The ability to blog on-the-go is at once a blessing and a curse. Mobile blogging (or, moblogging, as it were) opens up so much in the way of productivity, but it also puts a kibosh on all “away from the computer” excuses. Double-edged swords like this are commonplace in the mobile space. With the Palm…
Palm announces unlocked Palm Centro for the contract-wary, Google Maps My Location for Palm Centro
Long-term contracts and carrier-locked handsets are almost a fact of life for many in the US. Sure, Sprint, Verizon, and AT&T have all picked up a Palm Centro to complement their portfolio of smartphones, but the Big Three US wireless carriers are going to want you to sign up for a 2-year stint. For those…
Palm Treo 800w launch date confirmed – July 13 on Sprint
With the summer wireless-hardware-blockbuster set to give eager mobile enthusiasts a new wave of high-end smartphones to drool over, we’ve got the latest launch date details on the much-anticipated (for some, anyway) Palm Treo 800w on Sprint. An alleged inventory sheet has been posted up on HowardForums, indicating that the Sprint Palm Treo 800w will…
Rogers brings Palm Centro to Canada
Palm’s little bottom-line booster is going to be making its debut in Canada – on Rogers’ wireless network. With the Cobalt Blue-colored Palm Centro having just been launched on Verizon Wireless, Rogers has just taken the wraps off its own version of the popular, lightweight smartphone from Palm Rogers is slated to launch the Apple…
Three Palm devices to get firmware updates this summer
Just when we reported that Alltel’s Treo 755p is getting the ROM update, thanks to TreoCentral we’ve become aware of updates for other Palm’s devices – the Treo 700wx, Sprint Centro, and the Verizon Treo 755p. Let’s briefly go through each of the updates, shall we. Treo 700wx will get the Windows Mobile 6 Professional…
Verizon announces Palm Centro in crisp cobalt blue for for $99.99!
Today Verizon Wireless announced that it is finally joining Palm’s Centro party. Beginning tomorrow, June 13, customers will be able to grab the one device that helped Palm boost its marketshare. Verizon got the crisp cobalt blue version, which we saw back in April. In order to grab the Centro from Verizon, you’ll have to…
Alltel’s Treo 755p gets ROM update
Palm has quietly released a new ROM update for the Treo 755p users on the Alltel network. We’re not sure what exactly is included with the new, version 1.03 of the firmware, but it seems like a stability-issue-fixing update. Palm only said: “This software update is for a phone reset issue that occurs under certain…
Palm Centro boosts Palm marketshare, RIM sees BlackBerry market share rise, Apple loses in iPhone market
Just as we’re getting ready to write-off the aging Palm OS and make room in our hearts for the next-generation Palm OS, Palm goes and regains some lost ground in the smartphone market. Palm has apparently seen its smartphone market-share rise to 13.4%, up from 7.9% in Q4 2007. The popular Palm Centro is credited…
Palm CEO Ed Colligan talks up Linux-based Palm OS 2.0 – Nova
If you ask us, we’re done listening to Palm just talking about their Palm OS 2.0. We want to see the Linux-based revamp to the so-old-it’s-senile Palm OS before Palm’s mobile platform fades from our radar. In an effort to keep us all interested in Palm’s overhauled mobile OS, the company’s CEO, Ed Colligan, talked…
Palm Treo 850 specifications
Fans of Palm’s Treo lineup of smartphones are no doubt waiting on the edge of their seats for Palm to go live with the next-generation Treo lineup. And, from the looks of the leaked and in-the-wild pictures we’ve seen of the fresh, new wares, it’s not hard to see why. The slimmer, sleeker, and more…