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CNET.co.uk has 59 stories on palm
palmOne spends $30m to lose the 'One'
News palmOne, which makes handhelds bearing the same name, plans to change its name to Palm later this year, the company said on Tuesday. At that time, its product line, which currently includes the LifeDrive, Treo, Tungsten and Zire devices, will be...
26 May 2005, 10:28
Scanning veins as a human bar code
News In Memphis, Tennessee, a small medical supply company called Luminetx has developed a new method of palm-reading that it hopes will rival fingerprinting or retinal scans as a way to perfectly identify individuals.
2 February 2006, 9:12
Tapwave leaves game device business
News Tapwave shut down its Zodiac handheld device business this week, meaning one less customer for the struggling PalmSource, maker of the Palm operating system. They pointed to Tapwave as an example of applications of the Palm OS outside of handhelds.
29 July 2005, 10:47
Dell to make smart phones?
News Wireless market analyst Jack Gold, of J Gold Associates, also suggested that this might best be achieved by buying an "established player" such as Palm and jettisoning "the non-strategic components of Palm's business".
1 March 2007, 10:43
News.blog: Film contest spotlights handheld video
News But because she created simple characters and kept the story short, her film is an excellent example of the type of videos that will also appeal to handheld users, according to representatives from Palm, SanDisk and Kinoma, a mobile video player...
13 March 2006, 10:14
OS is key to smart phone choice
News Palm remains the number one platform among US smart phone owners, according to IDC. Palm is not only the most favoured operating system for smart phones in the US, it's also the most favoured device brand.
29 November 2006, 9:35
Motorola Q set for success
News Even though iSuppli hasn't yet analysed the cost of building comparable products from competitors, such as BlackBerry maker Research In Motion and Treo maker Palm, analysts with the firm said the Q's low price and inexpensive design are likely to...
21 July 2006, 10:31
Handheld shipments approach record levels
News RIM's market share of 23.2 per cent continues to lead the pack, with Palm close behind at 17.8 per cent. Garner blames the stagnant US market on the continuing decline in Palm OS PDA shipments and ageing product lines among Microsoft licensees.
3 August 2005, 9:36
Photos: Sling shows off at CES
News Sling Media has added Palm Treo support to its mobile player lineup. With Sling's new software, SlingPlayer Mobile for Palm OS, Treo users can take their media where they go and watch their favourite full-length TV shows on their PDA.
11 January 2007, 11:05
Samsung licenses Symbian OS
News The Samsung-built SPH-I300 will come with PalmSource's operating system for smart phones and will arrive in stores worldwide "imminently," said Michael Mace, chief competitive officer at PalmSource, which sells Palm's operating system.
22 October 2002, 8:30
Squint at your mobile? There is another way
News A 2002 study by researchers at Wichita State University looked at using the technology to improve reading text on a Palm handheld. The research found that people could read a Palm Pilot just as fast using RSVP, but that they preferred more...
14 July 2005, 9:54
Mobility coming for the working masses
News On Monday, Microsoft and Palm announced that they're teaming up to put Microsoft's Windows Mobile 5.0 on Palm's Treo devices. Mobility up to this point has been an executive toy," Mary McDowell, senior vice president and general manager of...
28 September 2005, 11:12
Scanning the mobile TV landscape
News A CNBC broadcast viewed this week on a Palm Treo 650 and carried via MobiTV appeared choppy only infrequently. Among the Palm handhelds that are video-enabled, the Treo 650 and 700w models also offer phone capability.
30 January 2006, 10:42
Apple finally answers call for iPhone
News We are focused on the 'pro-sumer' and business customer, where email, Microsoft Outlook and easy text entry for messaging and Web navigation is required," said Palm spokeswoman Marlene Somsak. A Palm spokeswoman said the iPhone appeared to be...
10 January 2007, 10:27
News.blog: MacBook users complain of yellow stain
News Owners of white MacBooks are reporting a yellow discolouration, mostly on the palm rest area of the device, according to a growing number of members on an Apple discussion board. The discolouration seems to be occurring after just a few weeks of use.
14 June 2006, 10:19
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