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RadioShack Dumping Palm? [UPDATED]

John Paczkowski in News on April 19, 2010 at 6:15 am PT

For Palm, April is indeed proving to be the cruelest month. It began with reports that the company has put itself up for sale and continued with news of the departure of software chief Michael Abbott. Now comes another ugly development: RadioShack appears to be dumping the company’s smartphone line.

And if Palm’s Project JumpStart Doesn’t Work Out, There’s Always “Project Defibrillator”

John Paczkowski in Mobile on February 26, 2010 at 8:05 am PT

Will lousy brand awareness be Palm’s Waterloo? With weaker than expected launches of the Pre and Pixi at new carrier partner Verizon, it’s beginning to look like it. Certainly, Palm’s leadership appears to believe that insufficient carrier support is largely to blame for its current woes.

Palm to Announce Verizon, AT&T Deals at 2010 CES Event?

John Paczkowski in Mobile on December 17, 2009 at 5:45 am PT

What is Palm planning for the Consumer Electronics Show? Earlier this week, the company distributed invitations to a press event scheduled for the first day of the annual exposition in early January, but provided few details about what to expect. Last year at CES, Palm introduced the Pre and its new webOS operating system, so expectations for this gathering are already running high.

Palm: On a Road to Recovery or a Highway to Hell?

John Paczkowski in News on November 2, 2009 at 8:15 am PT

With Palm’s shares up more than 900 percent since January, they were destined to suffer a correction someday. And now it seems that day has finally come. Shares in the handset maker fell some 23 percent last week amid concerns about increased competition from Google’s Android operating system, which is being rolled out on a number of devices at a variety of carriers, including Palm partner Sprint.

So How's That Palm Pre Working Out for You, Sprint? [UPDATED]

John Paczkowski in News on October 30, 2009 at 4:00 am PT

The Palm Pre may have been the most successful handset rollout in Sprint’s history, but it hasn’t stopped the carrier from hemorrhaging customers in the months following its launch.

So How’s That Palm Pre Working Out for You, Sprint? [UPDATED]

John Paczkowski in News on October 30, 2009 at 4:00 am PT

The Palm Pre may have been the most successful handset rollout in Sprint’s history, but it hasn’t stopped the carrier from hemorrhaging customers in the months following its launch.

Insert Lame "New Moto Phone CLIQs With Investors" Pun Here

John Paczkowski in Social on September 11, 2009 at 10:32 am PT

Motorola is getting a bit of long lost love from Wall Street today, now that it has unveiled the CLIQ–the Android-powered handset with which it hopes to regain market share in the intensely competitive cellphone business. Shares in the company spiked more than seven percent after the CLIQ announcement Thursday, and today they’re up well over six percent.

Insert Lame “New Moto Phone CLIQs With Investors” Pun Here

John Paczkowski in Social on September 11, 2009 at 10:32 am PT

Motorola is getting a bit of long lost love from Wall Street today, now that it has unveiled the CLIQ–the Android-powered handset with which it hopes to regain market share in the intensely competitive cellphone business. Shares in the company spiked more than seven percent after the CLIQ announcement Thursday, and today they’re up well over six percent.

Palm Analysts, Best Buy Suffering From Pre-Mature Elaboration

John Paczkowski in News on July 27, 2009 at 11:19 am PT

Add another voice to the chorus of analysts claiming that sales of the Palm Pre have been on the decline these past few weeks. In a research note published this morning, CL King analyst Lawrence Harris, speaking to the controversy over sell-though numbers for the Pre, cast his lot with those who feel sales are slowing.

This Year's Pre? Or Last Year's iPhone?

John Paczkowski in News on June 9, 2009 at 4:30 am PT

Palm picked a hell of a day to launch the Pre. Two days before Apple’s World Wide Developers Conference. Two days before the unveiling of the iPhone 3G S, a new version of Apple’s iconic handset that runs twice as fast as its predecessor, shoots video with an improved three megapixel camera and boasts longer battery life and greater storage. And worst of all, two days prior to the announcement of a new $99 price point for the iPhone 3G, a disruptive move that puts the device in reach of far more consumers.