Hot on the heals of their recently announced job cuts, according to ZDNet (UK), Palm is reporting a 41% shortfall in revenue compared to expectations for the second fiscal quarter. They announced revenue of just $198m compared to Wall Street expectations of $331.
Palm blamed this shortfall on a “reduced demand for maturing smartphone and [...]

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While we wait impatiently for Palm to do *something* (anything really, please) at least other smartphone manufacturers aren’t asleep at the wheel. Today we saw the announcement of the second Google Android phone hot on the heels of the popular (and quite awesome) T-Mobile G1. This new model will be called “Agora”, whatever that means, [...]

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Yesterday, Palm released a cabinet file update for the Treo Pro that fixes a bug with the Pro’s Bluetooth stack.
You should apply this update if “you are in an active call using bluetooth car kit or bluetooth headset and you receive a second incoming call and you let it ring or you ignore the incoming [...]

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Last Wednesday, Palm released a software update for the Verizon Centro. Not unlike the updates for the Verizon Treo 700p and 755p, Palm is again vague about the update and what improvements it will bring about.
According to Palm, the “software update is a minor tune-up that may improve device usability in certain situations.”

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In time for the holiday season, Palm has released two new colors for the Sprint Centro. The new olive green and vibrant rose Centros also feature a number of small, but nice improvements:

Twice the internal RAM (128MB)
Rubberized “soft-touch” coating
Google Maps with My Location
Facebook for Palm
Special Holiday Discount Price - $79.99

The new colors will be available [...]

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