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Greg’s Bite: Did HP Kill all iPad Competitors?

Posted by Greg MIlls

The last year has seen the launch, crash and burn of the supposed iPad killers cheerfully announced at recent trade shows. There were, by some counts, as many as 100 touchscreen iPad wannabe contenders presented in one show alone. Prototypes and actual production units are not the same thing. Mock-ups are not that hard to produce and a lot of the concept tablets were just glass and painted Bondo.

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HP, Palm and Pre rumors

Posted by Greg MIlls

HP bought Palm for it’s technology a while back and has funded the work on continuing to develop the Palm webOS smartphone platform. HP hopes to use the Palm webOS in its upcoming mobile devices.

The history of Palm is one of missed opportunities and squandered innovation. At one time PDA and cellphones hadn’t yet merged and Palm had a great PDA product set.

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Palm introduces new Tungsten, Zire handhelds

Palm on Wednesday announced three new handhelds — the Tungsten T3, the Tungsten E and the Zire 21. The Tungsten T3 (US$399) is Palm’s first device that supports a high-resolution color screen in landscape, as well as the typical portrait mode. It features a 320×480 TFT display, a 400Mhz Intel XScale processor, 64MB of RAM, built-in Bluetooth wireless connectivity, and comes preloaded with several business and multimedia applications.

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Palm announces new accessories

Palm today announced an array of new accessories for its handhelds, including a wireless infrared (IR) keyboard (US$69.95); a multifunction stylus — a pen, laser pointer, flashlight and PDA stylus ($19.95); six new handheld cases (from $14.95 to $69.95) ; a plug-and-play, 1.3 megapixel camera card ($99.95); handheld protection products; and complete accessory kits. All of these will be available October 1, with the exception of the new camera card. It is expected in December. Read More

Palm to acquire rival Handspring

Palm said on Wednesday that it would buy Handspring in an a stock deal valued at about US$169 million. Palm’s board also approved the spin-off of its PalmSource unit, which makes the operating software for its handhelds. “Following the spin-off of PalmSource, Handspring shareholders will receive 0.09 of a Palm share for each share of Handspring common stock,” according to Reuters.

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Palm unveils Tungsten C, Zire 71 handhelds

Palm today introduced two new handhelds in its Tungsten and Zire product lines, one with built-in wireless connectivity and the other with an integrated digital camera. The new Tungsten C (US$499) offers integrated Wi-Fi (AirPort/802.11b) access, a built-in keyboard, 64MB of memory, a 400MHz ARM processor, a 320 x 320 transflective TFT display, and several full-featured business applications.

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Palm ready to debut new handhelds

Palm is set to launch two new handhelds later this month in its Tungsten and Zire product lines, one with built-in wireless and the other with a digital camera, reports c|net. The Tungsten C is expected to be the first Palm handheld to come with built-in 802.11b wireless networking and the first Palm device to use an Intel XScale processor. Targeted at consumers, Palm’s new Zire 71 is expected to feature an integrated camera.

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Palm cuts handheld prices

Palm has trimmed prices by up to 20 percent on its m130, m515 and Tungsten T devices, reports c|net. The m130 had been selling for US$249 and was reduced 20 percent to $199, the Tungsten T was also cut 20 percent to $399, and the m515 was cut to $299 from $349.

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Palm CEO says handheld market recovering

Palm said today that the market for its handheld devices and software was close to moving back into growth after more than a year of declining sales. “We’re already in positive territory for PalmSource,” Palm Chief Executive Eric Benhamou told Reuters. PalmSource is Palm’s operating system software unit, due to be spun off and made independent later this year. Palm’s hardware stands to benefit from increasing capital investments in technology, Benhamou said.

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