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1. Palm: Dead company walking?

   (Mobility/Mobility Opinion)

   Analyst Opinion - Palm and Apple remind me a lot of Netscape and Microsoft. Netscape came out early and promised to put Microsoft out of business. When Netscape did not execute, Microsoft took Netscape's market.  ...

2. Sprint readies Palm Pre for June 6 launch

   (Mobility/Mobility Features)

   Sprint has confirmed that the Palm Pre will be available nationwide on June 6. However, the $200 price tag is contingent upon a two-year service agreement and successful receipt of a $100 mail-in rebate.Chicago ...

3. Maple leaf Palm Pre to debut in second half of 09

   (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

   Palm has confirmed that its Pre phone will debut in Canada during the second half of 2009. The Palm Pre, based on the new webOS mobile platform, will be carried by Bell Mobility's 3G high-speed mobile ...

4. Palm Pre could launch on May 17

   (Mobility/Mobility Features)

   Palm’s most important product in more than a decade is rumored to be introduced in May. Blogs are reporting that company memos have arrived in Sprint stores and the company may be gearing up for a launch ...

5. Palm Pre to kill the iPhone?

   (Mobility/Mobility Features)

   The Palm Pre (slideshow), unveiled during the Consumer Electronics Show earlier this year, has been widely discussed as a possible iPhone killer. While it's received a wealth of attention, is it truly ...

6. Palm Treo Pro connects with Alltel

   (Mobility/Mobility Features)

   Yesterday we reported that Palm Treo Pro will connect with Sprint beginning on March 15. Today we are able to report that Palm Treo Pro will connect with Alltel beginning today, with products available ...

7. Palm Treo Pro connects with Sprint

   (Mobility/Mobility Features)

   If you are looking forward to a new Palm phone, then you are most likely waiting for the Palm Pre. But if you need a phone for your business and you have used a Palm Treo before, then the Treo Pro may ...

8. Microsoft to copy Apple's stylish retail stores

   (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

   ... and Palm's efforts to sell their products in their own mini-stores. Some of the biggest retailer chains had mixed luck with their store-within-a-store concepts where they would allocate a dedicated amount ...

9. Palm vs. Apple: Old play, new roles

   (Opinion/Opinion Features)

     Analyst Opinion - Watching this new battle between Apple and Palm almost looks like a remake of an old play or movie but with Apple in Microsoft's role and Palm as Linux.  Not too many years ...

10. Apple's A-bomb against Palm: A 358 page iPhone patent

    (Opinion/Opinion Features)

    The announcement of Palm's new smartphone (dubbed Pre) has clearly sent shivers down Apple's spine; partly because several key engineers with a deep knowledge of Apple's secrets switched over to Palm, ...

11. Palm Treo 850 on sale at Best Buy for $699.99

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

      Palm Treo 850s have begun showing up on Best Buy's website. The new offering follows the previous unlocked Handspring model which is also still available from Best Buy for $599. The new model does not ...

12. Palm hoping to strike it rich with Nova

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

      Palm is credited with the invention of the PDA and Handspring, a company Palm acquired in 2003, with the creation of the first true smartphones. However, Palm has not been so lucky in recent years ...

13. G1 & Co.: Top 10 cellphones for your Christmas shopping list

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    ... Wireless for $150 (after a $50 mail-in-rebate), Krave ZN4 isn’t a new Razr but a good mainstream choice for those who like flip-phones. 8. Palm Treo Pro: Some may have forgotten that Palm actually invented ...

14. Top 10 Mobile Phone Screwups

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    ... blunder because it looks like to be typical underwhelming, cheap phone aimed at average consumers who really doesn't but the lifestyle that Nokia serves in ads. Palm Treo Pro: Tiny, narrow physical keyboard ...

15. HTC producing new smartphone for Palm

    (Mobility/Mobility Brief)

    Taiwan-based High Tech Computer (HTC) has been chosen to manufacture Palm's latest Windows Mobile-based smartphone, the Treo Pro, according to sources at handset vendors. HTC's experience manufacturing ...

16. Palm unveils unlocked, but pricey Treo Pro smartphone

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    ... the smartphone landscape, but if you are among those who just don’t like an iPhone or Blackberry, the new Palm Treo Pro is certainly worth a look.     Sunnyvale (CA) – The Handspring ...

