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Wed Apr 28, 2010 12:24 pm | By Allen Tsai
Hewlett-Packard, the world's largest technology company by revenue, plans to purchase Palm for $1.2 billion, ending a flurry of rumors over the fate of the struggling handset maker.
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Sat Apr 24, 2010 6:09 am | By Allen Tsai
Lenovo, the world's fourth-largest PC brand, has emerged as the leading suitor for Palm, after the struggling smartphone maker was rebuffed by HTC, Huawei and other potential Asian buyers.
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Mon Apr 12, 2010 7:33 am | By Allen Tsai
Smartphone maker Palm has hired investment bank Goldman Sachs to explore its options, including the sale of the struggling company to Taiwan handset maker HTC or Chinese PC maker Lenovo, people familiar with the matter said.
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Fri Apr 02, 2010 4:39 am | By Allen Tsai
Verizon is cutting the prices for Palm's Pre Plus and Pixi Plus smartphones -- on top of an existing buy one, get one free promotion -- and offering free use of a service that can generate a Wi-Fi connection for five other devices through the phone.
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Mon Mar 22, 2010 5:18 pm | By Allen Tsai
AT&T said it will begin selling the Palm Pre Plus and Pixi Plus smartphones in the next few months, as the struggling handset maker looks to expand its reach and raise consumer awareness of its products.
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Fri Mar 19, 2010 8:03 pm | By Allen Tsai
Palm posted its eleventh consecutive quarterly loss and sent shares plunging more than 25 percent, highlighting the difficult time the embattled handset maker has had trying to win over consumers in a market dominated by iPhones and BlackBerrys.
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Mon Mar 01, 2010 4:43 am | By Allen Tsai
Palm warned its Pre and Pixi smartphones weren't selling as well as hoped, partly placing the blame on Verizon, after the company bet its survival on the devices a year ago.
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Mon Mar 01, 2010 2:54 am | By Allen Tsai
Palm has released its WebOS 1.4 update -- which adds video recording, editing and sharing on Facebook and YouTube -- for Verizon and Sprint's Pre and Pixi smartphones.
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Thu Jan 07, 2010 2:08 pm | By Allen Tsai
Palm said it plans to sell the Pre Plus and Pixi Plus, two upgraded versions of its smartphones, through Verizon on January 25, expanding its reach to more consumers.
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Mon Nov 16, 2009 5:35 am | By Allen Tsai
Palm shares surged amid rumors that Nokia may be eyeing the Pre and Pixi maker to bolster its portfolio of smartphones to better compete with rivals Apple's iPhone and Research in Motion's BlackBerry devices.
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Mon Oct 26, 2009 7:21 am | By Allen Tsai
Sprint said it will launch the Palm Pixi, a lighter and cheaper version of the Palm Pre, beginning November 15 for $100.
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Tue Sep 29, 2009 4:31 am | By Allen Tsai
Palm today released the lastest version of its WebOS software for the Pre smartphone, adding a number of new features and fixing several security issues, but not regaining access to Apple's iTunes.
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Fri Sep 25, 2009 3:01 am | By Allen Tsai
Verizon has scrapped plans to offer the Palm Pre smartphone after it had been scheduled to arrive in January, due to lower-than-expected sales from rival Sprint.
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Wed Sep 23, 2009 1:41 pm | By Allen Tsai
Apple has received approval from an industry group to block rival Palm's Pre smartphone from connecting with its iTunes software.
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Wed Sep 09, 2009 5:00 am | By Allen Tsai
Palm today announced the Pixi, a lighter, lower-priced smartphone in the same family as its popular Palm Pre smartphone.
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Tue Sep 08, 2009 10:48 am | By Allen Tsai
Sprint is selling the Palm Pre for $100 -- a 50 percent price cut -- in hopes of luring customers from rival service providers.
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Fri Jul 24, 2009 4:40 pm | By Allen Tsai
Palm is delivering an update to the Pre smartphone, allowing it to once again connect to iTunes a week after it was shut out -- escalating its battle with rival Apple.
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Tue Jul 07, 2009 6:23 pm | By Allen Tsai
Palm said its Pre smartphone will be available on the O2 network in the U.K., Ireland and Germany and Movistar in Spain in time for the Christmas holiday season.
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Thu May 28, 2009 9:23 am | By Allen Tsai
Verizon Wireless, the nation's largest wireless carrier, plans to start selling the Palm Pre and the new BlackBerry Storm in six months.
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Wed May 27, 2009 5:46 pm | By Allen Tsai
AT&T's Chief Executive Randall Stephenson said that he sees the company selling Palm's high-profile Pre after Sprint's exclusive deal with the smartphone is up.
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