Palm Centro Smartphone Ships

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Palm announced the smartphone Centro in September. The Palm Centro ships now from the Palm Store for as low as $99 including a wireless plan and $399 without a wireless plan.

Features of the Palm Centro include QVGA touch screen, keyboard, PALM OS 5.4.9, Bluetooth, 64MB memory, 1.3MP camera, 3.5 hours talk time, up to 300 hours standby time. Read more

Posted on Tue, 16 Oct 2007 08:35:33 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

NEC US110 Palm-Sized Thin Client PC

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NEC announces a tiny PC dubbed US110. The NEC US110 supports virtual PC screen transfer and high-speed video rendering for video conferencing.

The thin-client PC measures only 150x94x30.4mm and weighs 350g.
5 USB 2.0 ports, VGA, microphone input, line-out terminals (stereo mini-jack), keyboard, and Gigabit LAN adaptor are the available interfaces of the US110. Read more

Posted on Mon, 15 Oct 2007 04:39:15 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Palm Launches Centro Smart Phone

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Palm launched a new Smartphone in America today called the Centro. The Centro has a 320 x 320 resolution screen with 16-bit color and runs Palm OS 5.4.9. The phone is a dual-band CDMA2000 EvDO backwards compatible unit that also features Bluetooth 1.2.

There is 64MB of onboard memory and the camera is 1.3 megapixels with 2x digital zoom lens and video capture capability. Power comes from a rechargeable lithium-ion battery with 3.5 hours of talk time or up to 300 hours of standby time. Read more

Posted on Thu, 27 Sep 2007 13:23:01 CDT | by Shane McGlaun

Palm Announces Treo 500v for Vodafone

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Palm launched a new Treo model today running Windows Mobile 6 for Vodafone customers called the Treo 500v. The device uses high-speed 3G/UMTS mobile web access. Initially the new phone will be exclusively available from Vodafone starting in October.

Other features for the 500v include a full keyboard, large 320 x 240 screen with 16-bit color, and a 2MP camera. The battery is good for 10 days standby time and up to 4.5 hours of talk time. Internal memory is 256MB and memory is expandable via microSD cards. Read more

Posted on Wed, 12 Sep 2007 10:44:23 CDT | by Shane McGlaun

Fujitsu Announces PalmSecure Mouse and Login Kit

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Fujitsu today introduced the world’s first PC mouse that features built-in palm vein authentication. The mouse uses technology from both Fujitsu and Frontech Limited and is also available as a stand alone palm vein authentication unit.

The PalmSecure Pc Login Kit includes login-authentication software, which has a greater fault tolerance for the angle the hand is at when the authenticator is used. Fujitsu says that the PalmSecure mouse can easily replace an existing mouse. Read more

Posted on Tue, 11 Sep 2007 07:54:59 CDT | by Shane McGlaun

Palm, Motorola seen most hurt by iPhone Price Cut

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By Sinead Carew

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Apple Inc's hefty iPhone price cut pits it in direct competition with handsets from Motorola Inc and Palm Inc , which are struggling to convince Wall Street they can turn around their aging brands. Read more

Posted on Fri, 7 Sep 2007 08:33:54 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Palm cancels Foleo

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Palm canceled the smartphone companion Foleo just before it shipped.

Palm announced the Foleo on May 30th. I already wrote a piece the next day that Foleo is a boring product. Back then the highly anticipated and low-cost Asus EEE had not even been announced.

Palm says on its corporate blog that the company is now focusing on their next generation platform and the first smartphones that will bring this platform to market. Read more

Posted on Wed, 5 Sep 2007 01:57:09 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Hands-On with the Palm Foleo

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Krunker got their hands on the new Palm Foleo smartphone companion at a Palm retail store at the Grove in Los Angeles.

Quote from the hands-on Foleo report: "I’ll reserve my final judgement on the Foleo when it comes out at the end of the summer. Until then, I think there is a market for the Foleo - I just don’t think it’s as large as Palm hopes it would be. If Palm would provide more functionality than just email and web browsing to the Foleo, then I would be far more positive (and hopeful) of the device. Read more

Posted on Wed, 18 Jul 2007 05:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

New Palm Treo Smartphone Leaked

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Rumors about a new low-cost Palm Treo appeared over the last couple of days supported by leaked images.

The new Palm Treo would come as a Windows and Palm version and sell for $200.
The code name is supposedly "Gandolf".
Features of the unannounced Palm Treo are to include EVDO (rev. A), camera, Bluetooth and a Micro SD expansion slot. Read more

Posted on Sun, 10 Jun 2007 11:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Palm to get Private Equity Investment

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The Wall Street Journal reports that Palm is selling a 25% stake private-equity investor Elevation Partners.

