Can’t wait to get your hands on a Palm Treo 800w? Well, if delayed gratification isn’t something you’ve developed a taste for, then give Sprint a call. The exclusive Palm Treo 800w carrier (at least for now) has started accepting pre-orders for the device through its Telesales system (877-639-8351). As expected, the Palm Treo 800w…
Palm closing up MyPalm portal
With their market share dropping ever lower these days, Palm’s taken a proactive approach to streamlining its operation. Rather than finalize and launch their MyPalm portal out of beta-land, Palm has apparently decided to close-up shop on their Palm information portal. On September 1, 2008, MyPalm will cease to exist. Here’s Palm’s explanation for killing…
Study: Apple’s iPhone 3G to have “tsunami” effect on consumer smartphone market
The iPhone 3G will be launching at 8am local time on July 11. And, as soon as sales go live, the US is going to see a tremendous shift in the smartphone market. According to a new survey from ChangeWave Research, consumers are looking more toward the iPhone 3G than either the RIM-made BlackBerry lineup…
AT&T’s Centro gets a new color – Electric blue
Like they won’t have all the attention they need this Friday when the new iPhone 3G launches, AT&T will be also adding the Centro in color – Electric blue. Specs remain the same, and the newly colored device joins the other two versions – “glacier white” and “obsidian black.” But that’s not all. Palm seems…
Sprint posts Palm Treo 800w user manual
Sprint’s upcoming Palm Treo 800w is something of a big deal for Palm. The Palm Treo 800w represents Palm’s latest effort to retake a portion of its once-huge smartphone market share, and a true test of Palm’s ability to follow-up on the success of the Palm Centro. And, helping to spread the word about their…
Matias Duarte bringing Sidekick, Helio UI expertise to Palm’s new PalmOS Nova
While Helio’s wireless experience left so much to be desired that the company has resorted to gussying itself up as Virgin Mobile’s main-course meal, the MVNO’s handsets featured custom-designed UIs (User Interfaces) that offered top-notch user experiences. That same designer, Matias Duarte, also had a huge hand in crafting Danger’s Sidekick UI, owing to the…
Palm Treo 700wx does Windows Mobile 6
Sprint, Verizon, and Alltel subscribers with Palm Treo 700wx smartphones in hand, take heed. Following on Sprint’s “minor update” released earlier this year, ROM cooks (“chefs,” as we like to call them) have managed to get a fully-working Windows Mobile 6.0 installation running on a Palm Treo 700wx. The Windows Mobile 6.0 AKU 4.2 ROM…
Palm rolls out firmware update for Verizon’s Palm Treo 755p
What better way to keep that aging smartphone from feeling a little less “wise” in years, especially when compared with the new wave of smartphone hotness slated to drop in the coming months, than to give it a quick firmware update? To be fair, the Palm Treo 755p isn’t exactly old, but the Palm handset’s…
Palm posts $43 million Q4 loss despite increased revenue
This sounds all too familiar. Like Helio’s inability to turn a profit despite increasing their cash inflow, Palm has posted their Q4 earnings to disappointing effect. Palm highlighted the fact that their revenue was up 29%, based on smartphones sales of 968,000 units totaling $296.2 million. But, it wasn’t enough to hide the fact that…
Another Palm Treo 800w leak
How much do you love blurry spy-shots of not-yet-final mobile phones? We do too. The latest peak of Palm’s upcoming flagship Palm Treo 800w comes to us as in-hand and comparison shots. We can see that the Palm Treo 800w is a test-model with a non-final paint scheme. The tester serial number also looks like…