Palm's AT&T launch pushed back to summer?
Palm is not exactly in te best of financial situations considering their flagship device, the Pre, failed to become a national phenomenon as they had hoped. However, a ray of hope came for the company when talks about bringing the devices to AT&T arose. The Pre and Pixi were in fact rumored to be hitting AT&T as early as next month but that may have been halted.
Reports have arose that say AT&T has found some problems with the Pre and Pixi and are delaying the launch of the devices until June or July. And, to make things even worse, AT&T has reportedly decreased their initial order from Palm and cut back on their marketing budget for the two devices.
Don’t worry Palm, I think the Pre is cool.
Palm webOS Now Arriving On Your Phone via Over-the-Air Update
The latest update to Palm webOS is now arriving on your phone via an over-the-air update. The update is now available for customers on the Sprint network in the US and on the O2 UK, O2 DE, O2 Ireland, and Movistar networks in Europe. The update has been released for customers using the Palm Pre Plus and Palm Pixi Plus on Verizon Wireless. The update is expected to be available for Palm webOS phones on other networks soon. Highlights of the latest update include:
* The ability to capture, edit, and share video: Not only can you easily shoot video footage from your Palm webOS phone, but you can also make quick edits and upload your footage to YouTube or Facebook (or send them via email or MMS) with just a couple of taps (see video above).
* Get more done faster: The Calendar, Phone, Messaging, and Email apps have all been enhanced with new features to simplify common tasks (many based on feedback from our customers). For example, in the Calendar app, you can now dial a number that appears in the subject of an appointment. In the Email app, you can now sort by date, sender, and subject. In the Phone app, the Call log offers more options to easily connect to a contact (such as via SMS). And there are some new shortcuts for zipping from one app to another (for example, moving from a chat view to a phone call with that person). You¹ll also see improved performance in these apps.
* Enhanced notifications: The LED in the gesture area now lights up and pulses if you have a notification (even when the screen is off). You can also customize notification sounds in Messaging, Email (on an account-by-account basis), and Calendar. And there are new notification sounds in the ringtones library to give your more customization options for your alert.
See more details of the Palm webOS 1.4 update in action at http://www.palm.com/us/products/software/update/index.html. Your phone will automatically update within a few days once Palm webOS 1.4 is available on your carrier. You can also trigger the update using the Updates app.
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Sprint Sells Palm Pixi For Just $49.99
Sprint has announced a new price for the Palm Pixi webOS smartphone. The handset is now sold for just $49.99 with a 2-year contract agreement and after a $100 mail-in rebate. In case you’ve forgotten, the phone offers a 2.63-inch 320 x 400 touchscreen display, a 2MP fixed-focus camera with LED flash, a full QWERTY keyboard, a web browser, GPS, WiFi, Bluetooth and supports EVDO Rev. A connectivity.
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Bell Canada launching the Palm Pre on August 27
It didn’t happen in June, and neither in July, but it will definitely happen this month: Bell Mobility and Palm have just announced the release of Palm Pre across Canada, starting August 27.
The long-awaited webOS smartphone will cost $199.95 with a 3-yr agreement, or $599.95 free of contract (a minimum 500 MB data plan is required).
As you can see, the pricing is similar to Sprint’s offering in the US – of course, the main difference is that Sprint has 2-yr contracts instead of 3-yr ones.
Canadian customers can already preorder the Palm Pre, via Bell’s official website.
The main features of Palm Pre include: 320 x 480 pixels touchscreen display, sliding QWERTY keyboard, Palm Synergy, Wi-Fi, GPS, 3.2MP camera, 3.5mm headset jack and 8GB of internal memory.
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The long-awaited webOS smartphone will cost $199.95 with a 3-yr agreement, or $599.95 free of contract (a minimum 500 MB data plan is required).
As you can see, the pricing is similar to Sprint’s offering in the US – of course, the main difference is that Sprint has 2-yr contracts instead of 3-yr ones.
Canadian customers can already preorder the Palm Pre, via Bell’s official website.
The main features of Palm Pre include: 320 x 480 pixels touchscreen display, sliding QWERTY keyboard, Palm Synergy, Wi-Fi, GPS, 3.2MP camera, 3.5mm headset jack and 8GB of internal memory.
Mini Palm Pre?
There's a rumor according to which Palm migh release a mini version of its Palm Pre handset. No technical information has been published yet, but it’s supposedly targeted at the lower end of the market.
