Verizon Wireless could drop plans to offer Palm Pre
Verizon had recently stated that they were planning to offer Palm Pre to their customers once the exclusive deal between Sprint and Palm ends.
Industry sources now claim that the company could drop the plans to launch Pre on their network mostly because Pre sales have [...]
Pre boost smartphone sales for Palm
Palm has become one of major challengers to the dominating Apple in the smartphone market with the launch of their Pre.
The company has now reported that Pre helped them boost their sales by 134% to 823,000 units during the latest quarter.
However, they are still struggling in terms of [...]
Dell could acquire Palm if rumours are to be believed
Wall Street Journal has reported that US based PC manufacturer Dell could soon announce a major acquisition deal.
And if we are to believe the market reports, Dell could be pursuing none other than Palm for a possible deal.
Palm has just made a comeback in the [...]
Jonathan Rubinstein is the new CEO of Palm
Palm has borrowed a lot from Apple in the last couple of months. Palm Pre is inspired by Apple iPhone and Palm webOS is inspired by Apple iPhone mobile platform.
They have now named Jonathan Rubinstein as their new CEO.
Jonathan Rubinstein was previously an Apple executive connected with [...]
Douglas Jeffries is the new CFO at Palm
Palm Inc has announced that they are now naming Douglas Jeffries as its new CFO.
His appointment would be effective next month.
Jeffries would be taking over from Andy Brown who would continue to work at Palm till next month.
Jeffries has previously worked at eBay and Pacific Ethanol.
Palm is [...]
Palm latest to cut jobs
Struggling smartphone maker Palm has revealed that they have fired some employees in order to cut costs.
The company did not reveal how many employees were let go.
Palm spokesperson said in a statement: “It’s generally the result of challenges facing the company and the industry, and better positions us to [...]
Palm a big loser yet again in the Smartphone market
There is no doubt that the Smartphone market is growing at a rapid pace. But Palm is not benefiting from it as rival companies continue to take away market share.
The company has now posted a fifth straight quarterly loss. The sales of their Treo and Centro [...]
Palm posts a loss of $43.4 million
Palm Centro might be a super successful product for the company but it could not save the Palm from posting a loss.
Palm has posted a loss of $43.4 million, or 40 cents per share in the most recent quarter.
This is disappointing compared to a fourth-quarter profit of $15.4 million, [...]
BlackBerry gains in the US market
Market research firm IDC has reported that RIM’s Blackberry has gained some market share in the USA.
Blackberry increased its share of the U.S. Smartphone market in the first quarter of the year.
They managed to take away customers from rival companies like Apple.
Their research report said that Blackberry’s share [...]
Palm fails to impress market with latest revenue report
Smartphone maker Palm has come out with their latest revenue report and the company has posted a 24 percent drop in third-quarter revenue.
In fact, Palm has posted a loss of $31.5 million compared to profits of $11.8 million in the same period previous year.
Company Chief Executive Ed [...]
