Smartphone users just don’t know what they want. One of the biggest, loudest complaints about all-touchscreen phones like the iPhone is its lack of a hardware keyboard, and now a survey shows Pre users most want a soft keyboard.
The survey shows that users like the hardware keyboard but don’t like sliding it out every time [...]

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The iPhone once again leads Consumer Reports’ smartphone ratings, beating competing products such as the Palm Pre and BlackBerry Storm. The organization considered Apple’s new 3GS handset to lead in categories such as battery life, multimedia, navigation and Internet browsing, while integrating a superior display.
Although the iPhone took the top rank and showed strengths in [...]

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“Medialets is reporting that as of June 17th, a mere 11 days after its launch, Palm Pre users have downloaded well over 650,000 apps. With only 30 apps in the App Catalog (and none of them fart-related), it’s still clear that Palm users know and want apps.”

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“Microsoft’s cost-cutting measures drove it to lay off thousands of employees and led to some perks being discontinued for its remaining employees - including no longer paying for their Apple Phone data service plans anymore, even if they’re used significantly for work purposes.
Nor will it pay for Research In Motio BlackBerry service, or a new [...]

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(Updated with photos) Sprint today officially started sales of the Palm Pre, its first multi-touch phone and what’s been regarded as the most direct contender with the iPhone. Initial reports of stock sent to Electronista vary and show that both supply and demand vary heavily depending on the region: Sprint stores, particularly in major cities [...]

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An early Palm Pre review today suggests Palm has mostly achieved its goal with its device but that hardware may be the limitation. Using a phone that may have pre-production firmware, BGR says webOS is a “great” first start and particularly praises the web browser, which is particularly quick and stable. The examination also compliments [...]

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Sprint CEO Dan Hesse said that there is a high likelihood that there will be shortages of the Palm Pre. He said, “We don’t intend to advertise [the Pre] heavily early on because we think we are going to have shortages for a while. We won’t be able to keep up with demand for the [...]

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Much has been said of the Palm Pre and the handset itself hasn’t even been released yet. Well there’s more to whet your appetite before its imminent launch on the American CDMA network, Sprint. A series of pictures has leaked onto the internet showing the box and packaging for the Pre. Enjoy another chapter in [...]

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An apparently reliable source at Palm has told TechCrunch that Palm is “very far along” on a second, smaller Pre-like device to be marketed as soon as this fall, 2009. Pre nano, anybody?
Details are scarce, but the device is rumored to be both smaller and thinner than the Pre, which may mean we’re looking at [...]

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To get you excited even more for the Palm Pre’s release, Motion Apps has released this video demonstrating how very much capable their Classic Palm OS emulator is in handling games. GTS World Racer is the game and its looks pretty impressive on the Palm Pre. Of course, this is a relatively outdated game, but [...]

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The Palm Pre is already in mass production if a slip from a Chinese wholesaler proves true. Ludle International claims that the device is already in volume production and should be available in the near future. As evidence, the company has what appears to be an example unit and provides early impressions of the design: [...]

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Palm unveiled yesterday not the release date of the Palm Pre on Sprint, but interesting information for developers.
Besides expanding its early access program for the Palm Mojo Software Development Kit (SDK), announcing a Palm branded cloud service; Palm also announced that the Palm Pre will get a Palm OS Emulator Application. The application, called “Classic,” [...]

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According to the Official Palm Blog, the Treo Pro will be available on the Sprint network beginning March 15. The Treo Pro runs Windows Mobile 6.1, has a full QWERTY keyboard, touchscreen, GPS, Wi-Fi, and will be the first Palm phone to offer Internet Explorer Mobile 6. It will cost $200 after rebates with new [...]

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Sprint this morning took drastic action to maintain its performance and said it would cut 8,000 jobs, most of which will be eliminated quickly and disappear by the end of March. The carrier describes the layoffs as reducing labor costs in a difficult economy and estimates it will save $1.2 billion per year from the [...]

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A CDMA version of Palm’s Treo Pro has appeared for sale on Sprint’s web site. The phone appears mostly identical to the GSM version already announced, including support for WiFi, GPS, and a memory card. It supports most Sprint services, including Sprint TV, Music Store, Mobile Sync, and picture messaging. Other features include a QWERTY [...]

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