Tag archive: Palm Pre

Did you miss out on your $99 HP Touchpad, and were hoping for a discounted Pre 3? We have some bad news for you, HP will not be selling the Pre 3 in the United States. HP's webOS chief Stephen DeWitt has stated that the Pre 3 will have a limited launch, which will not include the US. DeWitt did not divulge much information about the future of webOS, as it appears HP still is not sure itself what will happen. The Pre 3 was announced earlier… Read More

Fresh off Palm reporting a 29 percent drop in sales for its third fiscal quarter, Verizon Wireless is getting even more aggressive with pricing on Palm smartphones in an effort to get consumers to give them a shot: the carrier has cut the price of the Palm Pre Plus to just $50 from $150, and the price of the Palm Pixi to $30 from $50…and buying either one gets you a second at no charge. And that's not all: Verizon is also… Read More

Following up on plans announced last January, AT&T has announced it will be carrying the Palm Pre Plus and Palm Pixi Plus smartphones. According to AT&T, the Pre Plus and Pixi Plus will be the only webOS devices available in the U.S. that will support simultaneous voice and data while running multiple applications at the same time. The Palm Pre and Palm Pixi Plus will be priced at $149.99 and $49.99, respectively, after a $100… Read More

Smartphone maker Palm has released financial results for its third fiscal quarter of 2010…and the numbers are not encouraging. Although the company reported that it shipped some 960,000 smartphones to distributors and retailers in the quarter ended February 26, it actually only sold 480,000 smartphones during the same period. The number of units shipped is actually a year-on-year gain of 23 percent, however, the number of phones sold… Read More

Last year, Palm thought it had all the pieces for a turnaround in the market it pioneered: A new CEO known for making the iPod a household name, a sleek new smart phone called the Pre and fresh, intuitive operating software. Instead, the company is in danger of going the way of its 1990s Palm Pilot, making it the latest innovator to learn that great technology and an accomplished leader don't guarantee success. Several analysts say Palm… Read More

Blame Steve Jobs, the iPhone, or just fickle consumers. Despite a killer reception at its announcement of WebOS, and generally positive reviews of the Pre and Pixi, Palm’s handsets just aren’t moving. Palm admitted to the problem in an update to investors on Thursday, warning of “slower than expected consumer adoption of the company's products that has resulted in lower than expected order volumes from carriers and the deferral of orders… Read More

3D everything is being announced today in Las Vegas as CES begins and Palm is right on the 3D bandwagon. Palm Inc. today introduced several graphic-intensive 3D games for its webOS operating system. Palm says it will be demonstrating its new game titles, all from big-name developers like Electronic Arts and Laminar Research, at its CES event. The new 3D games can be found in the Palm App Catalog.

Beleaguered U.S. telecommunications operator Sprint has posted its financial results for its third fiscal quarter of 2009…and the company is reporting a net loss of $478 million for the quarter. That's 47 percent more than the company lost in the same quarter a year ago—that was $326 million—although CEO Dan Hesse says the company is turning a corner and seeing upticks in both pre-paid and post-paid subscribers. “Sprint achieved its… Read More

The tit-for-tat battle between Palm and Apple over iTunes syncing doesn't seem to be ending anytime soon. When Palm launched the Palm Pre smartphone earlier this year on Sprint, one of the advertised features was that it could sync with Apple's popular iTunes software just like an iPod…and it did so essentially by tricking iTunes into believing the Pre was, in fact, an iPod. Apple flatly noted that third-party syncing… Read More

In television's latest quest to discourage viewers from skipping ads, actors from NBC and ABC shows are appearing in character in commercials to interact with products in parallel story lines. This new kind of commercial further blurs the line between program and advertisement and comes as traditional product placements within shows, an early response to fast-forwarding, have become common. A series of spots that debuted this week weaves… Read More

Verizon Wireless and Palm have long been partners, with Verizon consistently offering a range of Palm devices. As early as May Verizon Wireless was indicating it planned to offer the Palm Pre to its customers as soon as Sprint's window of exclusivity expired, and in July Verizon Wireless's COO confirmed the carrier planned to offer the Palm Pre i early 2010. Now, however, TheStreet.com reports that Verizon has decided to pass on the… Read More

Apple Inc. appears to have clearance from an industry group to block rival Palm Inc.'s Pre phone from connecting with the iTunes software. The $200 Pre was launched in June as a direct competitor to the iPhone, and became the first non-Apple device that could directly connect to iTunes. It did that essentially by pretending to be an iPod. Apple has crippled that function by updating its software. To get around it, a Pre that is connected… Read More

There are a lot of unbelievable products at every Consumer Electronics Show – and a lot of buzz over nothing thanks to some clever PR, too. We’ve separated the wheat from the chaff to deliver the top 10 most impressive products from this year’s show, and there’s a lot to get excited about. TomTom GO 740 A wireless modem within allows the TomTom GO 740 to link up with TomTom’s servers for access to everything from weather and gas prices to… Read More