HTC manufactures Palm Treo Pro

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HTC is apparently manufacturing the newest Palm smartphone. Palm announced the Palm Treo Pro this week.
HTC is pretty much behind almost any Windows smartphone.
HTC also makes the upcoming Sony Ericsson XPERIA X1. Read more

Posted on Fri, 22 Aug 2008 11:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Palm unveils Treo Pro to battle BlackBerry

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By Sinead Carew

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Palm Inc unveiled a Treo smartphone on Wednesday based on Microsoft Corp software to compete for business users against rivals such as Research In Motion's BlackBerry.
The new Treo Pro will be sold by Vodafone Group Plc and 02 in Europe in September, and by Telstra in Australia, Palm said.
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Posted on Wed, 20 Aug 2008 20:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Palm Treo Pro Announced

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Palm has officially announced the new Treo Pro handset running on Windows Mobile 6.1 Pro. The handset offers portable versions of some Microsoft Office applications including Word, Outlook, and PowerPoint. The headset has Wi-Fi connectivity and features 320 x 320 pixel touchscreen.

The phone has a voicemail indicator light that flashes to let users know voicemails are waiting and dedicated buttons to access e-mail and calendar. The Treo Pro supports Microsoft Direct Push Technology for connecting to Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 or 2007. The Treo Pro also has a removable and rechargeable battery and ships with a second battery. Read more

Posted on Wed, 20 Aug 2008 13:45:20 CDT | by Shane McGlaun

Palm Treo Pro Launch imminent

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Last week the Palm Treo Pro was leaked. Today I got an email from one of the PR news networks with the announcement of the Palm Treo Pro, but the promised content has been removed.
Some sites have got their hands on some new official material of the Palm Treo Pro. Not sure if Palm just decided to hold off on the announcement of the Palm Treo Pro today, or if some or their PR partners jumped the gun. Read more

Posted on Tue, 19 Aug 2008 10:28:31 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Palm Treo Pro leaked

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Trainings-material for the Palm Treo Pro have leaked on the Palm site and WM Experts stumbled over it.
The slides show a black Treo Pro that was formerly thought to be the Treo 850.
The Treo Pro runs Windows and looks a bit slicker than other Treo smartphones. Read more

Posted on Fri, 15 Aug 2008 00:50:44 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

LG HS102G palm-sized LED Projector unveiled

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LG announces the palm-sized LED projector LG HS102G. Measurements of the highly portable new LG projector are 154x117mm, and the weight is 780g.
The LED DLP HS102G projector achieves a lamp life of over 30,000 hours and runs at a very quite 23db.

The brightness of the HS102G is 160 ANSI Lumen and the contrast ratio is 2,000:1. Read more

Posted on Wed, 6 Aug 2008 00:48:56 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Palm Treo 800w Launches

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Palm officially launched the Treo 800w smartphone this week. A bit of information on the phone showed up back in May. The 800w will be a Sprint exclusive and will run on Windows Mobile 6.1. The 800w supports Sprint’s EV-DO Rev A broadband network.

The device has built-in GPS and can offer point-to-point directions and a searchable index of points of interest. Palm says the device is perfect for business users and integrates right out of the box with support for Exchange Server 2003 SP2 or 2007. The Treo 800w will retail for $249.99 after discounts and 2-year activation. Read more

Posted on Tue, 15 Jul 2008 10:53:34 CDT | by Shane McGlaun

Verizon announces Palm Centro

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Today Verizon Wireless announced that the Palm Centro smartphone will be available online on June 13th (Tomorrow).

The Palm Centro runs on Verizon Wireless’ high-speed data network and Verizon Wireless customers can also use the Centro as a modem for their laptops when they subscribe to Verizon Wireless’ BroadbandAccess Connect service plan. Read more

Posted on Thu, 12 Jun 2008 10:04:41 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Palm sees Centro Phone Sales reaching 2 mln Units

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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Palm Inc on Thursday said it is on its way to 2 million units shipped of its Centro smartphone, a low-end device whose popularity may be challenged by Apple Inc's new lower-priced iPhone.
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Posted on Thu, 12 Jun 2008 09:44:52 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Palm Treo W800 spotted

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The rumored Palm Treo 800W got spotted in the wild and some photos appeared.

