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HTC the chosen one for manufacturing Palm Treo Pro (Taiwan)

  • August 22nd, 2008
  • 12:35 pm

HTC will now be manufacturing Palm’s latest Windows Mobile-based smartphone, the Treo Pro, sources reveal.

Taiwan based HTC’s experience in manufacturing the Windows Mobile smartphones is the reason behind it’s selection for  manufacturing the smartphone for Palm, which is expected to launch in September.

   

Palm sells two-millionth Centro smartphone (World)

  • July 30th, 2008
  • 11:49 am

Palm has sold its two-millionth Centro smartphone, and is now offering Centro in more than25 countries in North America, South America, Europe and Asia Pacific.

According to a recent data by AdMob, further echoes the momentum of Palm’s smallest, lightest and most affordable smartphone. According to the company’s Mobile Metrics report, Palm Centro leapt onto the list of mobile phones worldwide in May as the No. 8 device, and moved up in June to No. 7. AdMob cites the growth of inexpensive phones, such as Palm Centro, as a primary driver in mobile Internet usage.

   

Palm posts net loss on restructuring charges (USA)

  • December 20th, 2007
  • 8:35 am

Palm reported a net loss of USD 9.6 million for its fiscal second quarter to 30 November, hurt by some USD 10 million in restructuring charges. The result compares to a profit of USD 12.8 million in the year-earlier period. The smartphone maker’s sales fell to USD 350 million from USD 393 million a year ago. Smartphone sell-through for the quarter was 686,000 units, up 11 percent year over year. The company said it’s working to lower operating costs and focus on products expected to contribute the most to long-term success. For the third quarter, it forecast revenues of USD 310-320 million and a net loss of USD 30-33 million, including USD 16-18 million in restructuring charges.

   

Microsoft unveils mobile device manager server (USA)

  • October 24th, 2007
  • 11:11 am

Microsoft has unveiled new products for the mobile market at the CTIA trade show in the US. These include the Microsoft System Center Mobile Device Manager 2008, a mobile-dedicated server that helps companies manage Windows Mobile phones similar to Windows-based laptops and PCs. The device manager provides for the delivery of applications to phones over the air, as well as managing the use of secure mobile VPNs. AT&T will support Mobile Device Manager for business customers next year, and Sprint will enhance its portfolio of Windows Mobile phones in 2008 to support Mobile Device Manager. In addition, new phones or updates to support Mobile Device Manager are expected to be available beginning in the second quarter of 2008 from HP, HTC, i-mate, Intermec, Motorola, Palm and Samsung. Microsoft also announced an alliance with the firm Enterprise Mobile, founded by IT entrepreneur Mort Rosenthal. Enterprise Mobile will build, deploy and manage custom-made systems for Windows Mobile and the Mobile Device Manager, that will work with a variety of mobile operators and phone manufacturers.

   

Palm forecasts breakeven to small loss in Q1 (USA)

  • September 20th, 2007
  • 12:39 pm

Palm has forecast a breakeven result to a small net loss for its fiscal first quarter to 31 August. Earnings per share are estimated at USD 0.00 to a loss of USD 0.01, on revenues of USD 359-361 million. The company expects smartphone shipments of 685,000 to 690,000 for the period. Profits were affected by USD 5.1 million in stock option expenses, USD 5 million in patent acquisition costs, USD 6.6 million for restructuring and USD 4.4 million from the sale of land. EBITDA is forecast at USD 3.4-4.4 million. Palm released the results as the figures may form part of an ongoing investor presentation to market its senior laon facilities. Full results for the company’s first quarter 1 October.

   

Palm unveils Treo 500v for European market with Vodafone

  • September 13th, 2007
  • 12:31 pm

Palm has unveiled its latest smartphone for the European market, the Treo 500v, to be launched exclusively with Vodafone from October. Running on Windows Mobile 6, the 3G handset has a full keyboard, large screen, new personal information management software, 2 megapixel camera and full messaging services covering SMS, MMS, instant messaging and push e-mail. It also highlights the Vodafone live! range of internet services, including access to Google Maps and eBay and a range of information services. The handset has 150MB of internal memory as well as a microSD card slot. The phone will come in either glacier white or charcoal grey. It will initially be available to Vodafone customers in Germany, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, the UK and Vodacom customers in South Africa.

   

Palm and Digitel Offer Treo 680 Smartphone in Venezuela

  • July 6th, 2007
  • 2:34 pm

Palm, Inc. and Digitel today announced the availability of the Palm Treo 680 smartphone in Venezuela.

The Treo 680 GSM/GPRS/EDGE quad-band world phone, running on the Palm OS, boasts Palm’s hallmark ease of use. use. It’s packed with features beyond its excellent phone capability, such as email, web browsing, messaging, multimedia, calendar, contacts, touch screen and more.

With the introduction of the Treo 680 smartphone, Palm is targeting new users in the rapidly growing smartphone and feature-phone markets. The Treo 680 will offer a simple and fun way to get started and stay connected.