True or not, we say 'second webOS device FTW'!
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Palm Announces Expanded Mojo SDK Availability
Palm has announced their new early access program for developers interested in creating applications for the Palm webOSTM. The early access program is an opportunity for developers to test-drive and provide feedback on the Palm MojoTM SDK prior to its public release.Admission to the program is by application, which will admit a small group of developers to start and gradually increase the size of the program as the tools mature. Palm would like to accept everyone, however they want to make sure that they can provide a solid development experience and attentive developer support before they scale up. Palm is eager to get the SDK into developers’ hands and will expand the program as quickly as we can. For more information visit http://developer.palm.com/faq.html.
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Palm Treo Pro Now Available In Brazil
Palm today announced that Treo Pro by Palm is now available in Brazil on the Vivo network. With its streamlined design and Palm? innovations layered on Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional, Treo Pro is a unique combination of sleek simplicity and robust productivity — including email, Wi-Fi and GPS capabilities.
Users can quickly respond to business and personal email, access the web, stay on top of appointments and contacts, and use Wi-Fi or GPS on the go. Treo Pro’s thin design blends a flush, high-resolution color touch screen and a full QWERTY keyboard with a removable battery that packs up to five hours of talk time and enough strength for the business user’s needs, offering a powerful yet effortless mobile experience.
The Treo Pro smartphone also featuring:
* One-touch Wi-Fi button — Easy, fast Wi-Fi connection experience (802.11b/g).
* Ringer switch — Silences the device immediately.
* Screen saver — Lets users know at a glance — without turning on the device
* New voicemail indicator — The center button flashes to let users know that a voicemail is waiting.
* Dedicated email and calendar buttons — Fast one-button access.
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Users can quickly respond to business and personal email, access the web, stay on top of appointments and contacts, and use Wi-Fi or GPS on the go. Treo Pro’s thin design blends a flush, high-resolution color touch screen and a full QWERTY keyboard with a removable battery that packs up to five hours of talk time and enough strength for the business user’s needs, offering a powerful yet effortless mobile experience.
The Treo Pro smartphone also featuring:
* One-touch Wi-Fi button — Easy, fast Wi-Fi connection experience (802.11b/g).
* Ringer switch — Silences the device immediately.
* Screen saver — Lets users know at a glance — without turning on the device
* New voicemail indicator — The center button flashes to let users know that a voicemail is waiting.
* Dedicated email and calendar buttons — Fast one-button access.
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Alltel Now Offers Palm Treo Pro for $199
As expected, the Palm Treo Pro is now available on Alltel’s website for $199 with a 2-year contract after a $195 online discount and a $125 mail-in rebate. Note that you should make your order from a region where Alltel is already present, otherwise you'll be redirected to the main page of the official site.
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New Palm Pre With Calendar Apps Video
Palm has just posted a new video of their new Palm Pre, demonstrated few user actions with its calendar application. In the second part of the short video, Palm is also showing how you can do a google search and share the web site to other user via email. Check out the video inside.
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Palm Pre Coming Soon
Great! According to Boy Genius, the highly-anticipated Palm Pre will be available in-stock by March 15th, which is about a month and a half away from now, and is set to replace the Palm 755p. Once this information is officially confirmed, you'll be among the first to know.
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Palm Centro Now Available in Canada on Bell Mobility’s High-speed Mobile Network
Palm Centro smartphone is now available in Canada on Bell Mobility’s high-speed mobile network (1xEv-DO). Centro, which has sold more than two million units worldwide, comes in soft-touch Midnight Black with 128MB of available memory, Facebook for Palm, and Google Maps with the My Location feature. Facebook for Palm lets users connect with friends, respond to messages, upload photos and videos, receive status updates, browse friends’ profiles and send out new friend requests.
Users can shoot pictures or videos with the built-in digital camera. The Midnight Black Centro from Bell has 128MB of available memory and the ability to add up to 4GB more with a microSD card (sold separately). Palm Centro for Bell also comes with a variety of out-of-box software, including Bluetooth, Calculator, Calendar, Camcorder, Camera, Contacts, Documents To Go Professional Edition 10, Email (VersaMail 4.0), HotSync, Memos, Messaging, My Centro, Phone, Pics and Video, Pocket Tunes, Quick Tour, Tasks, Voice Dial, Voice Memo, Web (Blazer 4.5), and World Clock. It is now available at 49.95 with 3 years contract.
