Archive for the ‘Palm’ Category
Monday, January 5th, 2009
Palm is supposed to unveil their new OS, , Nova, at CES 2009 at an invite only event on Thursday at 11am. Rumor is that the new device that will be operating this system, will have a full slide-out qwerty keyboard. It will have the usual portrait touchscreen, but the keyboard will slide out below, instead of sliding out to the side like other smartphones e.g. HTC Touch Pro. The new smartphone is described as “iphone-like” with a qwerty keyboard. As far as the new OS, it is simply described as “amazing” which leaves our curious minds more eager to see it work. According to TechCrunch the os will include features like calendar, e-mail, address book, and an on-device software store. Many have said that this new Palm handset better be good, or it could make or break Palm.
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Saturday, December 20th, 2008
Palm is trying to come out of the hole that has been deepening over the past few years. With smarter and more advanced technological phones being introduced, Palm was sort of being left behind. Everyone knew that Palm had been working on a new OS for the past three years. Now speculations are that Palm will be announcing it’s new OS, codenamed Nova ,next year at the International CES 2009 event in La Vegas, Nevada.
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Thursday, December 18th, 2008
Palm Inc. today released its preliminary results for its second quarter of fiscal year 2009, which ended Nov. 28, 2008. In short, the news is pretty brutal with Palm’s total revenue experiencing a massive contraction during the past couple of months. Revenues dropped nearly 45% from the same quarter last year, and could see a decline of as much as 48% from the previous quarter.  Palm places the blame on its “maturing” product line and “unprecedented dynamics in the global markets” given the current economic meltdown. The company vows to reign in costs even further and goes on to detail some of its latest cost-savings initiatives in the accompanying press release.  Read on for the full press release.
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Wednesday, December 17th, 2008
 Just in time for the holidays! Sprint and Verizon now have one of the all-around great smartphones for free, the Palm Centro. Sprint has it avalable in pink, red, and black, and green while Verizon is only doing the blue version. The phone is free with a new Verizon or Sprint contract. You can find the Verizon free phone offer here, and you can also check out other companies offering the Centro at a lower-than-usual price. Sprint’s offer is available on their website. The centro is a good smartphone, it’s like the Toyota of cellphones. It’s not exactly as luxurious as others,  but they do look nice and work even better. The centro is good for text messaging, e-mailing, and it sports a 2.2″ touchscreen. It would be a great gift for someone this holiday.
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Tuesday, December 16th, 2008
Palm annouced today the launch of its Palm Software Store. There are over 5,000 applications and games available for download and about 1,000 of them are free. This is a big step forward for Palm as they try to seize back market share from Apple and RIM.
To apps store supports over 25 Palm devices, from the Centro to the Treo Pro. To start downloading apps just visit the Palm Software Store.
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Monday, December 15th, 2008
I know that this year has been a real bummer and you’ve probably forgotten that CES 2009 is just around the corner. And although Microsoft has put to rest the rumors of a Zune phone (I know, I’m disappointed too) there is going to be something interesting at CES ….
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Tuesday, November 25th, 2008
If you think RIM was snoozing while Apple was doing R&D for the iPhone then so was Palm, to an even greater extent. Some of you might remember that at one time, Palm was the manufacturer of the most popular smartphones in the US. And now, they are hardly able to hold on in this market.Â
Palm has just announced job cuts and has reported consecutive quarter losses. Can the company find a way to revive itself? What do they need to do to re-gain market share?
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Monday, November 24th, 2008
In the wireless industry there’s been a lot of smartphones released and lately most have been priced above $200. It’s no mystery why this is, of course, the better the technology, the higher the cost. The styling might have something to do with it too. Though, if you’re not all into paying more than $200 for a smartphone, here we have some good ole’ devices that are sure to be worth your every buck.
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Friday, November 14th, 2008
Palm has posted an update for the Treo Pro smartphone. The unlocked Treo Pro Bluetooth patch will fix a bug found in the Treo Pro while using a Bluetooth headset.
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Tuesday, October 7th, 2008
What’s even more beautiful than a Palm Treo Pro in your hands? A Palm Treo Pro that is protected with a customized clear Amzer Snap On Case. See it for yourself.
This case is not one of those yesteryear cases …. this is the latest in Snap On technology. Easy put on and take off. It takes on a lifetime of phone drops without damaging your phone. Not that I’d recommend you to do the same but just so you know I’ve dropped my phone at least a dozen times and everything is still working great.
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