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Mar 22 2007 - 12:55 AM ET | Motorola, Palm
Rumors of a Palm takeover have gained ground, though insiders don't believe that a deal is yet imminent. Acquisition rumors aren't exactly a new thing for the company, but the volume has picked up in recent weeks. The list of...
CES 2007 -- Cingular Wireless has officially announced the Palm Treo 750. The long awaited device is the first Treo from Cingular to have either 3G or Windows Mobile. The 750 has been shipping in Europe for quite some...
Dec 12 2006 - 03:52 PM ET | Backpage, Palm
Palm has cut a deal with Access for a perpetual Palm OS Garnet license. Back in September of 2005 Access bought out PalmSource, the company that makes PalmOS. Palm paid Access $44 million for the license, which is a steal...
Nov 28 2006 - 05:18 PM ET | Palm
Shares of Palm [PALM] traded down more than 7% Tuesday after the company announced lowered projections for the upcoming quarter and revealed that the Treo 750 was behind schedule. Palm blamed a certification delay (likely the FCC) for its inability...
Nov 22 2006 - 03:36 PM ET | Cingular, Palm
Cingular has announced that it will begin selling the Palm Treo 680. The consumer priced handheld will launch on black Friday (November 24th). The day after Thanksgiving is a huge shopping day and there should be a lot of great...
Nov 06 2006 - 05:14 PM ET | Palm
NTP already won a $612.5 million settlement earlier this year from Research In Motion (maker of the BlackBerry), but is not done litigating yet. The tiny patent holding firm has filed suit against Palm, maker of the popular Treo series...
Oct 12 2006 - 05:01 PM ET | Palm
As expected, Palm has introduced the Treo 680. The 680 targets lower end customers than Palm's other Treo models, but still keeps the classic design that has changed little since the introduction of the original Handspring models (with the...
Sep 12 2006 - 01:22 PM ET | Palm, Vodafone
As expected, Palm has unveiled a new Treo model for the European market--the Treo 750v. New environmental legislation required Palm to stop selling previous Treo models. The 750v sports Windows Mobile just like the 700w/700wx in the US. Vodafone will...
Sep 07 2006 - 03:45 PM ET | Backpage, Palm
Palm has cautioned investors that it will likely come in short on revenue targets for the current quarter. The company originally forecasted revenue between $380 and $385 million, but has issued a new projection of $354 to $356 million. Shares...
The Palm Treo 700wx has officially launched on Sprint. While this was the first time it has been officially talked about, like most past Treos there wasn't much about the 700wx that didn't leak. The handset is almost identical to...
Aug 18 2006 - 11:07 AM ET | Palm
Palm is finally preparing to launch its next Treo smartphone, with the official launch scheduled for September 12th. A palm spokeswoman noted the announcement would be in the UK so this is likely the 3G Treo we first mentioned in...
Jul 13 2006 - 11:01 AM ET | 3G, Palm, Vodafone
Palm took the unusual step of pre-announcing (though without many details) a new handheld designed exclusively for Europe. Earlier this month it came out that due to new regulations regarding the environment, Palm would be unable to continue selling its...
As expected, Sprint Nextel has started shipping the Palm Treo 700p. The device is also available from Verizon Wireless. Features of the 700p include: EV-DO highspeed data (Sprint Power Vision) 128MB memory, 60MB available to user Intel XScale™ 312 MHz...
Verizon Wireless has launched the Palm Treo 700p, beating Sprint to the launch. When the device was announced last week, Sprint said it would be first carrier to launch it. So for at least a few days, Verizon Wireless...
May 15 2006 - 12:25 AM ET | Palm
Palm has officially announced the Treo 700p smartphone. Speculation of the device began last year and specifications/photos began leaking early this year. The 700p brings the features of the 700w to a handset with the Palm OS. Features of the...
Apr 02 2006 - 05:20 PM ET | Palm, Smartphone
Palm revealed over the weekend that its Treo 700w smartphone does not properly deal with Daylight Saving Time. Clocks advanced an hour this morning and while the Treo 700w automatically picked up on the change, appointments in the calendar...
