Poor Palm just can’t get a break. They are up for sale, but no one’s showed up at their open house, and Jon Rubenstein even baked cookies! In all seriousness, there’s no concrete evidence of a buyer, and the last few days have just been one blow after another. First, their Senior Vice President of [...]
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Dear Gear Diary…
photo credit: poketmonster [rafa] Judie: Welcome to the newest installment of Dear Gear Diary, where several members of the team chime in when Dave asks for advice on what he should replace his dying Palm TX with, and Carly tells Carlos how he can make his Camangi look better with tips that will work on [...]
Palm OS Lives!
You might want to sit down for this one! An eagle eyed poster at the Brighthand Forums noticed a news item at Tam’s Blog that was fairly unusual. Aceeca, a company that makes barcode scanners, announced a few new devices for 2010…including two Palm OS based ones. Most shocking of all, they’re promising one will [...]
Gear Deal: Unlocked Treo Pro for $179.99!
(Photo courtesy dcellphone) If an unlocked Nexus One is too rich for your blood, and you love physical keyboards, Dell has a fabulous deal right now. You can get an unlocked Palm Treo Pro for $179.99, a savings of over $350! You can use it on T-Mobile and AT&T, though you won’t get 3G on [...]
Tag Team of Palm WebOS Phones Coming to AT&T This Year
It may not get as much excitement as the 5 Android phones scheduled to hit AT&T later this year, but it is great news for Palm as they expand webOS to more carriers. Verizon’s getting their own CDMA branded Pre and Pixi “Plus” models this year — and now the GSM version is finally going [...]
How popular is your phone OS in the US?
As the battle of the Smartphones rages on, more consumers are making the smartphone switch every day. People are trading up their RAZR’s for something with a touchscreen, keyboard and high dollar data package. Comscore conducted a survey back in October to find out the Mobile OS market share as of Q3 2009. The survey was only [...]
Don’t Buy That Sprint Pixi!
Unless you really hate Verizon. Engadget broke the news that the Pixi has been cleared by the FCC for Verizon, and it includes WiFi!
Has Palm Become The Rodney Dangerfield Of Smartphone Makers??
You have to feel badly for Palm. Even when they make some good moves they still can’t get any respect. And today no less than the New York Times took a swipe at them. In the article entitled “Is Palm’s Comeback Losing Steam?” author Saul Hansell notes… Palm invented the category of a Web-surfing pocket-computer [...]
Smartphone 101: Learning with a $30 Palm Pixi
Smartphones can be intimidating to the non-geek. They can do so much, but it can take a bit of learning before you figure out just how to make it work for you and your needs. And then, there is the price. Smartphones are always more expensive because they can do more than just send and receive calls. [...]
Gear Diary Weekly Roundup for Oct 26-Nov 1: Androids, Apples, eBooks and Features..Oh My!
photo credit: Joseph Robertson If last week’s news is any indication, we’re all about to see an army of Droids to be released and hit the mobile scene — in a very big way. Even if you didn’t already pre-order through Best Buy, Big Red hopes you’ll be stopping by their stores this Friday to [...]
The Palm Pre costs $1,250 less than the iPhone or Droid over 2 years
Billshrink.com just did an analysis comparing the iPhone 3GS on AT&T, the Palm Pre on Sprint, and Motorola Droid on Verizon. If you are looking at an unlimited voice and data plan, you will spend $1,250 less over two years. There are still substantial savings even with more limited plans. The phones, on paper, have [...]
The Palm Pixi vs. the Palm Pre
Sprint recently announced that the latest Palm OS device, the Palm Pixi, will go on sale in the U.S. on November 15th. The original Palm OS device, the Pre was released in June of this year. There has been a lot of commentary relative to the Pixi positioning. It’s got some great design features and [...]
The Palm Pre through the eyes of a former Palm OS Treo Business User
I’ve been a business smartphone user since the category was invented. I started with Palm and have been loyal to them through the years as the market has developed from a niche geek market to the fastest growing segment of mobile communications. Analysts say it will easily overtake conventional cell phones in developed countries very [...]
Palm Pre running Adobe Flash – coming soon
A demo of Flash Player 10 running on a Palm Pre has just been released on YouTube. According to Adobe they expect to bring a version of Flash to nearly every mobile platform (Windows Mobile, RIM, WebOS, Google Android, and Symbian OS) this year or next. Notice any particular missing platform? So far Adobe has [...]
Palm webOS 1.2 available now
Palm Pre users can now update their phone to version 1.2 of webOS. Some of the new operating system features include: a beefed up Palm Synergy that includes LinkedIn contact syncing, more linking across different “flavors” of IM contacts (no word on what flavors), better filtering of your email inbox by typing a search term, [...]
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