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Palm shares hit 52 week low after disappointing earnings
When former Apple executive Jon Rubenstein joined the ranks of Palm a while back, it was widely believed that Palm and its new webOS would make a noticeable splash in the smartphone market. Sales of Palm’s flagship device however, the Palm Pre, have been underwhelming and Palm is now skating on financially thin ice. Things [...]
Continue reading...Palm CEO Jon Rubinstein pens letter to employees re: lackluster sales
Friday, February 26, 2010
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Yesterday, Palm announced lowered earnings guidance for its upcoming 3Q results, naturally attributing dissapointing revenues to lower than expected sales and thus fewer orders from carriers. In light of Palm’s disappointing sales, Palm CEO and former Apple Executive Jon Rubenstein penned a letter to Palm employees explaining the reasons behind subpar sales of the Palm Pre [...]
Continue reading...Palm slashes guidance, stock down nearly 16%
Thursday, February 25, 2010
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With Android making a strong push, and RIM and Apple still doing their thang’, Palm’s lineup of WebOS phones have seemingly been marginalized to the fringe of the smartphone market. Earlier today, Palm scaled back its earnings guidance and now expects 3Q revenue to fall somewhere in between $285 and $310 million. The street, however, [...]
Continue reading...Avie Tevanian, Steve Jobs’ old right hand man, to join Elevation Partners
Friday, January 15, 2010
You may not have heard of Avadis “Avie” Tevanian, but if you’re reading this website, odds are that you’re very familiar with his work. Tevanian originally came over to Apple from NeXT when Apple purchased the company back in 2007. During his time at Apple, Tevanian served as the Senior Vice President of Software Engineering [...]
Continue reading...Palm CEO Jon Rubenstein has never used an iPhone
Saturday, January 9, 2010
At CES 2009, Palm stole the show when it showcased the Palm Pre. At last, people thought, a true competitor to the iPhone. Though the Pre hasn’t done much to steal the iPhone’s thunder, it was enough to keep Palm afloat at a time when its days seemed numbered. Spearheading the development of the Palm [...]
Continue reading...Why Palm’s “Open” strategy to take on the iPhone won’t work
Tuesday, October 6, 2009
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The app store on the Palm Pre is now open for business, and Palm CEO Jon Rubenstein announced at yesterday’s Palm Developer conference that there are already about 127 apps that have been downloaded a total of 7.5 million times. Now that might seem impressive until you consider that the iPhone app store currently has [...]
Continue reading...Palm has an easy time getting the Pre to sync with iTunes
Sunday, October 4, 2009
Well, Palm certainly has some chutzpah. Even after Palm’s complaint with the USB Implementers Forurm resulted in a public lashing, whereby they were chastised for spoofing Apple’s USB vendor ID, they were back to their old tricks this past weekend. According to PreCentral, when a user hooks up their Pre running WebOS 1.2.1 to their [...]
Continue reading...Why enabling the Palm Pre to sync up with iTunes is shortsighted
Sunday, October 4, 2009
In case you missed it, Palm is up to its old tricks again and has re-enabled the ability of the Palm Pre to sync with iTunes. As we’ve discussed previously, this back and forth cat and mouse game between Apple and Palm only serves to disrupt the user experience for Palm Pre owners, with their [...]
Continue reading...New Palm Pre update re-enables iTunes syncing.. AGAIN
Saturday, October 3, 2009
The ongoing battle between Palm and Apple over the Palm Pre’s ability to sync up with iTunes shows no signs of dying down, despite numerous attempts from Apple to block the Pre and in spite a recent letter from the USB Implementors Forum which chastised Palm for spoofing Apple’s USB Vendor ID. Palm today released [...]
Continue reading...Report: Palm laying off workers, disappointing Pre sales may be to blame
Thursday, October 1, 2009
Palm has started laying off employees as a cost saving measure in the face of lower then expected Palm Pre sales, according to a recent blurb on CoolSmartphone. Since Palm first introduced the Pre to the public at CES 2009, the Pre, rightly or wrongly, has been typecast as a true competitor to the iPhone. [...]
Continue reading...USB Forum comes down hard on Palm for spoofing Apple’s USB vendor ID re: iTunes syncing
Wednesday, September 23, 2009
The cat and mouse game over the Palm Pre’s ability to sync with iTunes may soon be coming to an end. Just a few weeks ago, Apple released an iTunes update which prevented the Pre from syncing up with iTunes. Shortly thereafter, Palm answered with an update of its own with the release of webOS [...]
Continue reading...Report: Steve Jobs asked Palm not to hire Apple engineers
Thursday, August 20, 2009
In the wake of a U.S Justice Department investigation into questionable hiring practices at tech companies, it’s come to light that in August 2007, Apple asked Palm not hire any of its employees. According to former Palm CEO Ed Colligan, who once mocked Apple’s entry into the smartphone market, he and Jobs held talks in [...]
Continue reading...Palm Pre sends user info, including location, back to Palm on a daily basis
Friday, August 14, 2009
It came to light this week that the Palm Pre sends an array of user information back to Palm HQ on a daily basis. Specifically, Palm Pre users send the following information back to the mothership every 24 hours. 1) Installed Apps 2) Crash Logs 3) User Location (via GPS) 4) And finally, a list [...]
Continue reading...Palm hires yet another former Apple employee as new SVP of Brand Design
Tuesday, August 4, 2009
The number of former Apple employees now working for Palm is quite extensive, and now you can add another name to the list. Palm recently added Jeff Zwerner to its management team as its new Senior Vice President of Brand Design. In his new role, Zwerner will apply “his significant expertise in strategic brand design [...]
Continue reading...How the latest Palm Pre update syncs with iTunes
Monday, August 3, 2009
A few weeks ago, Apple released an iTunes update which prevented the Palm Pre from syncing up with iTunes. Shortly thereafter, Palm responded with an update of its own with the release of webOS 1.1, an update which re-enabled the ability of the Pre to sync up with and transfer media files from iTunes. In [...]
Continue reading...New Palm Pre webOS update re-enables syncing with iTunes
Thursday, July 23, 2009
Last week, Apple released iTunes update 8.2.1 which prevented the Palm Pre from syncing up with iTunes. Earlier today, Palm responded with an update of its own with the release of webOS 1.1, an update which, among other things, re-enables the ability of the Pre to sync up with and transfer media files from iTunes. [...]
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Monday, March 22, 2010
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