Mar 27 2006 - 11:24 AM ET | Palm
Palm is celebrating its 10th anniversary of a shipping PDA today. For the most part, Palm created and popularized the entire market for PDAs. Over the years Palm's products have gone from the Pilot 1000 ($299) with 128KB of memory...
Mar 24 2006 - 10:28 AM ET | Palm
Palm reported its third quarter fiscal 2006 earnings statement today. Smartphone sales continued to soar, boosting quarterly revenue by 36%. Treo sales were up 102% from the year-ago period with a total of 564,000 units shipped. Palm did not...
Interesting information about the Palm Treo 700p showed up this week in a TreoCentral forum thread. The 700p hasn't been announced, but is rumored to be a Palm OS powered smartphone similar in features to the 700w. The thread...
Access PalmSource today announced their companies latest OS platform and a possible future of the Palm and Treo product lines. The Access Linux platform utilizes Palm OS for Linux with the NetFront browser and open source linux components. The...
Details surrounding the rumored Palm Treo 700p leaked online over the weekend. The 700p has been expected ever since the 700w was announced, but officially it has not been announced. It's going to come out first on Sprint, probably early...
CES 2006 - As expected, Verizon Wireless has offically launched the Treo 700w. This is also confirmation that the device is named the Treo 700w, at its announcement Palm did not actually name the device. Features of the Treo 700w...
All that has been officially announced about the upcoming Windows Mobile Treo's launch is that it will be soon and exclusively from Verizon Wireless. Technically not even a name has been announced, but it has been called the 700w in...
Dec 21 2005 - 10:10 AM ET | Palm
Palm CEO Ed Colligan noted during an earnings conference call yesterday that his company will announce three more Treo smartphones in 2006. That's in addition to the 700w which is on track for a January debut on Verizon Wireless. Colligan...
Nov 14 2005 - 04:12 PM ET | Palm
PalmSource (the maker of PalmOS) has joined the Linux Phone Standards Forum, a new association that's attempting to standardize a Linux based mobile phone OS. PalmSource is betting its future on Linux and is a founding partner of LiPS. ...For...
Research In Motion and Palm today announced that BlackBerry Connect will become available for the Treo 650. This will allow Treo 650 users to enjoy the popular BlackBerry push email service (though a BlackBerry Enterprise Server is required). While most...
IN PROGRESS -- As expected, Palm has announced a Treo smartphone on Windows Mobile. Top brass from Palm, Microsoft (including Bill Gates) and Verizon Wireless gathered in San Fransisco this morning to launch the device. Palm noted that this project...
UPDATE: The 700w has been officially announced, though Palm hasn't technically used the 700w name yet. Palm has announced a press conference with both Microsoft and Verizon Wireless for Monday the 26th. This can only mean one thing... The Treo...
Sep 23 2005 - 12:59 PM ET | Palm
Palm yesterday announced its fiscal first quarter 2006 financial results. During the quarter, Palm sold 470,000 Treo smartphones. That's an increase of 160% over the same period last year. Other data for the quarter: Revenue was $342.2 million, up 25%...
UPDATE: The 700w has been officially announced, though Palm hasn't technically used the 700w name yet. Our friends at Engadget got ahold of the next generation Treo (what we've been calling the Treo 670). Turns out the name is the...
Sep 20 2005 - 06:00 PM ET | Palm
Palm is facing a lawsuit from Treo owners fed up with a laundry list of issues. The class action suit was filed in Santa Clara California and covers both the Treo 600 and Treo 650. At all pertinent times, Palm...
BusinessWeek writes on Palm, Microsoft and the recent buyout of PalmSource. Not surprisingly, Palm was trying to buy PalmSource but eventually lost out, which is why it went for such a premium to Access. BusinessWeek confirms that Palm will be...
TheStreet posted an interview this weekend with renown short-seller Jim Chanos. Chanos was one of the first to short Enron among other major business bluffs. The interviewer asked Chanos about both Palm (maker of the Treo) and Research In Motion...
Sep 09 2005 - 10:04 AM ET | Palm
Japanese firm Access has announced a buyout of PalmSource (maker of the PalmOS). PalmSource has been in hard times recently, especially after rumors of a Windows Mobile powered Treo. Recently PalmSource bet the farm on Linux, though the first results...
