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Verizon – 400,000 Palm devices ordered?

Published on: 12th January, 2010

An unnamed source has revealed to the Boy Genius Report that Verizon Wireless had allegedly placed an order for 400,000 Palm handsets. The order, according to the cited source, would be split between two devices, 200,000 Pre and 200,000 Pixi devices. A report says Palm has shipped 600,000 Pixi devices during the last quarter, but [...]

A new firmware update from Palm

Published on: 22nd December, 2009

Jon Rubinstein, Palm’s CEO announced on their last quarterly results, that they will release the 1.3.5 update for Pre and Pixi. The new upgrade will make the Wi-Fi reception stronger, will boost the performance of their products especially for Pixi, and it will also remove some applications that occupy 64MB. There is no release date [...]

Wi-Fi enabled Palm Pixi?

Published on: 16th December, 2009

Palm will launch, as soon as possible, a new version of the Pixi handset, supporting Verizon’s network and having integrated Wi-Fi capabilities, according to a recent FCC filing. The actual Pixi operates on CDMA as well, but it doesn’t benefit from Wi-Fi, which would keep costs down. The upcoming version of the Pixi handset, called [...]

Palm above expectations – 670,000 phones sold in fall

Published on: 14th December, 2009

An investment note from Kaufman Brothers shows that Palm had a better than expected fall quarter. Senior analyst Shaw Wu outlines that about 670,000 Pre and Pixi phones have been sold between September and November this year and, although less than the summer peak of 823,000 handsets, the results are still surprising and showed an [...]

Palm Pixi Headed to Sprint This Holiday Season

Published on: 29th October, 2009

Palm has announced that the Pixi – a tiny webOS-based handset – will come to Sprint this holiday season. The phone will hit shelves without Wi-Fi, only with EVDO Revision A, with 8GB of storage onboard, a 2 megapixel camera with flash, a full QWERTY keyboard, and a 2.63-inch, 320×400 capacitive multitouch display. The Palm [...]