Tag Archives: Palm

Apple is the new Palm

Posted on April 20, 2010 by Jeff

When Jon Ruben­stein and his band of Apple cast-​offs unveiled webOS and the Palm Pre, they were hailed as the next Apple. So it’s only fit­ting that the Apple of 2010 is tak­ing it’s cues from the Palm of old. Remem­ber … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Picking nits: why I’m skipping the Palm Pre

Posted on June 5, 2009 by Jeff

Don’t get me wrong. In many respects, the Palm Pre is a ground­break­ing smart­phone that por­tends the oblit­er­a­tion of the line between phone and full size com­puter. It joins the iPhone and arguably the Android devices as the only com­puter some … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Pre starts off behind the eight ball

Posted on May 19, 2009 by Jeff

From c|net: Sprint Nex­tel and Palm announced on Tues­day an offi­cial release date and pric­ing for the Palm Pre. The Pre will be avail­able nation­wide on June 6 for $199.99 after a $100 mail-​in rebate and with a two-​year con­tract on Sprint’s … Con­tinue read­ing →

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First, kill all the lawyers

Posted on January 22, 2009 by Jeff

Palm has trou­ble, right here in River City. Apple’s COO and interim CEO said on their recent earn­ings call that they would aggres­sively defend their intel­lec­tual prop­erty. He didn’t call out the Palm Pre by name, but the sub­text was there. … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Palm’s accident of timing

Posted on January 16, 2009 by Jeff

It’s about time some­thing went Palm’s way. And now, sud­denly, every­thing seems to be going Palm’s way. They blew every­one away at CES, are get­ting tons of pos­i­tive press in the national media, and now, their biggest rival in the … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Pre-​mature

Posted on January 9, 2009 by Jeff

Don’t get too excited about the Palm Pre, folks. Palm them­selves is going to kill it the same way they they killed the Foleo, which could have been the standard-​bearer net­book: by fun­da­men­tally mis­un­der­stand­ing the mobile mar­ket. When they should … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Palm Pre is close, but no cigar

Posted on January 8, 2009 by Jeff

Don’t get me wrong. Palm’s keynote at CES was impres­sive (I wasn’t there, but thanks to live­blog­ging from gdgt, Tre­o­Cen­tral and cnet, I feel like I was). Palm’s webOS plat­form and Pre smart­phone take the best of the iPhone and Google Android, … Con­tinue read­ing →

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What might have been

Posted on November 3, 2008 by Jeff

I remem­ber vividly read­ing the auto­bi­og­ra­phy of great Hous­ton Rock­ets cen­ter Hakeem Ola­juwan. He recounted how the Rock­ets orga­ni­za­tion passed on sev­eral trades they could have made in the late 1980s and early 90s that would have given the Rock­ets … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Palm’s game changing hardware

Posted on August 19, 2008 by Jeff

I’ve been think­ing a lot about some­thing Palm CEO Ed Col­li­gan has said a few times now. He said that the new devices based on Nova, the code­name for Palm’s new OS, will fea­ture “game chang­ing hard­ware.” This is an inter­est­ing phrase. … Con­tinue read­ing →

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