29 Apr 09 Palm Pre spotted, again
Seems like ladies really dig the Palm Pre. First, we had the lovely Angelina Jolie giving it a thumbs-up (while subtly berating a certain other handset, that is sexy in its own way) and now, we have another lady with a penchant for pink whiling her train ride away with the Palm Pre. We aren’t even sure that it’s the Palm Pre, but it sure looks like one with its tell-tale slide-down keypad and the distinct rounded edges. Latest grapevine gives us a likely release date of June 7, but with so many dates flying around these days, it’s hard to really say unless Palm or Sprint stop playing the clam game.
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27 Apr 09 Leaked Sprint Document Reveals the Pre for New Users
We were actually waiting for stuff like this to get leaked. What better way to make more buzz about a phone that has the potential to overtake the iPhone if everything plays out nice? And even if the document is fake consumers will still fantasize about all those features presented in the guide above. The guide will help you deal with the totally new toy. The new software is described in detail. You get enough information about managing cards and memory space, a walkthrough on how to reset the device but I guess you will be getting used to all that new software in no time.
What you can also expect are OTA updates, an App Catalog for downloads and online backup availability. A Data Transfer Assistant should help you migrate old Palm OS data to your new Pre and since you’ll have a new phone you will be required to subscribe to a Simple Everything / Simple Everything data plan or Business Essential Plan. Unfortunatelly some Sprint services will not be available at first but who knows what’s coming later. Sprint Music, Sprint PictureMail and Sprint Digital Lounge can be all forgotten for now.
So what do you think? Is this the real deal or are we getting punk’d?
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24 Apr 09 Palm Pre Gets Spotted
If Angelina Jolie has been playing with a Pre already we should only assume that others have done it too. We don’t know how many Pres got off the reservation but those lucky testers started speaking their mind and taking pictures. Here we have a Palm Pre in action and it looks like there’s some YouTube browsing going on in a related application. And as always there’s the possibility that someone’s imagination ran amok and what resulted from the process is this cleverly photoshopped image. You be the judge of it all.
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23 Apr 09 T-Mobile Already Sold Over One Million G1s
T-Mobile seems happy to announce that it has sold over one million G1 Android phones in the USA so far. That’s quite an achievement considering that the phone has been launched by a carrier who’s 3G network is still young. As a matter of fact the G1 is the most popular 3G phone sold by T-Mobile so far considering that from the 1.5 million 3G handsets active on T-Mobile’s network over a million are represented by HTC’s G1. Considering that T-Mobile is going to expand the current 3G network and that the carrier is planning more Android phones for 2009, are we to expect more and more subscribers to switch to an Android-powered T-Mobile handset? And let’s not forget that this year the competition is going to unveil some serious smartphones: Sprint will bring the Pre, AT&T the next-gen iPhone and Verizon the Storm 2 and not only. What about you? Have you purchased your first Android phone yet?
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21 Apr 09 Angelina Likes the Pre More
Angelina Jolie certainly knows her tech and gadgets. And apparently she has made up her mind! The Pre is better than the rest and by the rest she means the iPhone. The Examiner says that Jolie already owns a Pre and she talked about it on the set of Salt, her latest movie. One of her assistants said:
I asked her how she likes the phone. She went on about it for about two minutes. She basically said she likes the software better than the iPhone, she likes the thumboard for texting (although the keys aren’t big enough), and thinks the screen is beautiful but can be too easily scratched.
So there you have it folks. The Pre could be better than the iPhone but it also has some flaws. What do you think?
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19 Apr 09 Palm Pre Emulator Does 3D Graphics Too
That’s right future webOS lovers, Pre’s Classic Palm OS emulator will be able to run all those precious Palm applications that you’ve grown to love. And you might be surprised of its capabilities. The video here shows the emulator running a 3D game, the GTS World Racer. That means the Pre has enough power to run 3D games and applications. And if the emulator works as good, we can only conclude that 3D games for webOS will run even smoother.
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14 Apr 09 Palm Pre caught on the street
This may not be what you quite expected, like a release date or a price, but it’s surely something. Palm’s savior, the Palm Pre, was recently caught hanging out with a couple of guys at the Bring Your Own Wheel race in San Franscisco. The keen-eyed fella who snapped the picture above with his E71 quizzed the Pre-sporting duo about its public release date and all he could get out of them was a vague “probably won’t have to wait too much longer,” which neither fortifies the rumors of an impending May release nor denies it. Still, it’s good to see the device up and about giving us hope that we “probably don’t have to wait much longer.” Read on for a couple more pictures…
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12 Apr 09 Palm Pre Touchstone to Become an Entire Product Line?
