Mobile Tech Today (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
In a land of cell phone giants, Palm is a mouse. Palm is tiny compared with Apple, Research in Motion, Samsung, Google, Microsoft and Nokia, which are battling to control the future of smartphones. Palm invented the category of a Web-surfing pocket-computer phone with its Treo line in 2002. But more recently, it lost its way in the market as some of its rivals developed more innovative phones. Its...
ITProPortal (Free subscription) | 17/11/2009
Palm’s chief executive officer Jon Rubinstein has hailed his company’s new foray in mobile operating space, codenamed as “webOS”, by slamming other companies’ offerings in the same domain, particularly Google’s Android.
QNX (Free subscription) | 16/11/2009
This weekend, Palm launched its second webOS phone, the Palm Pixi. At the same time, the company also released webOS 1.3.1 for Pre owners in the US (other countries will follow later this month). At the same time, Palm CEO Jon Rubinstein talked to The New York Times about his company.
Mobile Tech Today (Free subscription) | 16/11/2009
Palm released its new Pixi smartphone Sunday, hoping to keep its new and well-received webOS mobile platform moving forward. The smartphone, which will be available through Sprint Nextel, comes amid rumors that Nokia is interested in buying the struggling device maker. The Pixi, said Senior Vice President Kevin Packingham, "is fun and easy to use." He noted its multi-touch screen, full QWERTY...
PreThinking (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
Palm had a meeting this morning discussing their plans and Jon Rubinstein briefly discusses some of their road map for 2010. Though it feels like recently Palm's momentum has taken a turn for worst as the Droid, Hero, and Eris come out here in the States making it Android's time to shine, it seems Palm isn't too concerned at this point and neither are analysts. They also talk a little bit about where...
T3 (Free subscription) | 19/10/2009
Looks like Jon Rubinstein's Pre is a hit amongst UK customers
Tracy and Matt's Blog (Free subscription) | 16/10/2009
As from today, the 16th October, you can buy a Palm Pre from O2 if you want to. Palm Pre At the moment the only way to get a "free" Pre is to sign up to a 24 month contract or pay £44.05 per month. That's a lot of money to pay each month unless you will actually use the 1200 minutes you will get. Of course, with all the deals, you will get unlimited web and Wi-Fi, that you would certainly...
Product Reviews Net (Free subscription) | 16/10/2009
In an interview posted on the BBC News website, Matthew Key, head of 02 across Europe and Jon Rubinstein, Palm’s CEO talked about the exclusive contract 02 has sealed for the Palm Pre. One of the key points in the interview was regarding how well 02’s network would cope with demand as it has already witnessed [...]
dot.life (Free subscription) | 15/10/2009
It's another big week for smartphone launches in the UK. Blackberry is bringing out a new version of the Storm , the touchscreen phone whose first version received less than stellar reviews, but still sold reasonably well. But far more hangs on another launch - that of the Palm Pre. In order to see this content you need to have both Javascript enabled and Flash installed. Visit BBC Webwise for full...
T3 (Free subscription) | 14/10/2009
From Apple to Palm, Rubinstein has revitalised the industry
Today's Review (Free subscription) | 09/10/2009
Hey cats and kittens -- just a quick note to let you know that the Show is now available for download via the Zune Marketplace. You can nab the feed here . And while we have your attention, don't forget that the next Show will be taking place October 22nd, and we'll be sitting down with Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer ! If you missed the first two installments, you can see the long show with Jon Rubinstein...
TechCrunch (Free subscription) | 06/10/2009
I'm here in San Francisco for a meeting Palm has called to give its newest employees , Ben Galbraith and Dion Almaer, who both came over from Mozilla, a chance to talk a bit about the state of the webOS platform. The two, along with Palm CEO Jon Rubinstein and some other executives spoke at length about the hardware, the platform, and the plan going forward. The message was pretty clear: Web development...
The Daily Swarm (Free subscription) | 28/09/2009
In May, Palm announced that its new phone, the Pre, would do something that only a single other smartphone in the world could do—“synchronize seamlessly with iTunes.” For years, manufacturers of digital music players had been trying to compete with Apple’s dominant music app. They’d all failed. iTunes is one of the most popular downloads in the world and one of the main...
Slate Magazine (Free subscription) | 28/09/2009
In May, Palm announced that its new phone, the Pre, would do something that only a single other smartphone in the world could do—"synchronize seamlessly with iTunes." For years, manufacturers of digital music players had been trying to compete with Apple's dominant music app. They'd all failed. iTunes is one of the most popular downloads in the world and one of the main reasons people...
Nazent Blog (Free subscription) | 25/09/2009
PDAs In the Spotlight | More Topics | from Jennifer Johnson Mobile websites can provide great information, but they're not always easy to find or easy to navigate. To help you find some of the best websites that can assist you while traveling, I've compiled a list of the top 5 mobile-friendly travel websites. For those of you who have had less than ideal experiences surfing the Web from your PDA, perhaps...
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