Verizon Wireless has finally announced their new smartphone lineup that we’ve been expecting for some time now. The US CDMA carrier has gone official with four new smartphones – the Samsung i760, Verizon XV6800, SMT5800, and Palm Treo 755p. The Samsung i760 will be hitting the No. 2 carrier’s network through online sales on October…
Palm goes green; Wants to recycle mobile phones
In an effort to protect the environment and to get some media recognition I might add, Palm has announced that it will start a recycling campaign for mobile phones. Under the Environmental Stewardship program, Palm will properly dispose toxic components such as mercury, lead or lithium found in today’s cell phones. Or to put it…
Black Palm Centro now available on Sprint’s site for $99 with contract
In case you’ve been waiting for Sprint to finally release the Palm OS powered Centro, your wait is over. For just $99, after instant savings of $200 and $100 mail-in rebate, you’ll get the latest Palm OS based smartphone which sports the full QWERTY keyboard, 1.56×1.56 inch 320×320 TFT touchscreen, Bluetooth connectivity, 1.3 MP camera,…
Palm Treo 500v with TPP UI overlay on Windows Mobile
What? Doesn’t the Palm Treo 500v use Windows Mobile as its operating system? What’s with this TPP user interface? Yes, Palm thankfully endowed the Treo 500v with Windows Mobile, but Vodafone has overlayed the traditional WinMo menu structure with a new UI, dubbed TPP. The new menu structure provides faster and easier access to applications…
Palm’s profits go down the drain – posts huge 1Q loss
Palm is dying, and here’s the first indication. The critically “unnovative” (sic) Palm has just posted their 1Q report, and it looks like Palm is $841,000 in the red. Compare this with the $16 million profit that the company posted a year ago, and you can see the makings of an empire in collapse. Palm…
Palm’s Ed Colligan talks new OS to investors; We’ve heard it all before
Palm’s Ed Colligan has been talking to investors about the company’s “upcoming” mobile OS. According to reports, Ed confirmed that Centro and Foleo teams are cooperating and are “totally focused” on the Linux-based OS. The bad news is that we’ll have to wait for the end of the next calendar year to see Palm’s baby…
Palm teases us with Palm Centro – don’t you wish there were more of you?
Palm’s newest smartphone offering is also their smallest – of course we’re talking about the Palm Centro. The smartphone maker has taken the wraps off its Palm Centro teaser site, with the tag-line “Do you wish there were more of you?” It looks like Palm is banking on the entry-level demographic that’s looking to boost…
Airtel brings Palm Treo 750 to India
Until now, to get a Treo in India you would have to pay the full price of the device and buy it unlocked. Guess Airtel, India’s largest mobile phone and fixed network operator, figured that out, hence along with Palm, they’ve announced the availability of the Treo 750 smartphone in the world’s fastest growing mobile…
Rogers Canada picks up their first Windows Mobile 6.0 smartphone – the Palm Treo 750
Rogers Wireless is finally joining the Windows Mobile 6.0 party with the launch of the WinMo6-powered Palm Treo 750. As Canada’s sole GSM wireless carrier, Rogers will be getting an exclusive on the Treo 750’s 1.3 megapixel camera, 300Mhz Samsung processor, 128MB RAM, Bluetooth, and quad-band (850/900/1800/1900Mhz) GSM radio with 2100Mhz HSDPA . We’re sure…
Treo 500v first impressions: “Best Treo yet!”
Says the guys over at Treonauts. They did a quick write up of their unboxing and are ridiculously impressed with the build quality of this device. Not having a touch screen isn’t slowing them down one bit. Check out what else they have to say. After owning a Nokia N95 I can’t imagine what a…