6 posts and columns on Nova

Live from Apple's "Let's Rock" Event: iPod Updates, Games, Nano Video Cameras

in News on September 9, 2009 at 10:33 am PT

Apple has sold some 225 million iPods to date, making it one of the most popular electronic devices ever. And it’s sure to sell even more after the updates the company announced at this morning’s event in San Francisco. Among them: Larger, cheaper iPod touches and nanos with cameras and FM radios.
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Live from Apple’s “Let’s Rock” Event: iPod Updates, Games, Nano Video Cameras

in News on September 9, 2009 at 10:33 am PT

Apple has sold some 225 million iPods to date, making it one of the most popular electronic devices ever. And it’s sure to sell even more after the updates the company announced at this morning’s event in San Francisco. Among them: Larger, cheaper iPod touches and nanos with cameras and FM radios.
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PBS Expands Online Video Offerings

in News on April 22, 2009 at 11:04 am PT

PBS revamped its online video offering Wednesday, adding full-length episodes from shows such as “Antiques Roadshow” and “Nova,” as it attempts to broaden its audience and sponsorship opportunities. The public broadcaster is aiming for younger viewers who don’t tune in to “Masterpiece Theater” on television, but — it hopes — will be interested in its programming if it’s more accessible on the Web.

Palm Unveils Its iPhone Rival: The Pre. Don’t Expect to Buy One Cheap.

in Media on January 8, 2009 at 11:08 am PT

Palm used to own the smartphone market, but now it’s barely hanging on. Today the company unveils its long-awaited comeback plan: The Pre, which features an iPhone-like multi-touch screen but also boasts a keyboard. Will it be enough?

Yeah. Those PC Guys Never Stood a Chance, Palm.

in News on January 8, 2009 at 3:00 am PT

For Palm, which lost two-thirds of its market value in 2008, today may well be a watershed event–the point at which its long downward trajectory was suddenly reversed, buoyed up by a new operating system too long in coming. At a Consumer Electronics Show event later this morning, the company is expected to uncrate its Nova OS and a line of Nova-powered offerings with which it hopes to reinvigorate the Palm franchise. Hope, of course, is the operative word here.

Palm New-ness: A Target Price of Zero

in News on December 18, 2008 at 8:03 am PT

The invitation-only event Palm plans to hold during the 2009 Consumer Electronics Show in early January promises “all that Palm New-ness you’ve been waiting for.” And after five straight quarterly losses and a year in which it lost two-thirds of its market value, Palm best deliver on that promise.