Posted by: Christopher Meinck in palm, nova on
Jan 6, 2009
In advance of the CES Event on Thursday, Palm has just debuted a completely redesigned website. The new site features a very clean look showcasing the Treo Pro, Centro and Treo 800w.
Posted by: Christopher Meinck in palm, nova, ces 2009 on
Jan 4, 2009
Details regarding Palm's new smartphone are starting to emerge in advance of Thursday's Palm event at CES. Crunchgear is reporting that the latest Palm smartphone running the Nova operating system will in fact debut on Thursday. The new phone will feature a full QWERTY keyboard that slides down from a portrait touchscreen. The mockup (courtesy of Crunchgear) is their rendition of what sources have told them.
Just under a week away from one of the biggest event's in Palm history and EverythingTreo.com will be there to provide you with live coverage. The Palm "New-ness" event is expected to usher in the new Palm OS and a new family of smartphones. To get the news first, visit everythingtreo.com/live on January 8th at 2:00pm EST. We'll be live blogging the event providing you with coverage as it happens. If you have questions for Palm, submit them in the live blog comments section and we'll do our best to get all the information related to the new Palm products.
With this new announcement, we expect our forums will be filled with discussion related to the event. We've set up a special Palm Event forum for discussion. Not a member? Register today in advance of Thursday, so you can take part in the discussion.
Posted by: Christopher Meinck in Untagged on
Dec 25, 2008
Happy Holidays and season's greetings from Everything Treo! We wish you and your family all the best during this holiday season.
Just a quick reminder that entries must be in by tonight at 12:00 PST in the Celebrate With Palm Contest. To enter, you must be a fan of Palm's Facebook page and submit the final line to the xkcd comic strip. The final line should be 50 words or less. Submit your dialog, along with your first and last name, email address, date of birth and Facebook profile ulr to celebrate2009@palm.com by tonight. Good luck to all and hopefully I'll see one of our readers in Vegas for that Palm new-ness we've all been waiting for...
While there has been wide spread speculation that Palm will announce their new Nova OS at CES, Business Week has all but confirmed this information. Interesting quotes abound from company executives regarding the new OS and the family of products it will spawn. "People's work and personal lives are melding," Colligan says, adding that Palm is aiming for the "fat middle of the market." The Nova OS and supporting devices will aim to fill that market. Colligan was quoted earlier this year as saying Nova would be a, “next-generation operating system with much more capabilities, driven around the Internet and Web-based applications”. Maybe Palm's new device isn't a smartphone. Is the fat middle a Palm Social Tablet? The ultimate Facebook device with a large screen that sits neatly between a laptop and a smartphone. An iPhone on steroids, but without the costly 2-year commitment to AT&T or any cellular carrier. Not such an outlandish idea, as many in the Mac community have been calling for such a device. If Apple won't build one, how about Palm?
Apple has redefined the software distribution system with their popular App Store and Palm has launched their own App Store. Unlike a native App Store application, the new Palm App Store is more or less a gateway to browse software using Blazer. It's more or less a shortcut to their mobile web store, similar to visiting software.everythingtreo.com via Blazer.
Palm is once again creating buzz, only this time it surrounds what every Palm user has been waiting for and that's Palm new-ness. With Apple's iPhone dominating the consumer market and RIM leading the US smartphone market overall, Palm's announcement is seen by many as the last stand from the company that started the entire smartphone craze years ago.
The announcement on January 8th will not be a new color for the Centro or even a Sprint Treo Pro. No, this event is much bigger. Private equity firm Elevation Partners has invested over $325 million into Palm and has also brought in new talent, plenty of which has come from Apple. As someone who remembers the dark days of Apple, the similarities between the two companies are striking. They are even modeling their plan of a comeback on Apple, where marquee products led to financial success. Roger McNamee, one of the chief financeirs and founders of Elevation Partners, says the products will be different than anything on the market. iPhones excel at entertainment, while RIM is best at email. McNamee says Palm will create devices that will "help consumers meld work and play".
As we reported yesterday, Palm has scheduled an event in Las Vegas to unveil what many believe is their new operating system, with the invite promising "the Palm new-ness you've all been waiting for". Palm is hosting a contest on their Facebook page, where one lucky winner will receive a trip to Las Vegas to attend Palm's "new-ness" event at the Venetian hotel. Check out Palm's site for complete rules and regulations on how you can "Celebrate With Palm". Let's see if we can winner someone from the Everything Treo community.
Palm has just sent an email regarding an "invitation only" event at CES to "see all that Palm New-news you've been waiting for." It certainly sounds like this will be the big coming out party for Palm OS II, code named Nova. Perhaps will see a new Palm smartphone to accompany the new OS? While this is pure speculation, Palm has slated late 2008 for the release of their new OS and this event jives with that particular timeline. Anyone ready for a new Palm OS?
