Palm announces 'Pre,' new OS

Palm Thursday unveiled the "Pre" smartphone, more similar to an iPhone than a Treo in looks, and a new operating system called Palm webOS, with hopes that both will keep the venerable but struggling company in the smartphone race.

0

0

Palm launches new Treo on Sprint network

Palm Inc., which has been struggling to maintain its position in the hot market for "smart" phones, introduced a new Treo model Monday with Wi-Fi and GPS capabilities.

1

2

DigiGirl: What does your cell phone say about you?

I was raised to avoid getting attached to material things. Buddhists have this thing about attachment. Everything is ephemeral and all that.

2

0

No, it's not enough that you can hack your iPhone to operate on the T-Mobile network, or launch third-party applications, or play games.

1

1

Palm, the granddaddy of consumer smartphones, is expected to announce a new operating system and possibly a new device, to help it try to keep up with more popular BlackBerrys and the iPhone.

1

2

I've Just "Guaranteed" a 3rd Generation iPhone at MacWorld

To all of you who got shiny new iPhone 3G's for Christmas...I'm sorry. I really am. I didn't mean to do it, but I'm afraid I just virtually guaranteed a new version of the iPhone will be released at MacWorld next week.

3

9

The SquareTrade study, released Saturday, looked at more than 15,000 handsets that were covered by the company's policies. It found iPhones had a malfunction rate of 5.6 percent in the first year, compared to 11.9 percent for Research In Motion's BlackBerry smartphones.

4

2

Unless you're Google, these look like rough times to launch a mobile operating system. That puts Palm (PALM) in an awkward position. Things have not been going well for the beleaguered smartphone maker, whose founders arguably kickstarted the smartphone revolution 12 years ago.

5

0

The concept of Internet addiction has moved from the funny pages to the scientific journals, as mental health workers and the public accept that some people simply need to spend time online.

3

3

You say you want a cool, powerful cell phone, but you don't want to plunk down $400 for an iPhone? Here are five great alternatives. OK, I admit it: If I weren't so stingy, I might own an iPhone, too.

1

0

So I asked employee C11329 to be transfered to her manager. She told me she was the most senior person at Palm. I asked her again politely to transfer me to her manager. She told me she had none.

4

0

Nimble rivals have the Treo maker struggling . In the fiercely competitive business of smartphones, you're only as good as your last innovation. For Palm (PALM ), which practically invented the category, that's bad news.

3

0

We are seriously not going to take credit for this, but holy crap, Palm just cancelled the Foleo, just like we asked them to! Palm CEO Ed Colligan just posted a message to the company's official blog stating that they've decided to cancel the Foleo mobile companion "in its curren …

2

0

In a surprising move, Palm has discontinued the unreleased Foleo mobile companion product that was announced with much fanfare at this year's D: All Things Digital Conference.

1

1

Taking the Plunge?

Maybe it's "Smart phone envy" I'm getting from seeing all of the iPhone coverage (none of which I'll link here). For the record, I do not like the iPhone.

9

13

From a slow data network to a sealed battery, here are some of the drawbacks to consider before you buy the season's hot phone.

3

2

Information on the long awaited Palm Treo 700p maintenance release. Available and now temporarily unavailable. Here's a blog post detailing the update and reviewing its merits.

0

0

When Jeff Hawkins speaks, people in the tech business take heed. After all, Hawkins, founder of Palm, has invented three breakthrough gizmos—GRiDPad, one of the first tablet computers; PalmPilot, the first hit personal digital assistant; and the Treo smartphone.

4

0

Palm is launching a companion for the smartphone called Foleo. The product is a Linux-based mini-laptop that syncs with the Palm Treo and other smartphones via Bluetooth.

0

0

When you whip out a BlackBerry or a Treo in public, what does it say about you? You might think it says, "I'm an important person who can't afford to be out of touch. I can do e-mail all day long, and I'll never miss that critical deal."

1

0

My PC and other computing equipment make my office look like a jet cockpit. I have two LCD monitors, each of which has two indicator lights that flash even when the PC is turned off. The attached sound control has a light on it. My keyboard has multiple lights.

4

1

Palm Inc said on Tuesday it sees growth fueled by stronger sales of its Treo mobile phone devices in Europe and Asia, and it made no mention of recent speculation about it possibly being a takeover target.At an analyst day in New York, Palm executives cited research that forecast …

1

0

Well, it looks like all the rumours about a forthcoming Treo 755p for Sprint (running PalmOS and the mega-benefit of high-speed EVDO wireless data) were right on the mark (see my recent Palm News roundup) with the first images of this latest Treo smartphone emerging today…

1

0

Palm Inc., the maker of hand-held computers, has hired a top Silicon Valley software designer as it seeks to respond to the challenge posed by Apple's new iPhone.

1

0

So why does this matter to Treo users? Apple is a new market force that Palm will be competing against, in addition to HTC, Blackberry, and Motorola. The Treo will be now be compared to Apple's phone products.

3

6

When Cingular executives went to the company's board last year to get approval for a deal with Apple, they did so without so much as a prototype of an Apple phone to show the directors. The board signed off anyway.

0

0

A Mercer Island man fiddling with his BlackBerry was cruising down Interstate 5's express lanes Tuesday morning in his minivan, oblivious that traffic ahead had come to a dead stop.

2

0

Jim Farley argues we need MacOS Mobile, rather than another shiny piece of hardware. I'm finding it increasingly hard to be loyal to Palm OS, but I hate the thought of running Windows on my phone or PDA, so an Apple OS for the increasing mobile device market would be ideal.

4

9