Poor Palm. After reporting another disappointed quarter, the one-time smartphone king is taking a beating on the stock market and multiple analysts have cut its price target on Palm shares to $0. A Morgan Joseph & Co. analyst said the company is an “accelerating death spiral,” and Canaccord Adams isn’t optimistic about the company’s prospects.…
Windows Phone 7 emulator unlocked, shows off unseen goodies
Microsoft’s Windows Phone 7 Series emulator had been pretty limited because it was still being polished but, as with anything put online, it has been “unlocked” and there are a ton of previously-unseen goodies. The emulator was first hacked by Dan Ardelean and some digging around shows that there will be some voice search, a…
Push-to-Talk hits Verizon BlackBerrys
Looks like the rumors were right, as Verizon Wireless has rolled out an application that gives BlackBerry smartphones unlimited Push-to-Talk capabilities for $5 a month. The app is free to download but there’s the aforementioned service fee. It’s geared primarily at enterprises because you can make group calls with up to 50 participants, and there’s…
Sprint working on Android 2.1 for Hero, Moment
Sprint is readying an Android 2.1 firmware upgrade for the HTC Hero and Samsung Moment, according to a leaked screen shot sent to Sprint stores. The screen shot had a lot of interesting information but was way too small to easily read, so I’ll give you the important parts. Sprint said it is “actively working…
AT&T lowers international texting plans
If you’re on AT&T and traveling abroad, I’d recommend just popping in a local SIM if possible. But if you can’t do that, the carrier has introduced new international texting plans that could help your budget. The new package costs $10 a month and it lets you send 50 messages within 90 countries. These messages…
iPad unlikely to match iPhone start
The iPad is garnering a lot of attention but it likely won’t match the debut of the original iPhone, according to the odds at online bookmaker YouWager. The site says the iPad has a 72% probability of taking longer to sell one million units than the original iPhone. As you recall, it took the original,…
Zillow hits Android
Alright house flippers, you can now download the utterly-useful Zillow application for your Android smartphone. The free app uses your GPS to find houses on sale or for rent around you, and it pulls in a bunch of estimating data. The app will be compatible with voice searching, and you’ll be able to pull up…
BlackBerry slider, code-named “T,” could launch in April
The loose-lipped supplier Woojeon & Handan said a new BlackBerry – code-named “T” – could be launched next month. Will this be the intriguing BlackBerry slider we’ve seen multiple times? According to a translated version of the Korean news site joins.com, “The Canadian company RIM famous for BlackBerry smartphones is releasing a new model next…
Palm loses $22 million, sees some positive signs
Palm’s took another pounding in its third-quarter earnings because consumers continue to turn away from webOS devices. The company reported a $22 million loss on revenues of about $366 million. The loss is not unexpected because the smartphone maker lowered its revenue expectations last month because of slower-than-expected webOS sales. Unveiled in January 2009, webOS…
Google releases Buzz widget for Android
Google Buzz has been kind of a bust so far but I have a lot of hope for the mobile aspects of the social networking service. Google has just released a new Buzz widget for Android, and this may help spur adoption. The widget will sit on your screen and let you quickly upload text…