Taiwanese parts manufacturer Compal is waffling on its first-half shipments, claiming Palm shipments for two smartphones may be delayed as they wait for new Qualcomm chipsets to come in. On top of that, Motorola shipments have been cut, including the cancellation of the Alexander QWERTY-clad slider and reductions for the A3100 Surf. The news comes…
Palm on the Wrong Kind of Roll: Reports Loss for 7th Quarter In-A-Row
Palm has reported losses that fell well short of analysts estimates for the third-quarter of 2008: The net loss expanded to $95 million, or 89 cents a share, from $54.7 million, or 53 cents, a year earlier, Palm said in a statement on Thursday. Excluding costs for stock-based compensation and other items, the loss of…
Palm looking to Chi Mei for Palm Pre assembly
How many mobile phones are actually manufactured in-house? Not many. In this world of globalized manufacturing and marketing, mobile phone “manufacturers” churn out handset designs to component integrators. These ODM’s (Original Device Manufacturer) or OEM’s (Original Equipment Manufacturer) take care of the dirty details like how to combine all the various parts into a working…
Second Chapter of webOS Guide Ready
Palm has just unloaded chapter 2 of their official developers guide: Application Basics. Keep in mind, this is a Rough Cuts version, so Palm webOS: Developing Applications in JavaScript using the Palm Mojo™ Framework is still subject to a lot of feedback and editing before it’s ready for primetime. Here’s an intro of chapter 2,…
Palm Pre’s web browser to be faster than iPhone’s Safari browser?
Mobile browsers need to be small and light enough to run quickly on a mobile device with limited resources. And, for many smartphone platforms, the Webkit rendering engine does the job quite well. The iPhone’s Safari browser is based on Webkit and does a class-leading job of surfing around the various interwebs. It’s just not…
Sprint Treo Pro Arrives… Finally!
Seems like we’ve been waiting for this one, but the day has finally arrived. As of today Sprint users can get their hands on the Treo Pro. The device will run you $299.99 before a $100 mail-in rebate on a 2-year contract (to get the rebate you’ll need to choose an Everything Plan or data…
Telefonica Spain nabs Palm Pre exclusivity?
Sprint has already locked up the Palm Pre as a Sprint-exclusive handset in the US. The world waits for the Palm Pre to bring the WebOS to life and hopefully bring Palm back from the brink. Sprint is excited too, they’ve been busy telling the world how Palm is their soul-mate and all that. As…
New details on the Palm Pre
If you followed our live-blog coverage of Sprint’s Palm Pre webcast, you’re probably wondering just how much of the webcast was new information. The answer would be a disappointing “not much.” The Sprint Palm Pre webcast proved to be little more than a marketing stunt, albeit of high caliber. We’d have loved to have seen…
Palm Pre Announcement Liveblog
Palm and Sprint have an announcement today regarding the Pre, and we’re all pretty excited. Maybe a release date? Maybe some new features? And hey, how about the rest of the world – is this thing coming to Canada? As you can see, our beloved EIC Will is manning the tweets, and I’ll be liveblogging…
Reminder: Sprint Palm Pre webcast tomorrow morning
It’s probably safe to assume that, as you read this, you’re waiting eagerly to see what Sprint and Palm have in store for us tomorrow morning. The Palm Pre is most definitely going to be the highlight of the agenda tomorrow, and we’re hoping to hear some detailed details about the Pre’s more technical side.…