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Users can shoot pictures or videos with the built-in digital camera. The Midnight Black Centro from Bell has 128MB of available memory and the ability to add up to 4GB more with a microSD card (sold separately). Palm Centro for Bell also comes with a variety of out-of-box software, including Bluetooth, Calculator, Calendar, Camcorder, Camera, Contacts, Documents To Go Professional Edition 10, Email (VersaMail 4.0), HotSync, Memos, Messaging, My Centro, Phone, Pics and Video, Pocket Tunes, Quick Tour, Tasks, Voice Dial, Voice Memo, Web (Blazer 4.5), and World Clock. It is now available at 49.95 with 3 years contract.
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Rumor: BestBuy Mobile to Get Palm Pre Exclusively for 2 months?
While it is few more months to go when Sprint and Palm present the new Palm Pre to the consumer, WebOS Arena has got a tips from a reliable source that BestBuy Mobile will get the Palm Pre exclusively right for 60 days during the initial launch. Other than Sprint itself, BestBuy Mobile will be the only place you can buy a Palm Pre.
Other than the retailer rumor, the Palm Pre is said to be priced less than $200 with 2 years contract and $399 without mobile service contract.
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Other than the retailer rumor, the Palm Pre is said to be priced less than $200 with 2 years contract and $399 without mobile service contract.
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Palm Pre Press Event Video Available in High Quality
Have not watched the Palm Pre press announcement event yet? Palm has put up the video online, available in high quality. The page can be accessed from here (http://www.palm.com/us/products/phones/pre/palm-pre-ces.html) but you might want to download the video directly instead by using this link http://palmone.r3h.net/downloads.palm.com/ces.mov
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Rumor: New Palm Nova Smartphone in Sliding QWERTY Mode?
While I have just stopped using my old Palm Treo 650 and got myself a HTC Touch HD, crunchgear is quite confirmed that the company will make a big announcement coming Thursday during the CES. Powered by its new Nova operating system, Palm will present their new smartphone and it will have a sliding QWERTY keyboard. I am not too excited on the new slider but would definitely want to see what the new Nova OS can provide.
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Palm Secures Additional $100 Million Equity Investment
Palm today announced that Elevation Partners has agreed to make an additional $100 million equity investment in Palm. Under a definitive agreement reached today, Elevation will increase its investment in Palm by acquiring newly issued Series C preferred stock that is convertible into Palm common stock at a price of $3.25 per share, a 31 percent premium to the closing price of Palm common stock on Dec. 19, 2008. Elevation will also receive warrants to acquire 7 million shares of Palm common stock at the same price. Prior to March 31, 2009, Palm may elect to cause Elevation to sell up to $49 million of this new investment to other investors on the same or better terms than on which Elevation invested.
“The additional capital from Elevation Partners will enable us to put added momentum behind the new product introductions scheduled for 2009 and will provide us with enhanced stability in unsettled economic times,” said Ed Colligan, president and chief executive officer of Palm, Inc.
“We believe that Palm is in a position to transform the cell phone industry, and we are pleased to have the opportunity to make this additional investment in the company. Palm has an industry-leading team and an exciting, differentiated product roadmap. We are proud to be associated with the company and look forward to great things from Palm in 2009 and beyond,” stated Roger McNamee, co-founder of Elevation Partners.
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“The additional capital from Elevation Partners will enable us to put added momentum behind the new product introductions scheduled for 2009 and will provide us with enhanced stability in unsettled economic times,” said Ed Colligan, president and chief executive officer of Palm, Inc.
“We believe that Palm is in a position to transform the cell phone industry, and we are pleased to have the opportunity to make this additional investment in the company. Palm has an industry-leading team and an exciting, differentiated product roadmap. We are proud to be associated with the company and look forward to great things from Palm in 2009 and beyond,” stated Roger McNamee, co-founder of Elevation Partners.
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Palm to launch next-gen OS at CES
It’s a good news for Palm users. Yeah, it’s what they’ve been waiting for: the company prepared to launch their next-generation operating system in January, at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES).
The clue is quite clear: The company just sent out an invitation to journalists. The invitation reads, “Come to CES to see all the Palm New-ness you’ve been waiting for.”
It’s exciting to know what kind of the new operating system (that would replace Palm OS 5), which the company has promised since October 2007.
