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Palm’s Hot Apps Winners Finally Unveiled, Angry Birds Takes Top Position

Evan Selleck — Fri, 29 Oct 2010 16:29:48 +0000

Back in March, we told you about the PDK Hot Apps competition that Palm was holding, hoping to get some of the best mobile applications shown off for their webOS-based devices. In the process, application developers had the opportunity to win upwards of $100,000 in prize money. And, finally, while the competition ended a couple

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O2 Palm Pre Plus and Pixi Plus due May 28th

Chris Davies — Wed, 19 May 2010 09:12:39 +0000

UK carrier O2 and Palm have announced that the Pre Plus and Pixi Plus will be arriving on the network come May 28th. The handsets – which will be the same as their US brethren, only supporting O2′s UMTS/HSPA network – will be priced from free, tariff depending. Full details after the cut. The Palm

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Palm App Catalog glitch locks out webOS users

Chris Davies — Sat, 15 May 2010 21:17:02 +0000

Palm’s App Catalog appears to have suffered a meltdown of sorts, with users of Palm Pre, Pixi, Pre Plus and Pixi Plus handsets reporting that after having downloaded a new title – whether paid or free – no aftermarket software will run properly. The issue remains even after fully erasing and restarting the phone; in

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Verizon slash Palm Pre Plus to $30

Chris Davies — Mon, 03 May 2010 14:29:41 +0000

The slow scything away at the Palm Pre Plus‘ price continues, with Verizon pushing the webOS smartphone through a second bout of cost cuts that see it down to just $29.99 with a new, two-year contract. The cut follows an earlier discount, made last month, which saw the Pre Plus down to $49.99. In fact,

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Palm CEO talks webOS, Verizon & tablet licensing

Chris Davies — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 16:53:24 +0000

Find yourself talking to Palm CEO Jon Rubinstein, and the furore of speculation, leaks and general rumors are bound to come up. “They’ve been incessant since I joined the company” Rubinstein told SlashGear today, as we talked to the chief executive about the possibilities of takeovers, webOS devices of tomorrow and how Palm has learnt

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Palm Pre Plus & Pixi Plus O2 Germany launch on April 28th

Chris Davies — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 09:37:31 +0000

Having been spotted last month tiptoeing through the GCF in GSM form, the Palm Pre Plus and Pixi Plus have been confirmed for launch on O2 Germany. Announced with a tweet from the carrier’s account, the two webOS smartphones will apparently go up for sale on April 28th. While there’s no word from O2′s other

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Palm Looking at Other Options: webOS Licensing and Further Investments

Evan Selleck — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 23:23:34 +0000

Late last night, news broke across everyone’s desk that Palm was putting itself up for sale. That’s tough information for a lot of people to swallow, but the painting is right on the wall. With a substantial loss reported earlier this year, and the simple fact that the Verizon Wireless bred Palm Pre Plus and

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HTC Looking to Acquire Palm Now?

Evan Selleck — Fri, 09 Apr 2010 19:49:02 +0000

There’s a lot of Palm fans out there. Even more so, there’s a lot of webOS fans out there. And yes, there’s even a few Palm Pre and Pixi device fans out there. There’s no way of getting around that, ladies and gentlemen. Just like there’s iPhone and Android fans. They exist, and their voices

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Verizon slash Palm Pre Plus & Pixi Plus pricing, Mobile Hotspot now free

Chris Davies — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 15:43:31 +0000

Palm’s attempt to turn webOS devices into financial security continues apace, with Verizon slashing prices of the Palm Pre Plus and Pixi Plus to $49.99 and $29.99 respectively. In addition, Verizon have also slashed away the subscription fee for Mobile Hotspot functionality, which turns the Pre Plus or the Pixi Plus into a MiFi-style 3G

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Pre Plus & Pixi Plus face Europe as Palm attempt turnaround

Chris Davies — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 10:28:11 +0000

Palm look to be continuing to make good on their promise to turn around company fortunes by leveraging their existing handset line-up, and the next stage in that is a European release of the Palm Pre Plus and Pixi Plus. Spotted crossing the GCF (Global Certification Forum)’s testing as the Palm P101UEU and P121UEU, the

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Palm Announces $22 Million Loss of $366 Million Profit, Still Hopeful

Evan Selleck — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 22:27:43 +0000

As expected, Palm isn’t doing that hot. The company declared at the end of last month that their lacking smartphones sales had made them decrease their revenue expectations, so the numbers we’re hearing today aren’t that surprising. And while the number of smartphones they shipped is significant, it’s unfortunately not a good representation of the

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Palm Pre and Pixi Face AT&T Launch Delays, Reduced Number of Units

Evan Selleck — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 19:31:23 +0000

The launch of a Palm smartphone running webOS on AT&T’s network hasn’t actually been confirmed as of yet, but that’s not stopping the analysts from declaring their assumptions. The release of the AT&T Palm Pre (Plus?) and Pixi (Plus?) has been on the rumor mill for quite some time, and many people think it’s just

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