Palm webOS PDK Public Beta Now Available
2010-03-11 05:53:58
Quote: Developers can download the beta PDKand start developing today, but distribution of games built with thebeta PDK will require functionality provided in an upcoming Palm webOSupdate.“Palm webOS is the go-to platform for great games on two of the threeleading carrier networks,†said Katie Mitic, senior vice president,Product Marketing, Palm, Inc. “We have both the developer tools and thehardware necessary for a world-class gaming experience, and animpressive portfolio of webOS ga...
Read articlePalm webOS PDK Public Beta Now Available
2010-03-10 07:12:22
Quote: Developers can download the beta PDKand start developing today, but distribution of games built with thebeta PDK will require functionality provided in an upcoming Palm webOSupdate.“Palm webOS is the go-to platform for great games on two of the threeleading carrier networks,†said Katie Mitic, senior vice president,Product Marketing, Palm, Inc. “We have both the developer tools and thehardware necessary for a world-class gaming experience, and animpressive portfolio of webOS ga...
Read articleGoogle vs. Apple: An epic battle
2010-03-05 07:35:28
Keywords: Apple, Google, iPhone, Motorola, Droid, Android, OS, BlackBerry, RIM
Quote: The next largest contingent is Palm, which sees an average of 5.7 apps per month downloaded."People are more engaged with their iPhones and Android phones due to the browsing experience," said Soumen Ganguly, principal at tech consultancy Altman Vilandrie & Co. "That's where BlackBerry generally lags by quite a bit."Data usage also gives Google and Apple an edge over the competition, because more data usage means more revenue. Apple takes a 30% cut from the apps that it s...
Read articlePalm's Salvation? Less Push, More Pull
2010-03-02 01:54:34
Keywords: apple, digital daily, google, john paczkowski, digital, hardware, innovation, mobile, applications, apps, blackberry, brand, brand ambassadors, carrier, charlie wolf, droid, ecosytem, hero device, iphone, jon rubinstein, motorola, needham & company, n
Quote: At the same time as Palm has been making a way to make Web apps that seem to be native on Palm, the W3C has been making a way to make Web apps that seem to be native on everything. If you have Web development skills, you can make an HTML5 app and it runs on Palm, Android, Nokia, iPhone, iPod touch, iPad, Mac, Windows, Linux, and soon Blackberry. It can run when the device has no Web connection, it can store a database locally on the device. On the Apple devices, it will be GPU-accelerated.So wha...
Read articlePalm Gets Pounded
2010-02-26 02:34:38
Keywords: U.S. Markets, U.S. Equities, Palm, Wireless, Technology, Earnings, Guidance, Smart phones, iPhone, BlackBerry
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Jon Rubinstein, chief executive of Palm,(PALM -news-people), blamed the dismal forecast on lack of awareness about the company's products saying, "[D]riving broad consumer adoption of Palm products is taking longer than we anticipated."On news of the guidance reduction, shares of Palm dropped 19.3%, or $1.56, to $6.53 Thursday, falling to their lowest levels in 10 months.
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Read articleIts Smartphones Selling Weakly, Palm Cuts Its Forecast; Shares Fall
2010-02-26 02:34:36
Keywords: Palm Inc,Stocks and Bonds,Wireless Communications,Smartphones
Quote: Palm, the maker of hand-held devices,reduced its revenue goals on weak demand for its smartphones, renewing concerns about its ability to compete against rivals like Apple. The news sent Palm’s shares down 16 percent.warningVerizon Wireless began to sell Palm’s Pre and Pixi phones, suggesting that the addition of Verizon,the largestmobile service carrier in the United States, as a sales partner was not helping Palm as much as had been hoped.Analysts said the news meant Palm might now...
Read articlePalm falls as sales of new phones appear weak
2010-02-24 03:03:26
Quote: Palm, which was a smart phone pioneer, has struggled for years as Apple Inc.'s iPhone and Research In Motion Ltd.'s BlackBerry have grown increasingly popular among both consumer and business users.Cusick wrote that sales at Verizon are improving, but "off a very low base," and that checks show Palm's sales at Sprint haven't improved since Verizon started selling the new phones.The analyst lowered his price target for the stock by $4 to $10.Also Tuesday, Stifel Nicolaus analyst Sanjiv Wadhwani b...
Read articlePalm Not Feeling Verizon's Love
2010-02-11 05:31:08
Keywords: Financial, News, Stock, Market, Headlines, Investments, Quotes, Trading, TheStreet.com, Scott Moritz ,Technology
Quote: That pace has since doubled in the past week with three to four phones now being sold on average each day at each store.The Palm sales update comes as analysts and investors look for clues as to how well the phones are doing as they move to a wider distribution with Verizon, the nation's top wireless shop.Verizon is snubbing Palm, or at least may not be pouring all its resources into Palm promotions."January 25 is not a date you think of when you are launching a major new product," says an indus...
