Quick System Tasks makes your Palm Pre more convenient, home-brew style
You’ve been secretly complaining about how tedious it 
can be to toggle some of the Palm (NSDQ: PALM) Pre’s connectivity features. You’ve probably even told yourself that there was just nothing you could do to make it easier to access Data, Wi-Fi, GPS, Bluetooth and Airplane modes. And, today, you stand corrected. Enter the latest home-brew webOS app for the Palm Pre: Quick System Tasks.
The new webOS app does exactly what its name suggests – it makes everyday system tasks quickly and easily accessible. With Quick System Tasks aggregating all your frequently-used system settings, you’ll have Data, Wi-Fi, GPS, Bluetooth and Airplane modes conveniently grouped in a “card” or the “dashboard.”
I’ve personally found that it can be a little frustrating having to hunt down the various system settings strewn throughout the webOS. It’s not a huge deal, but it’s enough of a hassle to give this new app a solid niche to do its thing, home-brew style. Good thing lazy people like me have developers looking out for them.
Download Quick System Tasks
SOURCE: PreCentral
Palm Pre – Dead Pixels
We just returned our Palm Pre because we noticed three bright red dead pixels in the middle of the screen. The new one we were given was much worse: it had a total of seven dead pixels. We tried returning it one more time and were given one that was slightly better: only four dead pixels. 
Finally, we just went back to our HTC Hero. Folks, this isn't a Palm Pre bashing issue; it is one of very poor quality control.
We surveyed ten Best Buy stores in Sourthen California and Las Vegas, as well as several Sprint stores. Every store, with the exception of two Sprint stores, reported that more than ten exchanges and returns were due to the dead pixel issue. "Why are you making such a big deal out of this?" a Sprint rep. complained. He then went on to explain how dead pixels are perfectly normal. He must have thought we haven't been educated past third grade.
Screens that have dead pixels may be numerous, but definitely not normal. This was more of an issue with early LED screens than later ones. It's quite annoying to turn on your phone and always have to stare at a bright red dot in the middle of the screen. It may be easier to tolerate a phone that has one dull blue spot at the bottom of the screen, which many phones today still have. However, it doesn't make it right.
Dead pixels are an issue of poor quality control and nothing else. When people pay hundreds of dollars for a device, they should not have to deal with dead pixels. They should not be told - as they often are - that dead pixels are completely normal.
SOURCE: http://www.examiner.com/x-11295-LA-Gadgets-Examiner~y2009m10d25-Palm-Pre-Several-units-have-multiple-dead-pixels