Palm, RIM Struggle for Smartphone Formula
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What gives a smartphone its brains? Is it the contacts list and calendar synced to your computer, the wireless Internet access, the music playback, or something else?
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Palm is seeking Treo smartphone users to help test out a new product that is designed for busy professionals that are constantly on the go and are looking for the best in communications tools. The company won't provide many details, but testers will need to be available for the next 3 to 4 weeks.
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&quot;Future Palm devices may run Linux, thanks to a surprise purchase by PalmSource. The company, which makes the operating software for the PalmOne devices (notably the Treo smartphones), intends to buy China
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PalmSource Inc., which makes operating systems for handheld computers, will introduce today its first product designed specifically for smart phones.
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Details of Palm Inc.'s new smart phone are emerging ahead of the product's launch tomorrow.
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InfoWorld - As part of a strategy to generate greater revenue from mobile data services, Vodafone Group has collaborated with Palm to launch a smartphone modeled after the&#160;Treo 750v&#160;but at a fraction of the price and with a newly designed user interface.
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Intrigued by Palm's new "smartphone companion" but not ready to bet on an unproven and probably doomed Linux-based ultra-compact computer? We've got seven attractive options for you.
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Palm Inc , maker of the Treo smartphone, on Wednesday posted a quarterly revenue estimate that missed expectations as competition increased from rival devices like Apple Inc's  iPhone.
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PalmSource with its popular product PalmOS plans on producing a new, Linux-based version of their handheld operating system. The move towards Linux-based Operation System for mobile &amp; handheld devices is supposed
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Apple Inc's  hefty iPhone  price cut pits it in direct competition with handsets from  Motorola Inc  and Palm Inc , which are  struggling to convince Wall Street they can turn around their  aging brands.
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Research In Motion (Nasdaq: RIMM) (RIM) and mobile operating-system consortium Symbian have signed a deal that will enable BlackBerry Connect to run on Symbian-based  Nokia (NYSE: NOK) Series 80 mobile devices, such as the 9500 Communicator.
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That's what the inventor of the Treo and Palm Pilot says about the Palm Foleo. He has a tough selling job ahead.
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Global shipments of handheld computers rose 18.4 percent to 17.7 million in 2006, with Research in Motion Ltd.'s BlackBerry showing strong growth, but Palm Inc. suffering a steep decline in sales and market share, Gartner Inc. reported Tuesday.
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Is this a joke or is it a misleading headline? The answer is neither. It&#39;s for real. PalmOne, the handheld manufacturers as opposed to PalmSource, the operating system company, signed a licensing agreement
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Looking to compete with the likes of Symbian and Microsoft, PalmSource is unveiling its new operating system geared specifically for the creation of smartphones.
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Palm Inc  introduced its  smallest smartphone on Thursday, making its first push into the  low end of the mobile market in a bid to revive growth  prospects and offer a cheaper alternative to Apple  Inc's iPhone.
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(InfoWorld) - Research In Motion has finally announcedÂ the BlackBerry 8800, the multimedia business handset whose details RIM leaked following Apple's iPhone announcement, apparently to offset the company's sliding stock price. The 8800 is RIM's most developed effort to date to combine theÂ Pearl 8100'sÂ consumer-oriented features in a package similar to the business-oriented 8700. In practice that means features such as integrated GPS, a 2.4-inch color screen, a full QWERTY keyboard, a high-capacity battery, and trackball navigation in a case wider (and slightly thinner) than the Pearl and noticeably thinner than the 8700. The QWERTY keyboard is designed to improve upon the Pearl's use of a numeric keypad with SureType, but the keys are a bit more cramped than those of the 8700, initial reviewers said. There are said to be models available with or without a camera. The built-in GPS can be used with included navigation software for an extra monthly fee. It has voice-activated dialing, a speakerphone, Bluetooth 2.0, a media player, and a microSD memory card slot, with quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE and Wi-Fi. So far, Orange, Vodafone, and T-Mobile have all announced rollout plans for the device in Europe, while AT&T has an exclusive launch deal in the U.S. RIM's Competition The handset may be an improvement over previous BlackBerry models, but RIM now has other kinds of competition to worry about, particularly in the user-interface department. The company is rumored to be working on a complete interface overhaul with the BlackBerry 9000 series, but in the meantime Microsoft has launched Windows Mobile 6, and touch-screen phones areÂ on the way from Apple, Samsung (the Ultra Smart F700, announced ahead of 3GSM), and LG (the KE850 Prada phone). There are also other handsets such asÂ Samsung's BlackJackÂ that fall into a similar price bracket to the 8800 but offer 3G networking, something lacking in RIM's models. Push e-mail and GPS are also no longer unusual in higher-end handsets. "This handset will be extremely appealing to mobile professionals who have demanding work and social lives," said Charmaine Eggberry, RIM EMEA vice president and managing director, in a statement.