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Analyst: Palm Is Not Toast

John Paczkowski in News on December 15, 2009 at 1:00 pm PT

Investors poised to write off Palm as a legitimate contender in the smartphone market may want to hold off in light of some recent developments that suggest 2010 may be a strong year for the company. With a Verizon relationship clearly in the works, some 500 webOS applications available and a high-end and low-end device on which to run them, the highly competitive smartphone sector appears to be developing an … appreciation for Palm.

Palm Pre in Europe by Christmas

John Paczkowski in News on July 7, 2009 at 5:00 am PT

Now that sales of the Pre in the states have tapered off to a point where supply and demand are roughly in parity, Palm is gearing up to bring the handset to Europe. In a statement issued this morning, the company said Telefónica’s O2 subsidiary will carry the Pre in the U.K., Germany and Ireland, while its Movistar brand will offer it in Spain.

Palm Pre con Movistar en España?

John Paczkowski in News on March 12, 2009 at 12:00 am PT

Palm says it hasn’t yet announced a Pre distribution deal with Telefónica. No matter–it appears as though the Spanish media have taken the liberty of doing it for the company. According to a number of Spanish news outlets, the carrier has negotiated an exclusive deal with Palm to distribute the new handset in Spain and Latin America, and perhaps England as well.

Softbank iPhone Deal Announced With 1-Button Press Release

John Paczkowski in News on June 4, 2008 at 5:10 am PT

With less than a week to go before Apple CEO Steve Jobs’s June 9 Worldwide Developers Conference keynote address and the expected debut of the 3G iPhone–and perhaps the Apple App Store and Mac OS X 10.6 as well–the company has finally closed a deal that will bring the device to Japan, one of the world’s largest and most demanding mobile-phone markets.