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Palm Abandons Windows Mobile
submitted by cellsea at date 2009-09-18 07:01:53
Jon Rubinstein just made it official during their financial results conference call, folks: Palm is only going to develop webOS devices form now on. Say goodbye to Palm-branded Windows Mobile Devices....
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Analysts deem Palm launch a success; Pre inventory replenishment eyed
submitted by cellsea at date 2009-06-08 07:09:00
Piper Jaffray analyst Michael Walkley deemed the initial Pre sales “solid.” And J.P. Morgan analyst Paul Coster reckoned that most Sprint stores he called were sold out. Some reps claimed that the Pre was sold out nationwide. The rub: Stores didn’t carry many Pre devices at launch. ...
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Verizon to sell Palm Pre, new BlackBerry Storm
submitted by cellsea at date 2009-05-28 13:12:15
Verizon Wireless plans to start selling Palm Inc's Pre and a new version of the touchscreen BlackBerry Storm in about six months, the top executive for the venture of Verizon Communications Inc and Vodafone Group Plc said on Thursday....
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AT&T eyes sale of Palm Pre in future
submitted by cellsea at date 2009-05-28 06:45:24
AT&T Inc's (T.N) Chief Executive Randall Stephenson said on Wednesday that the No. 2 U.S. mobile service would be keen to sell Palm Inc's (PALM.O) high-profile Pre phone at some point in the future....
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Palm Eos on track for AT&T release second half of 2009
submitted by cellsea at date 2009-05-25 06:29:26
Looks like Centro successor Eos might be coming sooner than expected, with this purported AT&T powerpoint slide listing a second half 2009 ship date, along with a "new Palm OS experience" tagline that we're gonna take to mean webOS for now (still no 100 percent confirmation, unfortunately), all the specs listed were the same as we heard before: 2.63-inch, 320 x 400 capacitive touchscreen, 4GB storage, POP3, IMAP, and EAS support, integrated IM client, Bluetooth 2.1, A-GPS, and a sexy thin and light form factor. Keep an eye out for this one, we think it might go places....
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Palm Touchstone date changed to June 7 in Best Buy's system
submitted by cellsea at date 2009-05-12 06:49:33
All signs are pointing toward an early June Pre launch at this point; of course, we know it'll launch in the first half of the year -- and we're quickly running out of first half -- but we've heard increased chatter the past few weeks suggesting that June 5 or June 7 are particularly likely targets for bringing Palm's (and Sprint's) would-be savior to market....
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Can a Palm Pre multitask better than an iPhone?
submitted by cellsea at date 2009-05-06 07:14:27
While the iPhone has set the standard for future smartphones, Palm's WebOS delivers two important improvements that the iPhone can't yet match: true multitasking between applications, and a subtle notifications system that doesn't interrupt your train of thought. It does that while unveiling its own stamp on the multitouch user interface that Apple introduced to the masses with the iPhone and finding room for a slide-out hardware keyboard favored by CrackBerry addicts....
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Pre Available First Half of 2009, Pricing Plans Confirmed
submitted by cellsea at date 2009-03-13 08:18:29
Individuals can choose from 450 minute ($69.99), 900 minute ($89.99) or unlimited plans ($99.99). Families can choose from 1500 minutes ($129.99), 3000 minutes ($169.99) or unlimited plans ($189.99). Business customers will also be able to pool their minutes together using about 5 different plans. They don't want people signing up for voice-only plans because they don't want people incurring extra charges they're not entirely aware of....
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HTC To Launch New Touch Phone Says Telstra
submitted by cellsea at date 2009-01-12 08:52:49
Mobile phone Company HTC is set to launch a brand new phone touch phone that will take on the Apple iPhone and the new Pre offering from Palm claims a senior executive of Telstra. The new touch phone has been developed using a combination of the Google Android operating system and Linux based software written by HTC. The screen is believed to be bigger than current offerings from HTC. ...
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Palm Unveils iPhone Competitor, the Pre
submitted by cellsea at date 2009-01-09 08:44:57
Seeking to revive its sharply fallen fortunes and produce a successor to its aging Treo device, Palm unveiled a sleek new smartphone, the Pre, on Thursday and an exclusive partnership with Sprint to distribute it....
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New Palm phone to have slide-down keyboard, large touchscreen
submitted by cellsea at date 2009-01-05 11:21:40
We have information from a trusted source that the latest Palm smartphone running the Nova operating system will be launched Thursday. The new phone will have a full QWERTY keyboard that will slide down under a portrait-oriented touchscreen. We’ll have a mock-up shortly....
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New Palm OS: ALP 3.0
submitted by cellsea at date 2008-10-24 07:58:02
Today Access, the company that purchased PalmSource, officially unveiled its Linux based successor to the Garnet OS (formerly known as Palm OS). The Access Linux Platform 3.0, as it is known, supports not only native Linux applications, but also legacy Garnet OS applications as well as Java apps....
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Palm leaks Treo Pro photos and videos
submitted by cellsea at date 2008-08-20 11:16:53
Palm jumped the gun on the introduction of the Treo Pro on Tuesday, briefly posting a few pictures and a video on its site before yanking them down. Fortunately or unfortunately, depending on whether you work in Palm's marketing department or if you're a Palm fanboy, the Internet captures all. Electronista and Slashgear grabbed the photos and video, which have since been scattered far and wide across the Web....
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