I feel for Jon Rubinstein. His company was the pioneer of the smartphone forerunner, the PDA (although Apple’s Newton started it all). In the late 1990s, Palm was an enviable company, but its failure to transition (successfully) its products to the smartphone market has doomed the once glorious creator of numerous beloved PDAs. More »

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From Htcyou: Adobe has confirmed that it will demonstrate Flash 10.1 on the Motorola Droid, the Nexus One, and also the Palm Pre. As reported earlier this week, Microsoft will showcase its next version of mobile Windows, called Windows Phone 7. More »

Swedish design and consulting firm, Ocean Observations recently posted up two YouTube videos of interesting organization and management concepts that could vastly improve the iPhone experience. Check out the videos and explanations after the jump. More »

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If you’ve been waiting for the Palm Pre to drop in price, Amazon has a deal for you. The Pre is on sale for a $100 on Amazon.com. Save yourself $50. It’s a great deal for an excellent phone.

(viz CrunchGear)

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Apple seems to be in the news alot today. Here’s another, but this time it’s about their small war against the Palm Pre.

When the Palm Pre first launched, the developers, some of them which were previous Apple employees, put in a code that made iTunes think it was syncing with an iPod and allowed iPod syncing capabilities. Apple quickly caught on and released an update that removed the feature. Palm responded with an update that allowed the syncing once again. It went back and forth like this for some time before Palm decided to take the matter to USB Implementary Forum, saying Apple is violating the principle of open connectivity. The USB-IF responded today, in favor of Apple, making Palm feel like an idiot for bringing it to the Forum in the beginning. More »

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Dan Hesse must be a huge Michael Jordan fan or has been watching the Basketball Hall of Fame induction ceremony yesterday because when Charlie Rose asked him about how the Palm Pre is fairing against Apple’s iPhone, he said the iPhone needs to be put in a separate category, that it’s almost like comparing it to Michael Jordan. Here’s the Q&A:

Q: Is the Palm Pre making a dent into the iPhone market?

A: Aaah… It’s-it’s doing well, but you can almost put the iPhone, to be fair, in a separate category. The Apple brand and that device have done so well, it’s almost not… it’s like comparing someone to Michael Jordan.

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Palm Pre has finally hit countries outside of he U.S. and they didn’t really go far. Bell, a Canadian company, is going to be the exclusive provider of the Palm Pre and they’ve started with some nifty ads. It’s available now but looking at the Bell site and the Palm Pre contract, the iPhone contract doesn’t seem so bad now. Bell is making customers sign up for a 3 year contract to get the $199.95 deal. That’s 3 years! By then we could have a 5th generation iPhone. And we all thought AT&T was killing us with a 2-year contract on the iPhone.

If you’re in Canada and want the Palm Pre, it’s available to you, just expect to pony up. Check out some videos here of the Pre in Canada. More »

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Doesn’t this next video look exactly like the Apple iPhone ads? Looks like Palm is taking a bite out of Apple’s marketing team. More »

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You’ve probably seen those creepy Palm Pre ads with Tamara Hope that make absolutely make no sense and scare the heck out of you. The more I watch these commercials, the more I start to hate Palm Pre phone. It’s a great phone with a wonderful OS but if Palm continues to release these ads, it’ll just freak people out from buying the phones.

Palm decided to release a new, more toned down version of the phone but is still creepy. Check it out here. Take a look at all these videos after the break. More »

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Looks like the Palm Pre will finally be heading over to Verizon. The Pre, which has been exclusive only to Spring will break out and join the biggest wireless carrier in the U.S. according to a conference analyst call. More »

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Gotta love Palm. They announced a patch that now fixes the iTunes syncing problem Apple had patched the other day. Palm released the webOS 1.1.0 making this fight even better than I expected. I wonder if Apple will release a patch to fix this new “problem”. I’m kind of excited to see what happens. Palm is not backing down at all, which is not what many expected.

(Palm)

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Remember when the Palm Pre was released and everyone was super excited to find out that it synced with Apple’s iTunes? Yeah, the good old days right? Well, Apple wasn’t happy about it and soon enough they did something to resolve this issue. Apple released the update, iTunes 8.2.1, that fixes some bugs and “it addresses an issue with verification of Apple devices” aka no more Palm Pre syncing. More »

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Sprint has taken a difference strategy with their new Palm Pre not allowing Pre sales over the phone. The official word from Sprint is so Sprint “can focus inventory in sales channels where customers have the best opportunity to experience Ready Now, and we can deliver the best purshasing experience.”

I wonder why Sprint has decided to take this approach considering the Pre has been getting rave reviews. They may be taking the Apple iPhone approach, allowing a representative to walk through customers who might have problems with using the phone. More »

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The UK is finally getting the Palm Pre but they’ll be getting the GSM version. It’s not official yet, but O2 has secured broad global rights to the Pre in March, and is looking to launch the Pre in UK. This comes after pictures of a GSM Pre floating around the net.

Via Engadget)

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I’ve always wondered how much people really know about smartphones before they go and buy one. There were times when I uttered the word smartphone and got the look of confusion. A new study by Best Buy Mobile confirms that almost half of the people that buy smartphones in the United States, don’t know know to use them or quite understand them. More »

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