Posted by Troy Wolverton on July 21st, 2009 at 6:26 pm | Categorized as 1 | Tagged as android, Apple, Google, iPhone, mytouch 3g, Palm, pre, t-mobile, wolverton
(updated below)
I’ll write a more complete review tomorrow, but here’s what I think of the T-Mobile myTouch 3G so far:
Pros
Good size. Much slimmer than the G1, the first T-Mobile Android phone. Fits more easily in the hand than the iPhone.
Virtual keyboard. This is something that was a big problem with the G1; you had to use its physical keyboard to enter text. With the latest version of Android, though, you get a virtual keyboard. And — a la the new iPhone OS — it’s available in landscape or portrait mode for most applications.
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Posted by Troy Wolverton on July 10th, 2009 at 2:57 pm | Categorized as 1 | Tagged as android, Apple, Google, iPhone, iPhone 3.0, mytouch 3g, Palm, palm pre, smartphones, t-mobile, WebOS, wolverton
T-Mobile myTouch 3G
Google and T-Mobile this morning showed off the myTouch 3G, the second phone in the United States to run on the search giant’s Android operating system.
The companies debuted the phone at a small press event in San Francisco. The event started with a panel discussion that focused on the new phone, Android and the evolving role of carriers in an era of increasingly open phone platforms.
I got some hands-on time with the new phone and got a fairly favorable impression of it. The big difference between the myTouch and the G1, the first T-Mobile Android phone, is that the myTouch lacks a keyboard. Thanks to that, it’s slimmer, sleeker and seemingly lighter than the G1.
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Posted by Bay Area News Group blog editor on July 1st, 2009 at 2:43 pm | Categorized as 1 | Tagged as Brodie Keast, Departures, Hirings, Jonathan Rubinstein, Kathleen Mitic, Palm
Palm’s new chief executive, former Apple executive Jon Rubinstein, has decided to repolish both its products and corporate brands by creating two new executive marketing jobs both reporting directly to him, according to an SEC filing this afternoon.
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Posted by Bay Area News Group blog editor on March 3rd, 2009 at 3:43 pm | Categorized as 1 | Tagged as Economic slowdown, elevation partners, Palm
Palm is expecting sales for its just-ended fiscal 2009 third quarter to be no more than $90 million, far below the $158 million average analyst forecast, and below the $100 million that was the lowest forecast among the 20 analysts surveyed by Thomson Reuters.
The news, released after markets closed, sent Palm’s shares down 10 percent to around $6.62, according to Yahoo Finance.
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Posted by Chris O'Brien on December 22nd, 2008 at 11:49 am | Categorized as 1 | Tagged as bono, elevation partners, Palm
Just a little over a week ago, I wrote about “The three valley companies most vulnerable in 2009.” My three top picks were Sun Microsystems, AMD and Palm.
I haven’t changed by mind on Palm’s outlook. But on Monday, the company announced that it raised $100 million from Elevation Partners, one of its main backers.
According to the press release:
“The additional capital from Elevation Partners will enable us to put added momentum behind the new product introductions scheduled for 2009 and will provide us with enhanced stability in unsettled economic times,” said Ed Colligan, president and chief executive officer of Palm, Inc. “Elevation has been a great partner to Palm, and we appreciate their continued confidence and support.” Read the rest of this entry »
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