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The clue is quite clear: The company just sent out an invitation to journalists. The invitation reads, “Come to CES to see all the Palm New-ness you’ve been waiting for.”
It’s exciting to know what kind of the new operating system (that would replace Palm OS 5), which the company has promised since October 2007.
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New Treo Pro Software Patch Fixes Bluetooth Flaw
Palm has just released a software patch yesterday, the patch is used to fix an issues with bluetooth car kit or bluetooth headset where you can’t hear the first caller’s voice when you receive 2nd incoming calls during the conversation with first caller.
See the description below:
If you are in an active call using bluetooth car kit or bluetooth headset and you receive a second incoming call and you let it ring or you ignore the incoming call, the call will be diverted to Voicemail. The first call remains active but you can no longer hear the caller (the caller can still hear you). The audio has been lost. If you answer the call and swap between calls or reject the call, the issue is not seen.
You can download the new software patch here. It can also be downloaded directly from your Palm Treo Pro by accessing this mobile address
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See the description below:
If you are in an active call using bluetooth car kit or bluetooth headset and you receive a second incoming call and you let it ring or you ignore the incoming call, the call will be diverted to Voicemail. The first call remains active but you can no longer hear the caller (the caller can still hear you). The audio has been lost. If you answer the call and swap between calls or reject the call, the issue is not seen.
You can download the new software patch here. It can also be downloaded directly from your Palm Treo Pro by accessing this mobile address
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Palm Treo Pro Launched on Vodafone New Zealand Network
Palm today announced the Treo Pro smartphone on the Vodafone New Zealand network. Powered by Windows Mobile 6.1, Palm Treo Pro comes with built in Wi-Fi, GPS and UMTS/HSDPA network capabilities.
Treo Pro’s thin design blends a flush, high-resolution color touch screen and a full QWERTY keyboard with a removable battery that packs up to five hours of talk time and enough strength for the business user’s needs.
The Treo Pro smartphone features including:
* One-touch Wi-Fi button
* Today screen enhancements, Web search directly from the Today screen
* Ringer switch — Silences the device immediately
* Screen saver — Lets users know at a glance — without turning on the device — what time it is and whether they’ve missed a call or have a new SMS/MMS message.
* New voicemail indicator — The center button flashes to let users know that a voicemail is waiting.
* Dedicated email and calendar buttons
* World phone — With high-speed UMTS/HSDPA network capabilities
* Integrated GPS — Users can access maps, turn-by-turn directions and point-of-interest (POI) searches.
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Treo Pro’s thin design blends a flush, high-resolution color touch screen and a full QWERTY keyboard with a removable battery that packs up to five hours of talk time and enough strength for the business user’s needs.
The Treo Pro smartphone features including:
* One-touch Wi-Fi button
* Today screen enhancements, Web search directly from the Today screen
* Ringer switch — Silences the device immediately
* Screen saver — Lets users know at a glance — without turning on the device — what time it is and whether they’ve missed a call or have a new SMS/MMS message.
* New voicemail indicator — The center button flashes to let users know that a voicemail is waiting.
* Dedicated email and calendar buttons
* World phone — With high-speed UMTS/HSDPA network capabilities
* Integrated GPS — Users can access maps, turn-by-turn directions and point-of-interest (POI) searches.
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Palm Centro Olive Green Photo
With the Palm Centro smartphone in new Olive green and Vibrant rose colors, PalmInfoCenter has put up a nice photo gallery of the Centro in Olive Green color. If you are wondering how the new color appear in real life, click on the link to browse the whole photo gallery.
The Olive green and Vibrant rose Centro smartphones is available now at select retail locations, and beginning Nov. 2 in Sprint Stores. The new colors will be available for a special promotional price — as low as $79.99 with a two-year subscriber agreement and $100 mail-in rebate.
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The Olive green and Vibrant rose Centro smartphones is available now at select retail locations, and beginning Nov. 2 in Sprint Stores. The new colors will be available for a special promotional price — as low as $79.99 with a two-year subscriber agreement and $100 mail-in rebate.
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Upgrade Your Treo 750 Before October 31st
Palm today announced that the Windows Mobile 6 software upgrade for Treo 750 will not be offered or support by the company from October 31st. If you are holding a Treo 750 with Windows Mobile 5, you might want to download the software upgrade before the deadline.
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