The latest on smartphones (and other gadgets)

WebOS was a pleasure to work with after a few days with the Blackberry. But then Palm had to mess it up. My Pre checked for system updates and then proceeded to install automatically updates for my 3rd party Homebrew apps. All the updates failed following which all the apps have stopped working. Re-installing them via Homebrew also fails now, and of course they are not available for me on the Palm appstore. Living in South Africa means I fall outside the areas that the appstore is currently available in. One the apps is TweeFree, my only access to Twitter on the Pre.  So now I am back on the Storm 2.  Even though RIM’s appstore is also not available in South Africa, I can at least get 3rd party apps elsewhere. Am using OpenBeak for tweeting on the Storm 2.