Tag archive: Ed Colligan

Palm just rolled out its Palm pre smartphone on Sprint, in a high-profile move designed to put the company back at the forefront of the mobile technology industry and give the Apple iPhone a serious run for its money. Now, Palm is making another high-profile play, appointing former iPod developer Jon Rubenstein to the CEO position. Rubenstein joined Palm from Apple in October 2007 as Executive Chairman; he'll take over the reins… Read More

Back in April, Palm revealed that it was working on a Linux OS for its mobiles, like the Treo. At that time, it expected to roll out the software before the end ofthis year. That date has now been put back. “We will deliver some new smartphone products through the rest of this calendar year on Windows Mobile and Palm OS,” said Palmchief executive Ed Colligan. “Products based on the new Linux platform will not [arrive] until some time next… Read More

Rumors that smartphone and PDA maker Palm might be up for sale have been swirling for months—and, unfortunately, were not eased by the company's high-profile but poorly-received announcement of its Palm Foleo palmtop device. Now the company has announced a major “strategic recapitalization” which will see Palm taking in $325 million from equity firm Elevation Partners in exchange for 25 percent in the company.… Read More

Today Palm introduced its Treo 680 smartphone with the intention of expanding the market for smartphones out of vertical markets like enterprise, business, and government and out into the mainstream mobile phone-using population. And to back it up, the Treo 680 comes in hip colors, is slimmer than its older Treo brethren, and will be backed by a $25 million marketing campaign from Palm. “The Treo 680 is the smartphone for everyone.… Read More

Palm today introduced its first Palm OS CDMA-based Treo smartphone which can make use of wireless EvDO (Evolution Data Optimized) broadband networks. The new Palm Treo 700p will be available later this year from Sprint and Verizon Wireless for yet as unspecified prices. Besides being able to near broadbandlike speeds over various wireless carriers' EvDO networks, said Palm, the Treo 700p also ships with Palm's first built-in… Read More

Palm, Inc. and Canada's Research In Motion have announced they're working to put BlackBerry Connect software on palm's Treo 650 smartphone, and hope to have the combined product available to consumers in early 2006. “Treo 650 has earned accolades as the best fully featured smartphone available, and we're thrilled to make it even better by answering customer requests and offering RIM's BlackBerry email… Read More

In a tale of coming full circle, mobile device maker palmOne, once known to many as Palm before it split into two companies, is back as Palm Inc. (or just simply Palm, if you prefer).  The company announced the name change, NASDAQ ticker change (PALM instead of PLMO) and logo change today. In its original incarnation as Palm Inc. it spun off palmOne and PalmSource in late 2003. The agreement at the time was to share the brand name… Read More

The brand had been co-owned by the two companies since the October 2003 spin-off of PalmSource from Palm, Inc. palmOne will pay PalmSource $30 million for PalmSource's 55 percent share of the Palm Trademark Holding Company. Payment will be made ininstallments over 3.5 years. palmOne will change its company name to Palm, Inc. later this year. As part of the agreement, palmOne has granted PalmSource certain rights to Palm trademarks… Read More

Verizon Wireless is the only carrier to offer an integrated e-mail solution on the Treo 600 smartphone so that e-mails sent to a customer's PC will be immediately sent to their Treo 600. Wireless Sync offers constant synchronization of customers' e-mail, calendar, contact list, tasks and more. Wireless Sync for the Treo 600 is an upgrade to Verizon Wireless' previous version and includes always-on functionality, inbox… Read More

From palmOne's press release: The Treo 600 — which combines a world-class phone, a Palm OS 5-based handheld computer, messaging, email, and web-browsing capabilities in a compact device with a phone-like look and feel – may be ordered immediately online from www.palmOne.com, and through direct T-Mobile business sales channels and select value-added resellers. The Treo 600 smartphone will be available to new T-Mobile… Read More

Treo 600, which combines a world-class phone, a Palm OS 5-based organizer, messaging, email, and web-browsing capabilities into a compact device with a phone-like look and feel, is availableimmediately from Sprint retail and business channels nationwide and online from Handspring.com. The Treo 600 is available to Sprint customers at asuggested retail price of $599.99. Customers can receive service credits of up to $150 with a two-year PCS… Read More

The companies are working closely together to develop advanced business and personal smartphone solutions that will tie seamlessly into Orange back-end network systems to make wireless data applications easy to use right out of the box. Handspring and Orange plan to leverage their respective expertise in mobile user interface design and robust wireless service offerings to bring new smartphone solutions to the European market.… Read More