Aug 11 2005 - 12:04 PM ET | Palm, Rumor
According to the DigiTimes, HTC has inked a deal to manufacturer the next generation Treo (which has so far been called the Treo 670 in rumors). This isn't a surprise since the company already makes the Treo 650 but it...
Aug 05 2005 - 05:48 PM ET | Palm, Rumor
Images and videos of a mobile phone rumored to be the Treo 670 have leaked onto the web via HowardForums. The Treo 670 is shown running Windows Mobile 5.0, which is a big deal since Palm has never shipped a...
Jul 14 2005 - 11:15 AM ET | Palm
PalmOne today made the transition back to being just Palm. Almost two years ago, Palm split into PalmSource (software) and PalmOne (hardware). The changeback was announced earlier this year. As part of the name change, Palm has debuted a new...
As expected, LG has announced it has licensed the PalmOS for use in future products. Under terms of the agreement, LG Electronics can develop and market smartphones based on Palm OS. It wasn't announced how many devices LG has plans...
Jun 30 2005 - 08:39 PM ET | Palm
PalmSource (maker of the PalmOS used by such devices as the Treo 650) is expected to announce a major new licensee. According to interim CEO Patrick McVeigh, the company has signed a "tier 1" manufacturer. Motorola, LG and Sony Ericsson...
WireFly is hosting a Memorial day weekend sale that has made some high-end handsets exceptional deals. Since this sale is limited to this weekend, move fast if you're interested. The Motorola RAZR V3 is being sold for free after rebate....
May 24 2005 - 08:49 AM ET | Palm
Palm Inc. announced plans in August 2003 to spin off into two companies, PalmSource and palmOne. palmOne is the hardware company and maker of the popular Treo 650 while PalmSource is the software comapny that makes the PalmOS palmOne announced...
Select Verizon Wireless business customers that ordered the Treo 650 recently have reported receiving the device. Photos can be seen here, with the Verizon branding clearly visible. Pricing appears to be: * $529.99 - No nontract * $449.99 - 1-year...
Apr 19 2005 - 12:53 PM ET | Palm
Celebrating more than 1 million Treo 600 smartphones sold worldwide (650s possible included), palmOne is giving away a Treo smartphone every 5 minutes for 12 hours, from 9AM PDT until 9PM PDT. The contest just started, so join in on...
Palm guru Larry Becker returns to bring you the top 10 essential accessories for your Treo 650 (most will work on the 600 if you haven't upgraded yet). If you haven't already, read Larry's Treo 650 review. If you want...
Verizon Wireless put up a teaser page on its web store for the upcoming Treo 650. Currently Sprint PCS has an exclusive on the CDMA Treo 650 (it has been shipping the device since November 2004). bq. The Treo 650...
Today we bring you a review of the Palm Treo 650. The review is written by renowned Palm expert Larry Becker. He has trained countless people how to get more out of their PDAs, including teams at PalmOne. You can...
Several sharp eyed MobileTracker readers wrote in this morning to let us know that the Treo 650 was taken off Cingular's website. Cingular let us know that the removal was temporary and is simply because of high demand for the...
GSPDA announced the Xplore M68 smartphone this morning at 3GSM World Congress. The Palm OS powered smartphone is available now in France, Germany, Italy and Spain. Features of the M68 include: * Palm OS Garnet * Bluetooth * 1.3 megapixel...
WireFly is selling for the Treo 650 for just $349.99 after a $50 rebate. Cingular is charging $399.99 after a $50 rebate. A two-year activation is required for the deal (and for purchase through Cingular). For background on the Treo...
Feb 02 2005 - 12:03 AM ET | Cingular, Palm
Buy the Treo 650 with Cingular for just $349.99 Cingular has officially launched the Treo 650. Reports of a Treo 650 page online at Cingular hit the web last night, but just after midnight the official word broke--the long awaited...
Feb 01 2005 - 08:25 PM ET | Cingular, Palm
Update: It's now official but the page that was up seems to be down Cingular now has a Treo 650 page on its website, though attempted orders through the page do not work. While the official price of $449 matches...