17. Palm leaks Treo Pro details

    (Mobility/Mobility Brief)

    For several minutes on Thursday, Palm mistakenly posted an entire Flash presentation about its new Treo Pro, almost a week before the company's planned official announcement, and after rumors had circulated ...

18. Nokia upgrades its Internet tablet

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    ... what we would call a revolution, but it is a solid improvement over the preceding N770 and N810 tablet PCs and pretty much represents what Palm’s recently scrapped Foleo companion device should ...

19. AMD expands TV tuner offering for PC

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    ... on portable media players such as the Apple iPhone, Microsoft Zune, Palm Treo or Sony PSP. Probably the most interesting new product is the TV Wonder 650 Combo, which essentially houses a 650 Combo card ...

20. HP launches a pair of iPaq phones

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    ... that did not carry mobile service.  With the success of other all-in-one devices like Apple's iPhone and Palm's Treo, HP is getting more serious about the mobile phone space. HP, though known ...

21. Palm Foleo gets Linux platform, remote PC access capability

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Palm has announced two important components for its upcoming PDA extension device "Foleo". Wind River will be the open standard Linux platform for the device and LogMeIn will provide a fee-based ...

22. 10 things I have learned about the iPhone

    (Opinion/Opinion Features)

    ... in previous phones such as the Blackberry Pearl and several Palm Treo models. Manufacturers of cellphone camera chips always pitched their devices as tools that would allow camera phone to compete with ...

23. In praise of the iPhone with some rough seas ahead

    (Opinion/Opinion Features)

    ... either a RIM BlackBerry or a Palm Treo and, I expect, a large percentage of that group is really missing the keyboard right about now.   This is different than the iPod, which ramped to market more ...

24. First look: Apple reinvents the cellphone

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    ... after some time, for example, many users of Palm Treos have gone through that experience, and it will be interesting to see, if the iPhone screen will be more reliable than what we have in the market today. ...

25. Learning to deal with the downsides of a $3000 iPhone

    (Opinion/Opinion Features)

    ... Palm Treo, T-Mobile Dash, and Samsung Blackjack have.   Microsoft is on an aggressive interoperability campaign right now and is also working with a number of Linux vendors. Bill Gates and ...

26. Palm Foleo: What were they thinking?

    (Opinion/Opinion Features)

    Opinion – We see a lot of new hardware and software that often leaves us scratching our head what the purpose and market opportunity of that new product could be. Palm set high expectations with ...

27. Palm announces Foleo smartphone companion

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    ... that extends smartphones with a larger keyboard and a larger screen.     Palm unveils Foleo (10 images) ...   Called Foleo, the new product describes a new category of mobile devices. Foleo ...

28. Palm Pilot inventor to unveil new “mobile device”

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Jeff Hawkins, who is credited with the invention of the Palm Pilot handheld computer, will be announcing a new mobile device tomorrow, Palm said today. Sunnyvale (CA) – Jeff Hawkins, who is credited ...

29. RIM working on Blackberry emulator for Windows Mobile

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Research in Motion is working on an emulator to make Windows Mobile based devices, such as the Palm Treo, work like a Blackberry.Research in Motion is working on an emulator to make Windows Mobile based ...

30. Palm grabs Linux in strategic smartphone play

    (Mobility/Mobility Brief)

    Palm, maker of the Treo smartphone, announced Tuesday it is developing a Linux-based operating system Forge ahead and stay on budget with simple to install HP server technology. for its line of handheld ...

31. Palm suppliers worried by takeover rumors

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Brief)

    Taiwan-based suppliers of Palm handsets have been worried by recent speculation about the Treo smartphone vendor being taken over, according to industry sources.  Taiwan-based suppliers of Palm handsets ...

32. CES 2007: Palm launches Treo 750 smartphone

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Palm chose the frenzy of the Consumer Electronics Show to introduce its latest Treo smartphone: The Treo 750 is the new flagship of the family and - other than previously expected - does not integrate ...

33. Consumer Electronics Show 2007

    (Event Coverage/Event Coverage Features)

    ... at HD DVD Sony hits one million shipped PS3s, hints at new features AOL Video to run on Sony's TVs Palm launches Treo 750 smartphone Samsung launches UMPC with flash hard drive JVC ...

