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Palm touts new Linux-based Treos
News Palm is developing a Linux-based operating system for its handheld devices, the company's chief executive, Ed Colligan, revealed on Tuesday. Colligan said the new operating system -- which has been in development for a "number of years" and is now...
12 April 2007, 9:59
Palm's profits fall despite Treo sales
News Handheld device maker Palm said its quarterly profits fell despite growing sales of its Treo smart phone. That's down from the $19.6 million, or 38 cents a share, that Palm reported in the period last year, which ended on Sept.
23 September 2005, 10:12
Palm does Windows
News In an acknowledgment that the market for the Palm operating system has run out of steam, the maker of the popular Treo mobile phone on Monday unveiled a version that runs Windows. Microsoft chairman Bill Gates joined Palm chief executive Ed...
27 September 2005, 10:28
Palm, Microsoft and Vodafone make 3G Treo trio
News Microsoft and Palm have enlisted the help of Vodafone to give the Treo a more Euro flavour. According to Palm, the device that will result from the Treo trio's collaboration will be available in the UK this year and will be 3G-compatible -- a first...
14 July 2006, 10:15
Palm ditches Tungsten and Zire brands
News Palm updated its Tungsten and Zire handheld devices on Wednesday as part of a rebranding strategy that will now emphasise its Palm name over all others. Priced at £79.99 and £249.99 respectively, Palm is positioning the handhelds to sell to...
12 October 2005, 10:19
Palm unveils next-generation PDA
News Palm has taken the wraps off its latest PDA an all-singing all-dancing wireless model that bears an uncanny resemblance to a Compaq iPaq. The US-only Palm i705 can be activated with the Palm.Net wireless service to provide an always-on internet...
28 January 2002, 7:45
Windows-powered Palm Treo to make US debut
News Palm is reportedly getting ready to launch a handheld that runs on software from rival Microsoft. Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates is scheduled to join Palm CEO Ed Colligan and Verizon Wireless President and CEO Denny Strigl for a press event in San...
26 September 2005, 10:00
LG to use Palm OS in smart phones
News PalmSource on Wednesday announced that Korean giant LG Electronics has signed a deal to license the Palm operating system globally. Under the agreement, LG can develop and market smart phones based on the Palm OS, the company said.
7 July 2005, 12:12
News.blog: iTunes comes to the Palm OS
News Hey, Palm fans. Developer Mark/Space has released its update to Mac synchronisation software, the Missing Sync for devices running on the Palm OS. It also helps Palm OS owners to do something that neither Motorola nor Apple even let you do -- sync...
11 November 2005, 10:21
Goodbye Palm OS, hello ALP
News Future iterations of the Palm operating system (OS) will no longer bear that name. Instead -- as predicted since Palm sold its PalmSource OS division to Japanese firm Access last year -- it is now called Access Linux Platform (ALP).
13 October 2006, 10:34
Sun is hot on Palm's Treo
News The next time you see a service employee from Sun Microsystems, he may be sporting a new Palm Treo smart phone. That's because Palm is expected to announce a deal next week that it will supply about 600 of Sun's US technical staff with its popular...
8 August 2005, 9:32
Making the case for Windows on Palm handhelds
News A senior Palm executive says his company could benefit from building a mobile computing device that runs on the Windows operating system made by once-bitter rival Microsoft. In an interview, Palm Chief Financial Officer Andrew Brown said that...
12 August 2005, 10:43
Is Linux Palm's saviour?
News The deliberately simple nature of the Palm operating system was so inspiring to Rick Broida that in 1997 he started a magazine, Tap, dedicated to devices using the handheld OS. Its chief executive, David Nagel, abruptly resigned on Sunday without...
26 May 2005, 10:12
Palm won't abandon Palm OS, says CEO
News Palm's chief executive reiterated the company's support for its namesake operating system on Tuesday, as the company readied its first Windows-based Treo. I'm writing to you today because I'm concerned by the number of posts I've read that suggest...
9 November 2005, 9:29
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


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