 

   

 

Windows Mobile 6 Phones, Platform Upgrades Already Available

  • June 30th, 2007
  • 10:21 am

As mentioned in the story before this, there aren’t too many Windows Mobile 6 device available Windows roughly five months after the release of the platform. Those looking to upgrade to a smartphone built on Microsoft’s latest mobile-device platform have a growing selection smartphones and Pocket PCs to choose from, however.
The oldest is the HP iPAQ 510 Voice Messenger (see top image), which was introduced in February, and is now available unlocked through HP. Sprint customers have the new Sprint Mogul by HTC. T-Mobile subscribers are bound to the T-Mobile Wing. The HTC Touch also runs Windows Mobile 6 and boasts an innovative iPhone-like touch screen technology.

If you love your current Windows Mobile 5 device too much to part with it—or you just aren’t ready to splurge on a new one—you may still be able to enjoy the benefits of Windows Mobile 6. T-Mobile is offering an OS upgrade for its T-Mobile Dash, and AT&T says it will release an update for the AT&T (formally Cingular) 8525.
Palm also plans to offer an upgrade for the Palm Treo 750, as does Samsung with the BlackJack.

   

 

Palm posts sharp slide in Q4 results

  • June 29th, 2007
  • 8:39 am

Palm a sharp decline in net profit for the fiscal fourth quarter to 1 June, to USD 15.4 million from USD 27.2 million a year earlier. Total revenues dropped to USD 401.3 million from USD 403.1 million, while unit sales increased 43 percent year-on-year to 750,000 smartphones. For the full fiscal year, sales fell 1 percent to USD 1.56 billion, while net profit plunged to USD 56.4 million from USD 336.2 million. For the first quarter of the new year, Palm forecast revenues of USD 355-365 million, a gross margin of USD 36.8-37.3 percent and a net result between a loss of USD 0.01 per share and a profit of USD 0.01. Palm also plans to take a restructuring charge of USD 8-9 million for the recently announced reorganisation, which includes severance and facility closure costs. Of this some USD 6.5-7.5 million will be incurred in Q1 with the remainder in Q2.

   

Nokia Intellisync Wireless Email Selected as Rambler.Ru’s Mobility Platform

  • June 28th, 2007
  • 11:04 am

Nokia (NYSE: NOK) today announced that Rambler.Ru portal, one of the largest Russian Internet services and Email provider, has chosen Nokia Intellisync Wireless Email as
their strategic mobile email platform. Rambler will offer mobile email,
calendar, contacts and task synchronization services, powered by Nokia
Intellisync technology, to its more than 20 million subscribers of
Mail.Rambler.Ru. The service will be available as standard application
during the second half of 2007.
   

In Russia, only 5 percent of the population has broadband access* which
makes mobile email communication an important service for many residents.
The Russian telecommunication market is one of the world’s fastest growing
markets with a penetration of more than 100 percent**, meaning that
consumers are starting to use more than one SIM card.
   

 ”To answer the huge demand for mobile email in Russia in the long term,
we needed a scalable platform that would be able to support a variety of
devices - both smartphones and lower-end mobile devices with limited
memory,” said Dmitry Pleshakov, Director of portal, Rambler. “Nokia
Intellisync Wireless Email, with its support for more than 100 different
devices in addition to the Nokia Eseries portfolio gave us the scalability,
security and fast route to market that we were looking for. I am confident
that with Nokia we can deliver the most robust and user-friendly mobile
email to our customers.”
   

“Rambler.Ru’s decision to offer mobile email service for their entire
customer base supports our mission to provide mobile email beyond the
executive suite,” says Scott Cooper, senior vice president Mobility
Solutions, Enterprise Solutions, Nokia. “With our offering we are reducing
costs related to mobile email and this way giving consumers access to low
cost, easy to use wireless email and personal information management (PIM)
services”.
   

The integration of Nokia Intellisync Wireless Email solution into
Rambler.Ru’s services portfolio is handled by Borlas Consulting Group.
Borlas, one of the leading consulting groups in application consulting and
integration in Russia, specializes in large business projects with
IT-components in the region. “We have recommended Nokia Intellisync
Wireless Email solution, as our extensive experience in the business market
shows that this product is superior to other solutions with regards to
reliability, scalability and device support ,” said Sergei Gorkov, director
of Mobile Solutions at Borlas Consulting Group.
   

 Nokia Intellisync Wireless Email is a part of the Nokia Intellisync
Mobile Suite, which provides access to powerful collaboration tools such as
email, contacts, calendar, device management and synchronization of files,
data, and business applications. Nokia Intellisync Wireless Email works in
any groupware environment - ISP, Microsoft Exchange, Lotus Notes or
Groupwise — and can run on virtually any device platform, including
Symbian, Windows Mobile, and Palm.
   

 About Nokia
   

 Nokia is the world leader in mobility, driving the transformation and
growth of the converging Internet and communications industries. Nokia
makes a wide range of mobile devices and provides people with experiences
in music, navigation, video, television, imaging, games and business
mobility through these devices. Nokia also provides equipment, solutions
and services for communications networks.