Palm dumps Pre ad agency, T-Mobile offers $350 for iPhones

Palm this week parted ways with the ad agency that produced its widely panned advertising campaign for the Pre smartphone. And U.S. wireless carrier T-Mobile is offering up to $350 for iPhone trade-ins for new customers who switch to the HTC HD2.

Slash Lane 16 years ago 48

Robotic test reconfirms Apple's iPhone touchscreen superiority

A new test of touchscreen smartphones with a precise laboratory robot has confirmed what a human test already concluded: Apple's iPhone touchscreen is far and away the most accurate touch panel on the market.

Katie Marsal 16 years ago 130

Palm's failure to take on iPhone casts doubt on Nokia, Microsoft

The high profile failure of Palm's efforts to revitalize its flagging smartphone business with the Pre's new webOS has analysts casting doubt over parallel phone platform reinvention efforts by others, including Nokia's Symbian and Microsoft's Windows Phone 7.

Prince McLean 16 years ago 116

iPod touch users spend more time using apps than those with iPhones

A new survey of mobile device consumers has discovered that iPhone and iPod touch owners are mostly male, though iPhone users are older and have less time to use downloaded applications than those who have an iPod touch.

Sam Oliver 16 years ago 64

Gartner: Apple's iPhone was No. 3 worldwide smartphone in 2009

After more than doubling its total sales from a year prior, the iPhone platform was catapulted into third place in global smartphone sales in 2009, with Apple shipping 24.9 million handsets.

Slash Lane 16 years ago 51

Apple's share of U.S. smartphone market grows to 25% - study

A strong holiday quarter helped to grow Apple's share of the U.S. smartphone market by 1.2 percent in the fourth quarter of 2009, giving the iPhone a 25.3 percent share of users, according to a new report.

Slash Lane 16 years ago 100

Logic Pro, MainStage go 64-bit; Warner Music loses $11M on Lala

Apple's professional audio applications were updated to add 64-bit support Tuesday, Warner Music came up $11 million short in its investment in Lala, a supposed sighting of iPhone OS 4.2 is revealed, and a former Apple executive has joined a close partner of competitor Palm.

AppleInsider Staff 16 years ago 26

Palm CEO, former Apple exec says he's never used an iPhone

In an interview at CES this week, Palm chief executive and former iPod chief Jon Rubinstein said his company doesn't pay much attention to Apple, and noted he has never even used an iPhone.

Neil Hughes 16 years ago 259

CES: Palm announces Pre Plus, Pixi Plus exclusively for Verizon

Palm announced Thursday it will release two new WebOS-based handsets on the Verizon Wireless network on Jan. 25: the Pre Plus and the Pixi Plus.

Sam Oliver 16 years ago 27

AT&T to release Android, WebOS devices & new app platform

AT&T, the exclusive carrier of the iPhone in the U.S., revealed on Wednesday plans to launch its first five Android-based handsets in the first half of 2010, two WebOS devices, and a new mobile application platform for non-smartphones.

Slash Lane 16 years ago 95

Verizon rumored to embrace Palm in 2010 to combat iPhone

Looking beyond its new lineup of Android-based mobile phones, Verizon is also expected to add Palm's webOS in 2010 to fight off AT&T subscriber gains based on the strength of the iPhone.

Neil Hughes 16 years ago 106

iTunes 9.0.2 connects with Apple TV 3.0, kills Palm Pre sync

On the heels of the Apple TV 3.0 software update Thursday, Apple also updated iTunes to version 9.0.2, bringing compatibility with the updated set top box and again nixing sync capabilities with the Palm Pre.

AppleInsider Staff 16 years ago 92

iTunes sync spat between Palm, Apple continues

The back-and-forth battle between Palm and Apple continues, as the Pre's webOS has been updated to once again sync with iTunes, in spite of a USB-IF statement against the practice.

Neil Hughes 16 years ago 181

Latest Palm Pre update does not re-enable iTunes sync

Palm released its latest update for the Pre handset this week, and the new software does not re-enable sync with iTunes — perhaps a sign that the hardware maker has given up in its fight with Apple.

Neil Hughes 16 years ago 79

USB forum sides with Apple in Palm Pre sync dispute

In a serious blow to Palm's fight to have its Pre smartphone sync with iTunes, the USB Implementers Forum has sided with Apple and chastised Palm for violating the forum's policies.

Katie Marsal 16 years ago 98

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