Jan 26 2005 - 10:56 AM ET | Palm
Despite all signs pointing to the Treo 650 launching on Cingular Wireless today, it now appears that the launch has been delayed a week. Treo Central says, "The new launch date is rumored to be Wednesday February 2nd." The GSM...
Jan 24 2005 - 09:17 PM ET | Palm
PalmOne CEO Todd Bradle announced he would be leaving at the end of the quarter, February 25th 2005. Bradle has been on the job since October 2003. Investors did not take the news kindly: shares of the company ( traded...
Dec 23 2004 - 02:28 PM ET | Palm
PalmSource, makers of the Palm OS, today saw its stock [PSRC] hit an all time low. Back in October 2003 two companies were formed out of Palm: PalmOne (hardware) and PalmSource (software). Investors are reacting to a dismal outlook provided...
Dec 16 2004 - 01:48 AM ET | Palm
Clever Treo 650 users have come up with a hack that enables WiFi SD cards to work with the Treo 650. The hacked driver is located here. The instructions are: # Copy the file to a SD card # Run...
Dec 08 2004 - 02:29 PM ET | Palm
PalmSource, maker of the PalmOS, has purchased a China MobileSoft Limited (CMS). CMS is making a version of Linux for mobile devices, which PalmSource intends to put into its own software: bq. PalmSource will continue to offer both Palm OS...
Nov 26 2004 - 03:44 PM ET | Palm
Diehard Treo fans who pre-ordered their Treo 650s were dismayed to find that despite having the same amount of memory as the Treo 600, the Treo 650 cannot fit the same amount of data. A technical entry on the company's...
Nov 18 2004 - 10:18 PM ET | Palm
USA Today featured a review of the palmOne Treo 650 in today's issue. Written by tech columnist Edward Baig, the review was largely positive. Mr. Baig tested a Sprint PCS branded CDMA Treo 650 unit (a GSM version will ship...
Nov 05 2004 - 02:01 PM ET | Palm
palmOne's rollout of the Treo 650 looks to be as slow as the Treo 600's. Sprint PCS should launch it this month and is claiming an exclusive through 2004. AT&T Wireless has a page up about the Treo 650, but...
MobileTracker can exclusively reveal that PDA giant palmOne has inked a deal with luxury car maker Audi to enable automatic Bluetooth pairing between the Treo 650 and Audi cars. The car will automatically become your handsfree device. Details of the...
Sprint PCS became the first carrier to officially announce that it will carry the new Treo 650. It will launch next month with a retail price of $599.99. Sprint business customers will also have the option to purchase a non-camera...
As expected, palmOne has officially announced the Treo 650 smartphone. It's the replacement to the smash hit Treo 600, and adds quite a bit: * Improved 320 x 320 display (Vs. 160 x 160) * 312MHz Intel processor (vs. 144Mhz...
Oct 22 2004 - 04:16 PM ET | Palm
palmOne is set to announce the widely rumored Treo 650 smartphone on Monday at the CTIA conference in San Francisco. The device is certainly no secret, rumors of it have spread for over 8 months. Several photo sets have even...
Oct 05 2004 - 02:37 PM ET | Palm
palmOne has licensed Microsoft Exchange Server Synchronization Protocol to build into future Treo smartphones. The most anticipated (but not yet announced) future Treo is the Treo 650--it is expected to include the new software. The move to include Exchange should...
Some new pictures of the upcoming Treo 650 (specifically a Sprint PCS branded Treo 650) have been leaked onto TreoCentral.com. We posted a picture set late last month, though that unit was not branded. Note of interest: the Treo 650...
Sep 27 2004 - 02:02 AM ET | Palm
PalmSource is expected to announce a new OS just for smartphones, another sign that phones are the future of PDAs. Features will include built-in Bluetooth support, Java, new web browser, BlackBerry email support and more. PalmSource claims the new software...
Sep 20 2004 - 05:13 PM ET | Palm
palmOne today announced earnings for the first quarter of fiscal 2005 which set off an upsurge in the company's stock (PLMO). Shares of palmOne ended the day up 5% and then spiked another 15% in after hours trading to sit...
