I know a lot of people would never buy anything that cant pick up and play with. That is how i fell in love with the phone and by just showing my friends they all agreed that it was the bomb and bought one. My friends now go into the store, look at the lame cutout and even though i tell em whats up they still take that working model phone they can play with. So why even run demos, how about ensure that the model is actually out in the stores and that the employees aren't already badmouthing and bashing it to sway you to android because they are clueless. I would work on that route first.
This App IS for the phones that will be in the stores! ;)
I seem to recall that when the Pre Minus launched on Sprint two years ago, it was running a similar app and it caused the phone to run terribly. After a few days, most of the smarter stores stopped running the app on the display phones so they would actually be usable to potential buyers.
This one in particular ran smooth on my phone. I personally thought that it was a bit ugly... but it wasn't sluggish on my Pre Plus.
I also doubt it would run slow on a Veer or Pre 3.
Hmmm wonder May2nd if available date for pre-2 (veer i mean)? Doubt it, more like end of may. Wonder if precentral got review units. Wonder wonder...
Pre 2? The Pre 2 is already available since a few months. Do you mean the Pre 3? This probably will be available around June.
I meant veer
Oh I understand... Yes, now it seems that the Veer will arrive very soon, probably in the coming days :)
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Thanks for the pics. This app still says it has 3G data, so maybe HP won't market it as the Veer 4G, but then maybe this app is an old version and what they will have on in-store Veers will say something different.
No, I guess this is all the Information from the Pre Plus and not the Veer. They for sure just included it into the catalog to be able to install it onto all the devices that they are going to show in the sales-rooms.
Later on the Application already was retreaving new information at every new start. So it would get updated.
You cant say "dont download this app" with an "install" button staring you right in the face. haha.
Looks like it's too late to gander, I can't see it in Preware anymore. It's probably for the best, since the app looks like it does nasty things to personal phones and is just intended for device display.
Scratch that, you can still see it on the web, the link is in the forum thread.
What exactly it is supposed to do? I haven't noticed anything bad on my device. Nevertheless I de-installed it already.
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Running a Palm Pre Plus with webOS 2.1
From what Jason said in the forums, it's really difficult to remove, as in you will have to doctor to get rid of it, and it might corrupt your Palm Profile. Nothing bad happened to you yet, but it's better safe than sorry.
Oh... Ok, I saw nothing bad for now and could easily deinstall it (pressing the grey button and the App and de-install it).
could careless about att veer.
NEED SPRINT PRE3
Just heard the May 2nd veer launch party has been cancelled
The VZW store I visit actually has a Pre2 on display, and it's running software that sounds suspiciously like this app. It's actually pretty cool and a good idea. The app runs whenever the phone is turned off or the screen shuts off. It gives info on why webOS is great. Also cool is that when you touch the gesture area, it shuts down and you find that four or five apps are already launched and in card view -- it's a good demonstration of how cards work. If you swipe away the cards and relaunch the demo app, then shut it down again, the cards come back. That way, each new person that touches the phone will see how true multitasking works.
kkhanmd: Details?
DUH!!!
Let's see if i have this right....
Sign says, 'Don't place hand on stove, stove is hot. Stove will burn your hand.'
Stupid person reads sign, places hand on stove, complains that stove is hot AND that their hand does not taste good cooked.
So, the app is obviously in Beta, on the beta feed right....hence buggy and nnot complete.
It states unequivocably what it is for, demo for retail devices, and that it won't do your phone any favors. So, yeah....go ahead, install it....smart move.