Shortly after the early retirement of their TealOS product, TealPoint are back again with another new launcher application for Palm OS devices. TealWheel is currently being billed as an experimental popup launcher. It seems to be a combination of some aspects of TealOS functionality (cards, screenshots) and the old TapWave Zodiac launcher. It basically allows you to bring up the specialized app launcher and switch programs with the 5-way or touch controls. TamsPalm has posted a overview with some additional screenshots.

TealWheel v0.16 is available now in "Alpha" form, meaning that Teal is still working out functionality and its feature-set. The app is currently a free download and Teal have been releasing daily refinements while it is in the experimental stage.

Palm, Inc. today announced that its Treo Pro smartphone is now available at TELUS in Canada. Treo Pro offers TELUS clients simplicity and productivity - including TELUS mobile email, TELUS Navigator, Wi-Fi, web and 3G network capabilities - to meet the needs of businesses and consumers alike.

TELUS is now offering the CDMA Treo Pro for $149 Canadian monetary units with a three year contract. It is also available for $499 with a 1yr agreement, $399 with a 2yr and an no contract price of $549.

Between CTIA and the Web 2.0 Expo there was a good smattering of new Pre news this past week. PalmInfocenter was in attendance in Las Vegas for the CTIA conference to catch a peek at the new Pre stuff being shown to select members of the press at the Sprint VIP lounge. I've compiled a summary of the announcements and articles along with our series of Pre video demo's from the show after the break.

Following our series of video demo's from this years CTIA show in Las Vegas, I've put together a new high resolution photo gallery. Read on for a number of shots of the Palm Pre from Sprint's VIP lounge.

Sometime this week, Palm flew out a PR team to give celebrity US radio personality Howard Stern a private one-hour demo of the Palm Pre phone. Despite the fact that Palm's won't let journalists handle the device in a controlled environment, Palm seems eager to recruit more free publicity faced with declining revenue in advance of the Pre product launch.

ZDNet's Editor in Chief, Larry Dignan reported earlier this week on the developments:

"They're going to show me the Pre and then take it away. They're trying to build excitement for this thing. If people don't buy this I don't see how Palm keeps going," said Stern. It should be noted that Stern is getting better access than the press has recieved to date with the Pre.

Video of Palm's keynote at the Web 2.0 Expo in San Francisco is now online. The presentation was given by Palm's Michael Abbott this past Wednesday April 1st. The seven minute keynote is geared towards the developer audience and provides a quick overview of programming for the webOS and how it related to mobile web development. You can catch the video embed after the break.

In out next video segment from CTIA, we take a look at a couple of third party WebOS apps being demo'd on the Palm Pre. In this five minute clip we first checkout Fandango, a movie and theatre ticket application. It allows you to browse what's playing in your local area, purchase tickets on the device and also watch streaming movie trailers. We also take another look at Pandora, this time with a focus on its multitasking capabilities with background operation and track notifications. Finally, the Sprint TV application is shown and we throw in a look at the Pre's unlock and standby screen functionality at the end.

In our third video update from CTIA, we take a look at the new "Classic" application for the Palm Pre. Announced yesterday at the Web 2.0 Expo, Classic is a Palm OS Garnet emulator for WebOS. It is being developed by longtime Palm OS developers MotionApps.

In the five minute clip we take a look at a couple of Palm OS apps running in the emulator environment and discuss how some of the functionality will work on the Palm Pre. Also shown is a demo of an unmodified build of Epocrates, a popular medical application. Click on for the video.

In our second video demo update from CTIA, we take another look at some of the core Palm Pre and WebOS functionality. In the following clip we revisit the basic gestures used on the Pre and take a look at the memo app, tasks and the calendar. In addition there is also a quick demo of how PalmInfocenter loads and looks on the Pre web browser. Click on for the video and stay tuned for more throughout the day.

Palm has posted a new "Meet Pre" promotion video commercial. The two minute trailer entitled "This Weekend" shows off a couple of new WebOS apps on the Pre including the Fandango movie ticket app, messaging and email and Pandora Radio. You can check it out at Palm.com or click on for the embed.

Similar in style to the last official promo clip, the 1:40 clip provides a narrated look at a typical daily usage scenario with the Pre. You can also checkout PIC's earlier hands on look at Pandora and a few other WebOS music apps in this video.

As hinted at earlier today, Palm has just confirmed that Palm OS Garnet support will be coming to the Palm Pre and WebOS. In a press release late today, Palm has announced that MotionApps is creating a emulator application that will allow most Palm OS applications to run on webOS devices. The application, simply called "Classic," will be available for purchase when the Palm Pre becomes available from Sprint in the first half of 2009.

Since Palm OS applications running in Classic won't be able to leverage core webOS functionality, Palm is working with partners to ensure that popular Palm OS applications are made available on the webOS platform and are optimized to take advantage of everything it has to offer. In the meantime, the MotionApps Classic application will allow customers who have invested in the Palm OS platform to use Palm OS applications they've grown to love and depend upon on their new webOS devices.