Sep 03 2004 - 11:44 AM ET | Palm
TreoCentral has posted directions for Treo 600 owners that shows how to watch DVD movies on the Treo 600. The method compresses a DVD and formats it for the smaller screen, leaving you with a file around 100 MB, which...
Pictures of the upcoming Treo 650 (the device that was rumored to be called the Treo 610 or Treo ACE) have surfaced. This smartphone has been rumored since shortly after the Treo 600 shipped. According to the poster that provided...
Jul 27 2004 - 05:17 PM ET | Bargain, Palm
In a sign that the Treo 610/ACE could be announced soon, Amazon.com is selling that AT&T Wireless version of the Treo 600 for $149.99 after rebate. This beats the last Treo 600 bargain we featured by a cool $200. [via...
Jul 01 2004 - 04:12 PM ET | Palm
The latest update to the Treo 600 has been expanded to all carriers (it was originally available just for Sprint PCS users). You can download the update here. The update is said to improve reliability. However, audio quality, web browsing...
Jun 17 2004 - 01:06 PM ET | Bluetooth, Palm
The folks at TreoCentral.com are tired of not having Bluetooth on their Treo 600's, so they have decided to chalk up cash to someone who can write a driver. It started as $100 from a forum poster, TreoCentral added $500...
May 13 2004 - 06:57 PM ET | Palm
PalmOne has released an update for the Treo 600. At this time the update is only for users on the Sprint PCS network. It is currently being tested for other carriers. The update is said to improve reliability. However, audio...
Apr 08 2004 - 03:51 PM ET | Palm
C|Net is reporting on a shortage of Treo 600 displays that could slow production of the device. bq. PalmOne--formerly Palm--has supplies to meet production estimates for the current quarter, according to PalmOne Chief Financial Officer Judy Bruner. After that, the...
Mar 31 2004 - 07:51 PM ET | Palm
PalmOne has announced a Java runtime for the popular Treo 600. The software which is made by IBM can be purchased for $5.99 through the Software Connection. More information is available from TreoCentral. Moreover, Sprint PCS has teamed up to...
Feb 10 2004 - 02:02 PM ET | Palm
PalmeSource confirmed rumors today by announcing a new OS plan. Two operating systems will be marketed: one for handheld organizers and one for cheaper smartphones. Palm OS Cobalt, AKA Palm OS 6, is aimed at high-end devices. Palm OS Garnet...
Feb 04 2004 - 10:22 AM ET | Palm
PalmSource is expected to announce a new OS strategy that could put the PalmOS on more mobile phones, including more consumer level models. According to the story, "The company will simultaneously develop multiple versions of its OS and aim them...
Jan 21 2004 - 10:51 AM ET | Palm
It's official, PDAs didn't kill phones. PalmONE, the largest maker of personal digital assistants, has announced that it will "refocus its investments on devices that include mobile phones." Due to the merger with Handspring and the new focus, the company...
PalmSource is officially its own company as it today began to be traded on the NASDAQ exchange. You may remember that Palm split itself into two parts: PalmOne and PalmSource. PalmOne is the hardware company, while PalmSource is the software...
The rumor was true--Palm Inc. will rename itself to palmOne. This all has to do with the spinoff of the OS side of the company (partners like Sony want to make sure Palm has no advantage in making hardware, and...
Palm announced today that the waiting period for a U.S. Justice Department review of its proposed acquisition of rival Handspring has expired. This moves the two companies one more step closer to closing the deal which is valued at $200...
Apr 18 2003 - 02:12 PM ET | Palm
If you're the owner of a Palm Tungsten T, you can now download the classic Sega games. There are only a few things wrong with this: 1) Only works on the Tungsten T 2) They are charging $19.95 a game...
Mar 10 2003 - 06:15 PM ET | PDA Phone, Palm
Palm's Tungsten W PDA now works on the ATT network. We're not sure how long this deal has been around, but it doesn't look like long. The Tungsten W PDA features a high resolution screen with over 65K colors,...
Walt Mossberg from the Wall Street Journal has posted a review of the brand new Palm Tungsten W. He says it's a great PDA and a crappy phone. A few days ago he reviewed the Sony Ericsson P800--it was...
