Palm Pre
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Nokia N97
Reviews Although the Nokia N97 is packed with features, its clunky touch interface, sky-high price tag and outdated operating system make it hard to recommend when there are better touch-screen smartphones on the market.
Tags: Smart Phone, Video, Touch Screen, phone, keyboard, Apple iPhone, Nokia Corp., High Tech Computer Corp., camera
Palm waiting for Pre to end revenue slump
News Palm's run of rough quarters did not end in February, as the company announces it recorded nearly half the revenue Wall Street was expecting it to garner.
Tags: Mobile platforms/communications, Development/design, Palm Inc., Apple Inc., Sprint Communications, Palm Treo, Sales, Software Update, Pre, Wall Street
Palm calls it a comeback with the Palm Pre
News Palm has finally demonstrated its next-generation operating system on a new smartphone called the Pre, leaving out many details but impressing early reviewers.
Tags: Wireless e-mail devices, PalmOS, 3G (Third Generation), Palm Inc., Apple Inc., computing company, Ina Fried, hardware keyboard, touchscreen phone, phone
Orange pairs with Apple on iPhone deal
News O2's exclusivity on the Apple handset will draw to a close by the end of the year, as its France Telecom-owned rival wins the right to sell the iPhone in the United Kingdom.
Tags: Cellular phones, O2 Plc., Apple Inc., Spokesperson, Gartner Inc., tariff, T-Mobile, Apple iPhone, Cellular phones
Google offers JavaScript programming tools
News In a new step to make the Web a more powerful foundation for programs, Google is releasing Closure Tools that it says produce faster, better code.
Tags: Open source, Cloud computing, Google Inc., compiler, software, Cloud computing, Web Browser, Internet Search Advertising, Tool, Open source
Mozilla coders join Palm, apparently jabbing Apple
News Dion Almaer and Ben Galbraith now lead developer relations at Palm. Will their work on mobile Web applications help developers bypass Apple's control?
Tags: Web services, Web 2.0, Web servers, Palm Inc., Apple Inc., Web Browser, Mozilla Corp., Programming, Apple iPhone, Web
Two Verizon Android phones coming in 2009
News Verizon and Google make partnership official with promises to collaborate on Android-based phones and other devices over the next several years.
Tags: Smart phones, Mobile applications, Google Android, Google Inc., Verizon Communications Inc., Phone, software, network, partnership, mobile
Yahoo intros new iPhone and BlackBerry apps
News Internet company is focusing more on developing specific applications for devices, such as the iPhone, as it shifts its mobile strategy.
Tags: Mobile/Wireless, Mobile applications, RIM BlackBerry, Web Browser, Apple iPod, Flickr, Apple iPod Touch, mobile application, Apple iPhone, strategy
Palm Pre set for European launch
News The smartphone will arrive in Spain, Germany, Ireland and the United Kingdom in time for the holidays, in an exclusive deal with carrier Telefonica.
Tags: Smart phones, Mobile platforms, Web services, Server platforms, Palm Inc., O2 Plc., operating system, phone, CEO, North America
Palm opens doors to WebOS applications
News New developer program will allow mobile apps to be sold and installed without review by Palm, waiving fees for open source developers.
Tags: Smart phones, Cellular phones, Open Source, Palm Inc., Apple Inc., software, Palm Pre, mobile, Developer, Sales
RIM's vastly improved BlackBerry Storm
News New touchscreen sensors on the Storm 2 make a huge difference in usability. Still, Apple needn't worry.
Tags: Smart phones, Palm Inc., Apple Inc., BlackBerry Storm, RIM BlackBerry, Phone, Motorola Inc., Palm Pre, Storm 2, Smart Phone
Palm Pre launch details revealed this week?
News Reports are floating around the blogosphere that Sprint is getting ready to finally say when it will launch the iPhone rival and how much it plans to charge.
Tags: Smart phones, Palm Inc., Sprint Communications, retail company, Wal-Mart Stores Inc., Best Buy Co. Inc., columnist, Apple iPhone, blog, Sprint Nextel Corp.
RIM profit and BlackBerry sales disappoint
News Quarterly sales of Research In Motion's BlackBerry smartphones came in lower than analysts had expected. And earnings were low due a legal charge.
Tags: Cellular phones, Smart phones, RIM BlackBerry, Smart Phone, Research In Motion Ltd., Stock, Sales, Apple iPhone, strategy, analyst
Mini Palm Pre, Pre Centro in the works?
News New rumors say that Palm's second Web OS device will be a mini Palm Pre.
Tags: PalmOS compatibles, Consumer Technology, Palm Inc., Apple Inc., Mobile, Smart Phone, Engadget, operating system, AT&T Corp., Bluetooth
Palm, Sprint to launch Pre early as May?
News Internal Sprint e-mail messages are warning retail employees not to take vacation during May, as training for the Palm Pre launch gets underway.
Tags: Cellular phones, Handhelds, PalmOS, Development/design, Palm Inc., Sprint Communications, Training, Manufacturing, phone, e-mail