You should remember that Touchstone charger made especially for the Pre but just in case you don’t, we’ll be happy to bring it back to your attention. And this time we have a little bit of unexpected information about the Touchstone. It looks like the Touchstone inductive charging dock is going to be the first product in a whole new line of Touchstone wireless products. Will future devices be able to charge only Palm phones or should we expect it to become an universal wireless charger. Check out the video above for more information.
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11 Apr 09 Palm Pre Release Dates Revealed: May 17 and June 29
Last time we checked the Pre was coming on April 30. And now we hear we have new release dates for it. Sprint employees are already training for the Pre and they should be ready either by May 17 or June 29.
The carrier enforced a vacation freeze for May and the phone will arrive on May 17 if Sprint will have enough units until that date. Otherwise Sprint will sell the Pre on June 29. Isn’t that a little too late? Won’t the next iPhone arrive before the Pre that way? What do you say Palm? Will we see the Pre on May 17?
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10 Apr 09 Sprint Starts Palm Pre Training
In what many call as a sign of things to come, Sprint employees have reportedly started training on the Palm Pre, a development many foresee as the imminent release of the highly anticipated mobile device.
The Palm Pre is rumored to be released somewhere between April and May and if this factor is to be considered for the developmental stages of the Palm Pre then perhaps we may see the launch of this phone.
All the rumors and speculations of a mid-April/late April/May launch of the Palm Pre doesn’t appear to be too far of a stretch. Stated in an email from Sprint, “Employees can expect training to start in April as well as multiple communications to get them excited and ready to help our customers.” I was wondering if the training has begun — so I asked for a confirmation on that thought.
“I would like to inform that Sprint is in the process of providing the training for the new Palm Pre. Once it’s launched, Sprint will be ready to serve their valued customers regarding the Palm Pre.”
The fact that Sprint employees are already training up on the Palm Pre, pretty much implies that the release date of the Pre should be near. On top of that, early this week, Sprint began getting the word out about the Pre with their new marketing campaign.
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08 Apr 09 Treo Pro Smartphone Now Available at Telus in Canada
The Treo Pro Smartphone is now officially available in Canada through Telus as announced by Palm Inc. today. With its smartly designed high-resolution color touch screen and full web-browsing capabilities layered on Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional, Treo Pro is the ideal smartphone for business users and consumers.
Treo Pro offers TELUS clients simplicity and productivity, including TELUS mobile email, TELUS Navigator, Wi-Fi, web and 3G network capabilities, to meet the needs of businesses and consumers alike. Treo Pro’s thin design blends style and functionality with an LCD touch screen, one-touch buttons and a full QWERTY keyboard.
The 3G-capable Treo Pro smartphone from TELUS helps optimize business processes by effortlessly mobilizing users with enhancements to the Windows Mobile platform, including:
- Full QWERTY keyboard
- High-resolution color LCD touch screen
- Dedicated email and calendar buttons for fast one-button access
- Ringer switch, which silences the device immediately
- One-touch Wi-Fi button for an easy, fast Wi-Fi connection experience (802.11b/g)(1)
- Screen saver, which lets users know at a glance – without turning on the device – what time it is and whether they have missed a call or have a new SMS message
- New voicemail indicator which flashes to let users know that a voicemail is waiting(2)
- TELUS Navigator, for audible turn-by-turn navigation
- TELUS Visual Voice Mail
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07 Apr 09 Sprint Comes Out With New Advertising Campaign
Both Sprint and Palm are counting on the Pre to bring them significant quantities of cash this year. We’re counting on the Pre to be that Apple contender we’ve been waiting for and even more than that. But in the mean time we can enjoy Sprint’s new advertising campaign. Bill Morgan, Sprint’s senior vice president of corporate marketing says:
The idea behind the campaign is to demonstrate all the things that happen on the Now Network in today’s fast-paced world. Sprint’s Now Network means that our customers can get what they want when they want – whether it’s staying connected through a call, text or e-mail, surfing the web, using GPS, or working remotely and wirelessly.
Will the Pre get us everything? Really? We’re going to check everything for ourselves once the Pre get out.
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04 Apr 09 Palm Pre Takes Advantage of iPhone Flaws
Restrictions of the iPhone have become an opportunity for competitors to bank on as the Palm Pre has announced that they will highlight such restrictions and perhaps shift the user preference in their favor with the shortcomings of the Apple iPhone.
At Sprint’s press lounge during the CTIA Wireless Association’s annual event, Palm stressed the advantages of the new webOS platform at the heart of the Pre by running presentations of carefully selected third-party software live on sample phones.
