Tag Archive | "Palm Pre"
Rumor: Palm Pre looking at April 30th release date with $299 pricetag
Take this one with a grain of salt, but a guy named Jim Van has apparently gotten his hands on a Palm Pre for testing purposes, and he recently tweeted some of his initial impressions which included, “Battery’s going strong after 8 hours of mixed use” and “Pre seems 2 work so well w/ Facebook. Can’t seem […]
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Thursday, March 26, 2009
Palm Pre not going to be sold at Best Buy? – PreCentral (Palm is bleeding money, and they desperately need the Pre to be a runaway hit. Palm should do everything it can to get it into as many retail locations as possible, Sprint be damned!) John Carmack on porting Wolfenstein over to the iPhone […]
Continue reading...Is this an example of too *much* technology?
Thursday, March 26, 2009
From a BusinessWeek article discussing some of the innovative OS features of the Palm Pre: So Palm set out to create software that would require no synching with a PC, and that would solve problems only a phone in your pocket could solve. For example, because the devices would combine access to GPS, online maps, […]
Continue reading...Palm posts 7th consecutive quarterly loss, announces subscription accounting for the Palm Pre
Thursday, March 19, 2009
Palm reported higher than expected losses today at their earnings conference call. For the quarter, Palm posted a loss of 95 million dollars on 90.6 million dollars in revenue. This represents a staggering 42% drop in revenue from the same quarter a year-ago. During an investor Q&A, Palm CEO Ed Colligan was asked a number […]
Continue reading...Rumor: Kevin Rose says iPhone 3.0 update will include “Copy and Paste” and keep pace with Palm Pre [Video]
Sunday, March 15, 2009
At a live diggnation show at SXSW, Kevin Rose claimed that the new iPhone 3.0 software update will include support for copy and paste. With Apple’s scheduled presentation on the iPhone 3.0 software update just 2 days away, the rumors about what the update will have are piling up. One of the more interesting, and […]
Continue reading...Windows Mobile Store closely mimics Apple’s model, and why Microsoft is in trouble
Wednesday, March 11, 2009
As competitors like RIM and Nokia scramble to emulate the success and efficiency of the iTunes App Store, Microsoft is givng new meaning to the phrase, “Imitation it the sincerest form of flattery.” Earlier today, Microsoft divulged new information about its own efforts to develop an app store for Windows Mobile devices, and so far, […]
Continue reading...Palm Investor Roger McNamee talks about the Palm Pre [Video]
Monday, March 9, 2009
Check out this interview that Bloomberg did with Palm investor Roger McNamee as he discusses the upcoming Palm Pre. In the interview, McNamee acknowledges that the BlackBerry is the king of corporate email and that the iPhone is the king of music and movie playback. What I find interesting is that McNamee proceeds to position […]
Continue reading...Why iPhone users won’t flock to the Palm Pre come June
Friday, March 6, 2009
Palm investor Roger McNamee recently stated that when the phone contracts of the initial iPhone owners expire this summer, they’ll all be jumping ship for the Palm Pre – which should be shipping by then. “”You know the beautiful thing: June 29, 2009, is the two- year anniversary of the first shipment of the iPhone. […]
Continue reading...A closer look at iPhone’s competitors
Saturday, February 21, 2009
Check out this chart containing many of the upcoming phones that are gonna try and give the iPhone a run for its money. Click on the image for a larger picture. image courtesy of RBC via AppleInsider
Continue reading...Trying to play catchup to the iPhone
Friday, February 20, 2009
This week at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, the latest efforts by some of the biggest names in the mobile industry shows that many companies are trying to mimic the success of the iPhone by implementing touchscreen features and UI tweaks to their platforms. The only problem is that it’s hard to be innovative […]
Continue reading...Why Flash won’t be coming to the iPhone anytime soon
Thursday, February 19, 2009
It was reported earlier this week that Palm joined Adobe’s Open Screen Projectand that the Palm Pre, not surprisingly, will start supporting flash sometime in 2009. Of course, it’s impossible to bring up flash support for mobile phones without noticing Apple’s apparent reluctance to incorporate the technology into the iPhone. Adobe’s CEO gets everyone’s hopes […]
Continue reading...“Palm Pre to Receive Flash Support in 2009”
Monday, February 16, 2009
Palm announced today that flash will be coming to the Palm Pre in 2009. PC Mag reports: Adobe Flash 10 will be integrated into the Palm Pre‘s browser sometime in 2009, the company said Monday. Adobe also inaugurated a $10 million fund for Flash application development and showed a new Adobe Reader Mobile SDK which […]
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Saturday, March 28, 2009
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