Archive for May, 2010
Palm Conducting a Times Square Marketing Push
PIC reader Tolga M. wrote in with this eyewitness report of a Palm marketing effort currently underway this weekend in Times Square, New York City. Hi there guys, was taking some out-of-town friends around NYC today for some sight-seeing and ran into a large group of people wearing snazzy Palm
Palm UI Chief Departs for Google
Matias Duarte, Palm's VP of Human Interface and User Experience, has left the company according to a digital daily report this morning. Originally hired in Sept '07, Mr. Duarte was one of the leads on the webOS project and was responsible for much of the overall design and user interface. Readers m
AT&T Palm Pre for A Penny
A week after posting about a $49 deal, Amazon.com has now pushed the AT&T flavored Palm Pre Plus into penny phone territory. Not even on the market for more than a fortnight, the discount is only good for orders placed online with new two year service agreements. The "Penny for a Pre" Amazon dea
Worldwide Mobile Phone Sales Grew 17% in Q1 2010
Worldwide mobile phone sales to end users totalled 314.7 million units in the first quarter of 2010, a 17 per cent increase from the same period in 2009, according to Gartner, Inc. Smarpthone sales to end users reached 54.3 million units, an increase of 48.7 per cent from the first quarter of 2009.
Find your new favorite app – and maybe win a Touchstone!
Looking for some great new apps for your Palm webOS phone? Check out the new titles zooming up the "Hot Apps" leaderboard. The Hot Apps competition is offering prizes to the developers who come up with most popular apps, and you'll find all kinds of new goodies racing up the charts. (The
Sprint Exec States the Pre Didn’t Work Out
Sprint's CFO Robert Brust has gone on record stating that the companies huge push for the Palm Pre launch was a disappointment for the carrier. At an investment conference covered by the WSJ, Mr. Brust apparently told analysts: "The Pre didn't work out as well as we hoped" He went
ATT Palm Pre Plus $49 on Amazon
Palm's new AT&T Palm Pre Plus has not even been on the market for more than a week, and its already seeing large discounts via the usual online channels. Amazon.com is now selling the AT&T flavored version of the Pre Plus for $49.99 after the usual 2 year service agreements and discounts. Th
O2 UK Getting Plus Models Soon
Palm, Inc. today announced that the Palm Pre Plus and Palm Pixi Plus phones will be available in the UK on O2 from 28 May. They will be available from free, depending on tariff, in all O2 stores and online at www.o2.co.uk.
HP Chief: Expect webOS Powered Slates, Printers
During HP's earnings conference call today, HP CEO Mark Hurd spoke a bit on the Palm acquisition and some of HP plans for its new assets. During his opening remarks he mentions a bit about how HP will utilize webOS saying (via CNET) also tweeted by HP: "In order to enhance our intellectual
Palm OS Quickies: Acceca PDA32, DGOS
Classic Palm OS 5.x (aka Garnet OS) fans are going to have to wait a bit longer to get their hands on the first new Palm OS PDA since 2005's Palm TX and Z22. The Aceeca PDA32's preliminary release date of April 10th has unfortunately come and gone with no additional news of availability. Tam Han