Under the deal Elevation Partners will invest $325 million for a 25% share of Palm.
Palm just announced last week a new product called the Foleo. Read more

Posted on Mon, 4 Jun 2007 04:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Palm Foleo is not Sexy, HTC Shift and FlyBook V5 are

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Yesterday Palm introduced the Foleo Smartphone companion. It is a 10 inch simplified notebook with full QWERTY keyboard running on Linux.

Palm bets on the simplicity with the Foleo and added important things like instant on to the device. The price is $599. In the beginning you get a $100 rebate bringing the price down to $499.
Foleo has wi-fi, which makes it also a web pad like the Nokia N800.

I think the major problem with the Foleo is that it is not sexy and not cool. The Foleo will find its customers, who like Palm or appreciate the no frills design. Read more

Posted on Thu, 31 May 2007 11:37:05 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Video demonstrating Palm Foleo

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Palm officially announced the Palm Foleo Mobile Companion a short while ago. We have just published a video demonstrating the new Palm device - see the video here.

The Foleo mobile companion has 10 inch screen and full-size keyboard with which to view and edit email and office documents residing on a smartphone. Read more

Posted on Wed, 30 May 2007 14:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Palm Foleo Mobile Companion

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Palm officially announces the Foleo Mobile Companion. See the photos here. See also this new Foleo Video

The Foleo mobile companion has a large screen and full-size keyboard with which to view and edit email and office documents residing on a smartphone. Edits made on Foleo automatically are reflected on its paired smartphone and vice versa. Foleo and its paired smartphone stay synchronized throughout the day or at the touch of a button. Read more

Posted on Wed, 30 May 2007 12:42:17 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Palm Foleo

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A Palm press-release has leaked briefly describing the new device Palm is supposed to present in a couple of hours at the D: All Things Digital conference.

Update:
Palm Foleo officially announced with Photos
Video of Palm Foleo
Foleo Versus HTC Shift and Flybook V5

The new Palm device is supposed to be called Foleo. It would feature a screen and full size keyboard and work together with your smartphone. It supposed to run Linux and sell for $499. The source press-release is a bit short and could be all fake. Read more

Posted on Wed, 30 May 2007 10:20:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Palm reveals new Mobile Device at D: All Things Digital

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Yesterday we reported in our Future Products category about a rumored new UMPC from Palm dubbed in the community as "Hawk".

Update 05/30/07:
Palm Hawk is Foleo - see photos

Today I received a confirmation that Palm, Inc. founder Jeff Hawkins will reveal a new type of mobile device at the D: All Things Digital executive conference in Carlsbad, Calif., on May 30th. Read more

Posted on Fri, 25 May 2007 12:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Palm UMPC ''Hawk''

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Here we have another interesting and still very, very vague future product: A Ultra Mobile PC (UMPC) coming from Palm. The community gave it the codename "Hawk" to pay tribute to Jeff Hawkins, one of Palm's founders.

That Palm would create a new device that is not a phone and not a PDA is a topic since years.

First more focused rumors of the Palm Hawk sprung up in March on the Palm Forums. Brighthand (via Gizmodo) reiterated the rumor yesterday with some predictions what the Hawk is supposed to be. Read more

Posted on Thu, 24 May 2007 03:05:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Palm Treo 755p Review

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Laptop Mag reviews the new Palm Treo 755p. The smartphone is slimmer, but still runs same old Palm OS.

Quote from the review:
"Those hoping for a breakthrough in design or software should look elsewhere or wait to see what Palm has coming next. However, the Treo 755p offers a lot of functionality without a steep learning curve and it's a little less bulky than previous models. Read more

Posted on Wed, 9 May 2007 02:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Future of Palm contains Linux and Windows

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Palm held a Analyst and Investor Day today in New York and told analysts, actually not that much, besides that the smartphone market is growing to $36 billion by 2009.

Question remains if Palm can grow with the market, despite the new entries into the smartphone market.
Palm did not comment on the rumors that Palm is up for sale. The company does not see Apple's upcoming iPhone a competitor in the business market. Read more

Posted on Tue, 10 Apr 2007 22:59:10 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Palm Treo 750 Review

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Digital Trends reviewed the Palm Treo 750 smartphone.

Quote from the review:
"The 750 is saddled with a bloated price: $399.99 with a two-year contract and including a $100 rebate, but $649.99 if you're not buying or extending your Cingular plan. Considering the $499/$599 pricing on the 4GB and 8GB iPhones due in June or the similarly-spec'd Samsung Blackjack at $199.99 w/contract or $499.99 w/o contract, it's hard to justify opting for the 750. "
Read the full Palm Treo 750 Review.
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