The most advanced was Pandora’s Internet radio app. On an iPhone OS device, the music service is partly neutered by Apple’s refusal to allow true background tasks, preventing users from listening to streams while they run other chores; on the Palm Pre, Pandora not only runs in the background but hooks into the always-on notification bar to let listeners approve or dismiss songs without having to even switch active tasks.
Regardless of what the Pre and webOS may do correctly for app developers, however, timing may potentially sink Palm’s success in attracting developers as wells as Palm owners. Palm and Sprint continue to cling to a “first half of 2009″ release date in spite of more than half of that time already having disappeared. With a late spring launch now the most likely, Palm may have to contend directly with Apple’s third-generation iPhone launch expected at or around WWDC in June.
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01 Apr 09 Palm OS Emulation Available from Pre’s webOS?
Will old Palm applications still be available on that new webOS coming in the new Pre? Well it seems like the answer is yes. An icon which indicates an older Palm device and which wears a “Classic” label has been spotted in a new video demo of the Pre. That means you will be able to bring all your favorite Palm applications aboard your fresh Pre once it’s going to be available for grabs. On the other hand maybe we should think ahead. webOS might actually be getting its very own Palm applications which should be pretty interesting. Do you really need Palm OS emulation on your new Pre?
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29 Mar 09 Rumored: Palm Pre to Arrive on April 30
Go get your calendar and mark down this date: April 30. According to some recent rumor coming from a beta tester of the Palm Pre, the smartphone is on its way and it will arrive on April 30. It will cost $299.99 with a two-year contract. Is Palm desperate enough to hurry up with the release? It had a bad quarter and we would definitely understand if it’s trying to change all that.
On the other hand would Palm or Sprint allow a beta tester to tell everyone that the phone is coming? Is it a marketing trick? The source of the information is Jim Van, a guy working for Logicomm, an IT company from Rhode Island. And why would a beta tester give out his name? And how come does he know the actual release date? We’ll know more for you in about a month.
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20 Mar 09 Palm Loses $95 Million This Quarter
Palm has posted a net loss of $95 million in the third quarter of the fiscal year. That means the economical crisis is still going strong and people are not that interested in current Palm handsets. Palm has sold 482,000 units compared to 833,000 in the same quarter last year. That equals a 71% drop in total earnings compared to last year, from $312 million to $90.6 million. Despite all this, the Pre is coming and CEO Ed Colligan assured everyone that everything is on schedule. Probably Palm is really counting on that Pre to take them out of that hole they are currently in.
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20 Mar 09 Otterbox Cases for the Palm Centro & Palm Treo 800w Smartphones
It looks like Otterbox is making an aggressive approach to the mobile world. After announcing new cases for the Blackberry and the Apple gadgets, it also reveals its own line for the Palm Centro and Palm Treo 800W Smartphones.
Whether your commute consists of driving downtown, flying across the country or just picking up the kids from school, protect your Palm devices with cases from OtterBox. With the improved design of the Defender Series for the Palm Centro and Palm Treo 800w smartphones you can take your device on-the-go with supreme protection from drops, dust, dirt and scratches.
The OtterBox for Palm Centro and Palm Treo 800w smartphone cases provide complete interaction so you can make a phone call or read emails right through the case. Silicone plugs provide access to sync/charge jacks and acoustic vents protect speakers and microphones while providing clear sound transmission. Each case includes a holster style swivel belt clip for easy carrying and access.
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18 Mar 09 Chi Mei Communication Systems to Make the Palm Pre
According to the word on the street, that Palm wonder which is the Pre will be manufactured by that Taiwanese OEM Chi Mei Communication Systems. The company also makes phones for Motorola so we should assume the guys know what they’re doing. Are we to understand that they are just starting to make the Pres? Have they started before?
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17 Mar 09 Q&A at the Sprint Palm Webinar Video Clip
If the previous videos on the Sprint Palm Webinar were far from convincing and answering the things on your mind, check out this “Question and Answer” portion.
A lot of details and issues are covered which were not mentioned on the actual webinar presentation so you may find them over at the Q&A portion.
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15 Mar 09 Palm Treo Pro Available from Sprint Starting Today
It looks like Sprint is really hot today. We’ve seen the Rumor 2 and the Moto i9 which were officially released today and they got a decent companion, the Palm Treo Pro.
The Treo Pro will be available to you starting today for $299.99 before a $100 mail-in rebate but only with an Everything Plan or data plan of $30 or more. What do you think? Is it worth getting the Treo Pro today when the Pre is coming this summer?
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