Read articleMicrosoft's New Mobile Phone Software Is Coming (and Its "Project Pink" Still Lives)--But Should It Just Give Up and Buy RIM?
2010-02-09 06:58:19
Keywords: apple, boomtown, google, internet, kara swisher, microsoft, digital, financial, hardware, innovation, media, mobile, software, telecom, android, barcelona, cash, danger, device, market, mobile world congress, multimedia, nokia, operating system, os, palm,
Quote: Users can install the OS, update the OS, install apps, remote wipe, geolocate the device, get their email, use online storage, and many other services all through Apple.As for using a competitor's stuff, more than half of the code in Google Chrome is Apple WebKit, which also provides the Web decoder for the Android browser, and for Palm, Nokia, and soon Blackberry. In other words, Apple wrote a significant part of Chrome OS.> Windows needs to focus on cleaning up the GUI,> being more s...
Read articleSkymark Research Initiates Independent Research Coverage on Palm, Inc.
2010-01-28 05:53:07
Quote: 27, 2010 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Skymark Research, a leading provider of small- and micro-cap independent investment research, today initiated coverage on Palm, Inc. (Nasdaq: - ). Skymark Research is currently offering a complimentary trial subscription. To view our research go to:Skymark Research is a leading provider of independent investment research in North America. Our services include research analysis on the small- and micro-cap markets, real-time news and financial data, market commentary a...
Read articlePalm Pre, Pixi coming to Verizon Wireless
2010-01-08 01:33:17
Quote: It's already available in Spain, Germany, Britain, Ireland, Mexico and Canada.In February, Palm plans to send out a free software upgrade for existing webOS phones that will enable video recording and improve battery performance, the company said.Palm, a pioneer in smart phones based in Sunnyvale, Calif., has been struggling for years against Apple Inc.'s iPhones and Research in Motion Ltd.'s BlackBerrys. Technology-wise the webOS-based phones are a fresh start for the company, one that analysts...
Read articlePALM INC Files SEC form 10-Q, Quarterly Report
2009-12-24 02:33:35
Quote: We undertake no obligation to
update forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances occurring
after the date of this report.
Table of Contents
Overview and Executive Summary
Palm, Inc. is a provider of mobile products that enhance the lifestyle of
individual users and business customers worldwide. Palm creates thoughtfully
integrated technologies that better enable people to stay connected with their
family, friends and colleagues, access and share information that matters to
th...
Read articleNokia promises to put the magic back into Symbian
2009-12-03 01:22:49
Quote: At Palm, the Pre, which runs on the new WebOS operating system, has played a big part in bringing the company back from near oblivion. Motorola/quotes/comstock/13*!mot/quotes/nls/mot(MOT8.24,+0.02,+0.24%), meanwhile, finally seems back in the game thanks to the Droid, a new handset powered by Google's/quotes/comstock/15*!goog/quotes/nls/goog(GOOG587.51,-2.36,-0.40%) Android operating system.Nokia is not oblivious to the concerns of analysts, and increasingly consumers, about the feel of the user...
Read articlePalm Announces Q2 FY 2010 Earnings Conference Call Details
2009-12-01 02:29:07
Quote: http://investor.palm.com.About Palm, Inc.Palm, Inc. creates intuitive and powerful mobile experiences that enableconsumers and businesses to connect to their information in more usefuland usable ways. The company’s groundbreaking Palm webOS™ platform,designed exclusively for mobile application, introduces truemultitasking and Palm Synergy™, which brings your information from themany places it resides into a single, more comprehensive view of yourlife.www.palm.com/store).www.pa...
Read article3Com Will Add To HP One-Stop-Shop Plan
2009-12-01 02:29:06
Quote: They restructured and sold off Palm, and entered into a new joint venture with Huawei of China at the end of 2003.The plan was to go after the enterprise networking market in China, a very rapidly growing market at the time.3Com was a 49% owner of the joint venture, and Huawei owned 51%. (Huawei was) focused on selling equipment to Chinese carriers, and they wanted a partner to go after the enterprise (networking) business.Huawei contributed product designs and key personnel. 3Com contributed it...
Read articleThe smartphone wars, one year later
2009-11-30 02:12:22
Quote: The only 2 mfrs that have growth in this period are Android and Palm, each growing what looks like 3 to 4%. Palm goes from 1% to 4%, while Android goes from 4% to 8%. So, there's 7% of the 10% explained, but not explained completely. An overlay of handset intros would help. Presumably, there are Android handsets being intro'd around the world, and I'm guessing the Palm Pre was intro'd in the UK during this time.
A chart with absolute numbers of requests would be useful next t...
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