Both companies' stock has been bid up, though for opposite reasons, and both companies seek to expand their traditional markets by intruding on the others' turf. They both make smartphones for a dedicated cadre of end users in North America, and they're expanding to...
Palm Inc.'s management told analysts in New York yesterday that it will exploit growth in the smartphone sector to thrive, yet ducked questions about whether the company would be acquired, according to various media reports. Analyst Maynard Um of UBS wrote in a note...
The Stanley Works mobile deployment was the culmination of several years of work by both the company and its partner in the undertaking, Palm Inc. Palm approached the company about the possibility of working mobile into their systems, and it took two to three...
Palm Inc. posted a solid quarter, showing gains in its Treo smartphone sales, and its stock rose slightly on the news to $18.01 per share. However, the company declined to comment on rumors of a potential merger or sale that, according to some media...
Treo maker Palm Inc. is considering strategic options ranging from acquisitions to a full-out sale of the company, according to media reports. The news comes as the market for cellphones and smartphones continues to tighten for smaller players.Palm hired investment-banking firm Morgan Stanley to...
Sprint Nextel Corp. this past week made increased efforts to work its online retail handset angle. The carrier added at least four new handsets in the entry- and low-tiers, cut prices on smartphones and toyed with pricing on its iDEN handsets.Between Feb. 12 and...
Palm Inc. has released a software update that addresses the extension of daylight-saving time that begins this year.Users can download the Palm software update to their PC or Mac from Palm's Web site and sync it to their Palm device, said Palm. Alternatively, users...
Sprint Nextel Corp. this past week made increased efforts to work its online retail handset angle. The carrier added at least four new handsets in the entry- and low-tiers, cut prices on smartphones and toyed with pricing on its iDEN handsets.Between Feb. 12 and...
Palm Inc. said it would no longer make the LifeDrive PDA it launched less than two years ago, a move that highlights two trends in the increasingly shrinking market for personal digital assistants.The addition of cellular communications to PDA-like devices and the advent of...
Palm Inc. finally made good on its vow to offer push e-mail service similar to Research In Motion Ltd.'s BlackBerry service.The company announced an upgrade to its VersaMail service for Palm Treo 680 and 700 smartphones that will include Microsoft Corp.'s Direct Push technology....
PalmSource Inc. is getting another makeover. Access Co. Ltd., which owns the operating system vendor, is now in the beginning stages of renaming all products that originally had Palm-based names. When Access purchased PalmSource it made an agreement with Palm Inc. to sell PalmSource's...
Movero Technology Inc. said it is partnering with Palm Inc. to couple its device management software with Treo smartphones.The startup is hoping to gain traction with software that allows IT departments to perform basic change-of-service and device management transactions across all major U.S. operators....
The heated battle between rivals Verizon Wireless and Cingular Wireless L.L.C. edged up a notch as Verizon Wireless cut its prices on several handsets recently introduced by Cingular.Just days after Cingular introduced the Palm Inc. Treo 750 for $400, Verizon Wireless lowered its prices...
IN A GAHAN WILSON CARTOON several presidential campaigns ago, an alien steps from a flying saucer and a crowd of humans surge forward. At the back of the crowd, one human confides to another, "I don't know who he is, but I like him."...
The biggest news at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas on Tuesday morning was the news occurring simultaneously in San Francisco at MacWorld, where the long-awaited Apple Inc. iPhone was announced. Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications executives in Las Vegas, for instance, used the...
Sling Media Inc. continued to expand its wireless functionality, adding support for devices running Palm Inc.'s operating system.The place-shifting technology company said owners of its flagship SlingBox device can now use SlingPlayer Mobile software to access home TV broadcasts on Treo smartphones running both...
Cingular Wireless L.L.C., the nation's largest cellphone carrier, announced it will renew its content distribution deal with Motricity. Terms of the agreement were not disclosed."Motricity has reduced Cingular's time to market for new content and increased title selections for their end-users," said Motricity Chairman...
LOS ANGELES-Research In Motion Ltd. is suing Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. and the Korean handset vendor's American subsidiary over the use of the name "BlackJack" for the latter's new smart phone currently available through Cingular Wireless L.L.C., alleging that it is a trademark infringement...
The following list includes ratings changes and financial information for wireless companies announced this week by investment-banking and financial-services firms. Click here for wireless ratings from past weeks from RCR Wireless News.CarrierStandard & Poor's Ratings Services revised its outlook on Dobson Communications Corp. and...
SUNNYVALE, Calif.-Palm Inc. lowered its financial guidance for its second fiscal quarter, which ends Dec. 1, due to delays in shipping its Treo 750 in the United States. The company now expects revenues to fall between $390 million and $395 million, down significantly from...
ATLANTA-Palm Inc.'s new Treo 680-combining enterprise applications with multimedia to expand Palm's traditional market-will launch via Cingular Wireless L.L.C. on Friday at $200, the two companies announced today. The device is compatible with Cingular's GSM/GPRS/EDGE network. The holiday-season launch is a boon to Palm,...
SUNNYVALE, Calif.-In response to customer complaints about glitches in text messaging service from Treo 700wx devices running on Sprint Nextel Corp.'s network, Palm Inc. has issued a software upgrade that is available for over-the-air or desktop downloading. Sprint Nextel customers using the Treo 700wx...
RICHMOND, Va.—Patent-holding company NTP Inc. said it filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Treo maker Palm Inc. that claims the company’s mobile e-mail products infringe on NTP’s patents. NTP filed the claim in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia. NTP...
CHICAGO—Forbes magazine is the latest old-school print publication to go mobile, teaming with wireless developer mdog.com to offer a wireless version of its online content. The company is targeting on-the-go executives with free access to all editorial content from Forbes.com including breaking news, stock...
