Every once in a while we like to check up on Palm’s competition.
Samsung Electronics is one of the most resourceful companies in the world, with over $80 billion annually in sales. (Palm is about 1/50th the size, with $1.6 billion in turnover.) The company ships approximately 40 million mobile phones per year [...]

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Skyfire is a free, downloadable browser for Windows Mobile smartphones currently in closed beta that may provide the first better-than-iPhone Internet experience. According to the developer, “Anything you can browse from your PC, you can browse from your mobile phone.”
Skyfire is supposed to enable users to watch web video, listen to music, stay [...]

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Treo and Centro manufacturer Palm, Inc. says it’s planning to close 33 out of 34 of its retail stores, most of which are in airports, to reduce expenses and narrow their focus on producing competitive handsets.
In the comapny’s most recently ended financial quarter, Palm reported a loss of $9.63 million, compared to net income of [...]

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Every once in a while technologies converge in a way that seems magical.
Eye-Fi Cards are memory cards for photographers that automatically transmit images via WiFi. Simply take photos, store them on an Eye-Fi card, and the card will transfer them to your computer when it detects your home wireless network. Eye-Fi cards [...]

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Wish You Were Here is a service that allows you to send photographs taken on your Treo, Centro or other smartphone as postcards. Snap a picture, transmit it to them by e-mail or MultiMedia Messaging (MMS), and they will send it along with your message to any US address specified.
The service is free [...]

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