The Palm 800W (codename: Zeppelin) is supposed to be running Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional.
Rumored features include QVGA screen, 400Mhz CPU, 128MB Ram, 256MB ROM, GPS, EVDO REV-A support, and Bluetooth. Read more

Posted on Sat, 17 May 2008 08:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Palm Reports Q3 2008 Revenue Figures

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Palm announced its revenue for Q3 2008 that ended February 29th. Palm profits were up backed by strong demand for its Centro smartphone with $312.1 million in revenue. Palm’s Centro smartphone sold a record 833,000 units for a 13% year over year increase. Palms says its smartphones revenues were $275.4 million.

"Centro is off to the strongest start of any smartphone in Palm's history," said Ed Colligan, Palm president and chief executive officer. "Centro's fun design, great price point and amazing array of easy-to-use features is expanding Palm's customer base with more than 70 percent of Centro buyers trading up from traditional cell phones." Read more

Posted on Fri, 21 Mar 2008 07:39:39 CDT | by Shane McGlaun

Palm Treo 750 Review

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Techgage published a review of the Palm Treo 750. The Palm Treo 750 for AT&T sells for $174.99 on Amazon.com.

Quote from the review: "Palm's Treo 750 is one of two models offered with Windows Mobile - this one in particular using 6. Specs include a 2.5" 240x240 touchscreen, 300MHz processor, miniSD support, 1.3MP camera with 2x zoom, 4-hour talk-time, GSM/UMTS support and more." Read more

Posted on Mon, 28 Jan 2008 05:00:00 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

Verizon and Palm Launch the Treo 755p

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Verizon Wireless and Palm announced the availability today of the new Treo 755p Smartphone. The new 755p has an internal antenna, full QWERTY keyboard, a color touch screen, and a built-in 1.3MP camera.

The Treo runs the Palm OS and supports Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and PDF's. Read more

Posted on Mon, 17 Dec 2007 10:29:14 CST | by Shane McGlaun

Palm Centro Review

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Our review partner Digital Trends published a review of the Palm Centro. Palm launched the Centro in September.

Quote from the review: "Like Blackberry, Palm has established itself as a generic term for any Smartphone geared towards businesspeople. Over the past couple year’s mainstream consumers also began wanting more than the average, stripped down cell phone. Read more

Posted on Fri, 7 Dec 2007 01:58:30 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

Garnet (Palm) OS Virtual Machine for Nokia N770, N800 and N810

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Access launches the Garnet VM software for Nokia N770, N800, and N810 Internet Tablets to run Garnet (formerly known as Palm) OS applications.

Garnet VM is a virtual machine software application for running Garnet OS-based applications in a Linux environment, and supports over 30,000 software applications.
Garnet VM for the Nokia Tablets is bundled with Address, Date Book, Memo Pad, and Calculator. Read more

Posted on Wed, 14 Nov 2007 06:00:00 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

I4U Review Round-up: 16GB SDHC Card, Palm Z Silverlit, Apple Keyboard

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Last week we tested what should be the new indoor R/C hit for this holiday season. Last year the Picco Z helicopter (video review) was ultra-hot. Shane tested the new Palm Z Silverlit Mini RC Indoor Airplane to see if it can beat the Picco Z.

We also tested the largest capacity SD card available today. The 16GB SDHC card from A-Data has top notch performance and got an I4U Editor's Choice Award. Read more

Posted on Sun, 28 Oct 2007 06:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Palm Z Silverlit Mini RC Indoor Airplane Review

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Today we are looking at the Silverlit Palm Z Mini RC Indoor airplane. This little plane is the fixed wing brother to the Picco Z helicopter from last year.

The small 8-inch wingspan and slow flight characteristics make the Palm Z easy to fly indoors and resistant to damage when crashed. You can fly up to three of the Palm Z planes at the same time thanks to multiple bands. Read more

Posted on Thu, 25 Oct 2007 09:50:50 CDT | by Shane McGlaun

Palm Announces GPS Navigator with Garmin Software

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Palm announced yesterday that in late November it will be bringing a new GPS product called the Palm GPS Navigator featuring Garmin Mobile XT software. This product will retail for $249.

Palm expects the product to attract new users to the mobile phone GPS market. The new device coupled with the Garmin software provides drivers with turn-by-turn directions that are voice prompted and provides millions of points of interest, updated fuel prices, traffic, hotel prices, and weather forecasts. Read more

Posted on Wed, 24 Oct 2007 07:11:14 CDT | by Shane McGlaun

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