34. Palm licenses Palm OS for $44 million

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Palm, former owner and developer of Palm OS, has licensed the operating system from its new owner Access. Sunnyvale (CA) - Palm, former owner and developer of Palm OS, has licensed the operating system ...

35. Palm launches Treo 680 smartphone

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Palm today launched the previously announced Treo 680, which currently complements the firm's smartphone portfolio, but is expected to succeed the aging 650 model. The 680 comes in flashy colors and Palm ...

36. Palm gets FCC approval for Treo 680, 750 smartphones

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Documents recently published on the website of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) indicate that the introduction of a pair of new Palm Treo smartphones may only be a few weeks away. Chicago ...

37. NTP back with a vengeance - sues Palm

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    NTP, the company famous for suing Research in Motion, has filed another patent infringement lawsuit, this time against Palm. The complaint filed in United States District Court in Virginia requests that ...

38. RIAA gives allegedly phony rap to innocent man

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    In yet another wave of suits filed against illegal music downloaders, the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) has filed a suit against various people in the Northern district of Illinois. ...

39. Palm unveils slim Treo smartphone, integrates Google Maps

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Palm today took the wraps off a new Treo smartphone, which will become available within a few weeks in the U.S. The new phone maintains the general appeal of its predecessors, but packs more features ...

40. Blackberry 8100 Pearl: Ready for primetime?

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    ... by Palm's desktop manager software. Conclusion Sometimes, a great first impression is all that it takes to draw us into making a decision. And there is no doubt that the Pearl will excel in this discipline ...

41. Palm will miss Q1 revenue target, promises new phones

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Palm expects to report fiscal Q1 2007 revenues to be in the range between $354 and $356 million, down about 7% from the earlier guidance of $380 million to $385 million. Palm expects to report fiscal ...

42. Palm Treo 700wx for Sprint to run on Windows Mobile OS

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Palm today announced the Treo 700wx mobile smartphone, the latest offering in its line of PDA phones that are available for the the firm's "Power Vision Network." It will run on the Windows Mobile 5.0 ...

43. Palm offers updated GPS navigation pack for Treo phones

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Palm has announced a new version of its "GPS Navigator Smartphone Edition." The device, an add-on to Treo smartphones, is now offered in combination with TomTom's Navigator 6 software. Palm has announced ...

44. Inventec postpones production of Palm's Treo 700p

    (Mobility/Mobility Brief)

      Inventec Appliances may not be able to start volume production of Palm's PDA phone, the Treo 700p, until September, due to related software problems, according to market sources. Inventec Appliances ...

45. Palm and Xerox settle handwriting-recognition lawsuit

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Palm and Xerox today announced that the two companies have settled patent infringement lawsuit involving the handwriting-recognition software "Graffiti". The suit was filed by Xerox against Palm, a predecessor ...

46. Is Intel showing some much-needed business savvy in its XScale sale?

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    ... isn't that Intel was necessarily unsuccessful in attracting and maintaining customers. BlackBerry devices, the Palm Treo, and the Motorola Q phone - the most powerful new designs in the industry - now ...

47. Palm releases Treo 700p with original Palm OS

    (Mobility/Mobility Brief)

      Hoping to gain the same market success with the Palm operating system (OS) as it has with the Microsoft Windows version of its Palm Treo smartphones, Palm has released the Treo 700p, featuring version ...

48. A cellphone keypad you can actually use to type messages

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    ... layout and promises to make typing text messages more efficient. Each button on Suess' "Delta II" is slightly larger than for example the buttons of a Palm Treo 600 (which integrates 44 buttons) and may ...

49. Access licenses Sony's LocationFree software

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Sony announced that Access Co, the new owner of PalmSource, has licensed its LocationFree software for Windows Mobile and cellular phones. Sony announced that Access Co, the new owner of PalmSource, ...

50. Microsoft's Origami UMPC: What were they thinking?

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    ... for touch-sensitive connectivity devices like the Palm Treo. Nope, no dice. There is a nifty little program launcher, with little glass buttons that apparently go "ding" when you touch them. Oh, but that's ...