WebOS 2.0 will come this year
Former Palm CEO Jon Rubinstein, now at HP, following HP’s acquisition of Palm, mentioned in an interview with Fortune that WebOS 2.0 is on track for “later this year”. If I were a betting man, I’d say Q4 is the magic time of the year when we’ll actually see its release. Rubinstein also said that [...]
HP no longer a Windows Phone 7 launch partner? Palm’s webOS might be to blame
Earlier this year, when Microsoft announced Windows Phone 7, it also unveiled a list of hardware partners, which included HP, LG, Samsung, HTC, Sony Ericsson, Dell, Toshiba and Garmin-Asus. Fast forward to now, when Microsoft’s Worldwide Partner Conference (WPC 2010) is underway in Washington. Yesterday, Steve Ballmer held a speech there, flavored with some PowerPoint [...]
Palm’s webOS installed and running on old Dell laptop
Old used laptops are usually paired with old operating systems like Windows XP or some GNU/Linux variant. But for those of you who want to try out something completely different, check out Palm’s webOS. No, I have not gone crazy or fallen victim to a typo of some sort. Palm’s mobile operating system on the [...]
Palm Pre Plus to start at $149.99 on AT&T with free Touchstone, coming May 16
First reported as coming to AT&T “in the coming months” back in the last week of March, the Palm Pre Plus has just been announced as scheduled for release on May 16. Prices are starting at $149.99 USD and every phone comes with a 2-year contract. AT&T made no word on the Palm Pixi Plus, [...]
HP gets back into smartpone biz with a vengeance. Buys Palm for $1.2 billion
It finally happened! Palm has finally threw in a towel in it’s desperate struggle, and gave itself up to HP for a cool $1.2 billion. Last year Palm bet the company on it’s new WebOS smartphone platform. And lost. So, despite management’s assurances to the contrary, it became clear recently that Palm has no chance of [...]
Palm Pixi available for free through Sprint’s web site
If you’ve been waiting for the longest time to get the Palm Pixi on the third largest network in the U.S., Sprint, well now you can. And not only can you purchase the webOS smartphone off Sprint’s web site quite easily, you can do it without paying for the phone at all because it’s being [...]
HTC not interested in buying Palm. Palm’s CEO says they can still make it on their own
Ever since Palm has reportedly put itself up for sale, rumors about various companies interested in buying it have emerged. One of these companies was HTC, currently the world’s fifth largest smartphone maker, and by far the no. 1 maker of Android handsets. However, Reuters reports that HTC doesn’t want to bid for Palm, and [...]
Palm to launch Pre Plus and Pixi Plus in France next week via SFR
Palm’s two darling webOS devices are going to be available in France real soon. Well, next week, to be exact. The Palm Pre Plus and Palm Pixi Plus will go on sale starting next week in France, via the local network SFR’s online store. The two devices will also be available at retail stores by [...]
Palm waives $99 annual webOS development fee
Enterprising mobile app developers looking to expand their portfolio (and at the same time, boost sales of their own creations) might do good to consider developing for Palm and webOS, the mobile operating system running on devices like the Pre Plus and Pixi Plus. Besides offering a completely free SDK for those interested, Palm has [...]
Palm Pre Plus and Pixi Plus headed for Germany via Vodafone and O2
The Palm Pre Plus and Palm Pixi Plus are both headed to Germany courtesy of operators Vodafone and O2. With the very feature-rich webOS making both devices tick, who wouldn’t be glad? Both webOS-equipped smartphones are well-suited for both business-type persons as well as regular consumers. The Palm Pre Plus comes in the form of [...]
Palm in talks with Huawei for acquisition?
Palm has put itself up for sale, and we’ve already heard that it may be acquired by Lenovo. However, it looks like Palm is in talks with another giant Chinese company – Huawei. According to Reuters, Palm and “Huawei’s investment bank” had preliminary discussions in February. The companies haven’t reached any agreement until now, and [...]
Google Suggest for mobile comes with universal search features
Google has recently announced that it’s now offering Google Suggest for mobile phones. Coming with universal search features (already available for desktop computers), Google Suggest for mobile allows users to get answers faster while on the go. When you’re searching for various info on your phone (like weather, unit conversion, current time, stock quotes and [...]
Lenovo rumored to buy Palm
Although WebOS was announced lat year as something new and exciting, Palm isn’t doing well at all lately – maybe because it has launched its Pre and Pixi smartphones a bit too late (and only via Sprint for the beginning). We’ve heard more than once that Nokia might be interested in buying Palm, but today [...]
Verizon’s Palm Pre Plus and Pixi Plus now cheaper, free mobile hotspot included
While on their way to AT&T, the Palm Pre Plus and Palm Pixi Plus are now cheaper than ever at Verizon: the Pre Plus costs $49.99 and the Pixi Plus is only $29.99 (both prices available only with the signing of a 2-yr contract agreement, of course). Also, if you buy either a Pre Plus [...]
Nokia invests in Palm to work on a dual boot MeeGo / WebOS smartphone? WebOS to merge with MeeGo in 2012
Remember those rumors about Nokia buying Palm? Well, this may not happen too soon, but the two companies are already looking for ways to cooperate more closely, in a bid to recapture the dominance of fast growing and lucrative smartphone market. Well-known Russian site Mobile-Preview.com reports that Nokia and Palm have entered into a partnership [...]
Palm Pre Plus and Pixi Plus officially coming to AT&T
There have been a lot of rumors about webOS smartphones headed to AT&T, and now it’s finally official: Palm has announced that its Pre Plus and Pixi Plus will indeed be launched by the second largest US carrier. However, as if it’s not already a bit too late, the Pre Plus and Pixi Plus won’t [...]
Palm shares dip 25 percent after disappointing earnings call
Palm’s latest earnings call, in which the company announced a very disappointing $22-million loss during its fiscal Q3, has led to a 25% dip in shares. Palm stock in turn has dipped below $5 for the first time since the Palm Pre was first announced a bit over a year ago. Morgan Joseph analyst Ilya [...]
Palm and O2 offer free 3D EA Mobile games for the Pre
When Palm officially unveiled the Pre Plus and Pixi Plus for Verizon, it also announced 3D games support for its WebOS platform. Now Palm UK offers three free 3D games from EA Mobile to anyone who owns or buys a Palm Pre with an O2 contract. The offer is available until the end of March. [...]
Palm to make a WiMax smartphone for Sprint?
With Sprint getting ready to launch 4G / WiMax in many new US markets this year, some phone manufacturers are surely thinking about making WiMax hardware for the carrier. Apart from HTC (which should launch the Supersonic Android phone), Palm may also introduce a WiMax handset via Sprint. According to ComputerWorld, Kris Keilhack from PalmInfocenter [...]
One in six iPhone owners would buy an iPad, says AdMob report
AdMob (which now belongs to Google) has issued its January 2010 Mobile Metrics report, which contains lots of interesting details about the current mobile trends. For example, 16% of iPhone users intend to buy an iPad in the future, while only 11% of WebOS users and 6% of Android users are interested in Apple’s new [...]