Palm snags another former Apple employee for exec role

Palm continues to poach former Apple employees for its executive-level talent, with its latest coup the signing of a former creative director at the Cupertino, Calif.-based company.

Neil Hughes 16 years ago 38

Palm fires back at Apple, fixes Pre sync with iTunes

Just a week after Apple killed the Pre's ability to sync with desktop music management client iTunes, Palm has responded with webOS 1.1 — a software update that again enables Palm's phone to access media from the current version of iTunes.

Neil Hughes 16 years ago 166

Bogged down AT&T 3G to clear in months; Buffett criticizes Jobs

Residents of major US cities that have had near-unusable 3G since the iPhone 3G's launch should finally get relief in the months ahead, AT&T says. Meanwhile, Palm is getting its own relief via breakthrough sales of its Pre smartphone, but Apple co-founder Steve Jobs is getting no break frp, Warren Buffett, who says the executive violated good business principles by keeping his liver transplant a secret.

Katie Marsal 16 years ago 205

Apple warns Palm Pre users iTunes sync may break

A simple technical note from Apple on Tuesday warns that it can't guarantee third-party devices like the Palm Pre will work with iTunes and adds that future updates to the software may break media syncing with third-party devices.

Katie Marsal 16 years ago 169

Why Apple keeps iPhone specifications quiet

In marked contrast to the PC market, where differention primarily centers around gigabytes, GHz, and Intel Inside branding, Apple is working to keep attention on the iPhone's software, with a curious avoidance of any mention of the make or specification of its internals, apparently for competitive reasons.

Prince McLean 17 years ago 53

Former Apple hardware chief appointed as Palm's new CEO

Jon Rubinstein, an Apple executive who helped lead the company out of its dark ages and later played an integral role in pioneering the iPod, was named chief executive officer of rival handset maker Palm on Wednesday.

Katie Marsal 17 years ago 59

Palm Pre teardown shows iPhone-inspired design

Dismantling a Palm Pre piece by piece has revealed it to be very efficiently designed; so much so that, at points, it appears better put together than the Apple iPhone many see as its role model.

Katie Marsal 17 years ago 269

Review roundup: Palm's Pre and its fledgeling WebOS

The embargo on Palm’s new Pre smartphone has lifted and multiple reviews are now online describing the highly-anticipated iPhone competitor, which goes on sale this Saturday, June 6 at Sprint, Best Buy, and Radio Shack stores across the U.S where it will fetch $199 after rebates and a two-year service commitment.

AppleInsider Staff 17 years ago 275

Palm stock surges on rumors of Pre heading to Verizon in 2010

Shares of Palm, Inc spiked upward roughly ten percent on rumors that the new Palm Pre phone might only remain exclusively tied to Sprint for six months, suggesting availability through Verizon Wireless and AT&T as early as January 2010.

Prince McLean 17 years ago 47

Palm Pre syncs with iTunes on a Mac just like an iPhone

Palm's upcoming Pre handset is again making headlines this week after it was discovered that early production units contain native support for syncing with Apple's iTunes software as if they were built by the iPhone maker itself.

Sam Oliver 17 years ago 124

iPhone rival Palm Pre to sell for $199 after rebate on June 6th

Sprint Nextel Corp said Tuesday that Palm's much anticipate Pre smartphone will launch on its 3G network Saturday June 6th for $199.99 with a two-year service agreement and after a $100 mail-in rebate.

Sam Oliver 17 years ago 429

Apple may be forced into Verizon iPhone within two years - report

Even as Apple has insisted it's content to give AT&T exclusive access to the iPhone, a closer look at Apple's own devices — and a likely dead-end in growth through its existing carrier strategy — shows that Apple may have little choice but to sell its smartphone through Verizon and other carriers by 2011 at the latest.

Katie Marsal 17 years ago 101

New Palm Pre apps underscore Apple's iPhone limitations

While third-party apps are being trumpeted as the iPhone's strength, key Palm Pre demos this week were designed to highlight their restrictions by taking advantage of those precise things that Apple won't allow.

Katie Marsal 17 years ago 212

Late rumor has iPhone 3.0 getting copy-and-paste, multitasking

Apple may be adding some of the iPhone's most heavily requested software features — including multitasking the ability to copy and paste text — with the unveiling of the 3.0 update this week.

Katie Marsal 17 years ago 138

Apple iPhone controls over 66% of all mobile web use

In its first detailed look at web market share for cellphones, a research firm has found that Apple's iPhone represents a staggering 66.61 percent of mobile traffic while its competitors have only just gained a foothold.

Katie Marsal 17 years ago 58

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