We have more details now on AT&T’s apparant plans to introduce a $10 price cut to their current price plan for the Apple iPhone, in preparation for the new iPhone device launching this Summer.
According to Cnet, analyst Michael Cote of Cote Collaborative said: ‘There is a “strong possibility” that AT&T will drop the entry-level price of its service plan to $59 from $69.’
Cnet also point out that AT&T declined to comment on this, while Michael Cote did not respond to emails for further clarification.
Apple are expected to unveil the new iPhone on June 8th at the WWD event in San Francisco. If the price cut rumors are true, how will Palm respond? Do you think they will be under pressure if the cut goes into effect?
[Originally posted at product-reviews.net]
Monday, May 11, 2009
Palm Pre expected to launch ahead of iPhone 3.0
Leaked Sprint documents suggest that the US telecoms firm will be launching the Palm Pre in North America in early June, ahead of Apple launching its eagerly awaited iPhone 3.0 in mid-June.
An internal Sprint document showing an itinerary for Sprint executives around the launch day for Palm Pre, scheduled for 12pm on Friday 5 June, fourth weeks’ hence, was published on The Boy Genius Report today.
The three-day itinerary includes a hardware review, a Sprint presentation, a launch lunch, head-to-head training and a study of the operating system described as ‘An OS Above the Rest’.
Interestingly, there’s also a meeting for senior management only, entitled ‘Manager Concerns’.
Palm, which this year saw a 73pc decline in revenue, is placing a lot of hope in the hotly anticipated Pre to reverse its fortunes.
“The much-anticipated launch of the Palm Pre remains on track for the first half of calendar year 2009, but, as expected, we’ve got a difficult transition period to work through,” said Palm President and chief executive officer Ed Colligan in March.
[Originally posted at siliconrepublic.com]
An internal Sprint document showing an itinerary for Sprint executives around the launch day for Palm Pre, scheduled for 12pm on Friday 5 June, fourth weeks’ hence, was published on The Boy Genius Report today.
The three-day itinerary includes a hardware review, a Sprint presentation, a launch lunch, head-to-head training and a study of the operating system described as ‘An OS Above the Rest’.
Interestingly, there’s also a meeting for senior management only, entitled ‘Manager Concerns’.
Palm, which this year saw a 73pc decline in revenue, is placing a lot of hope in the hotly anticipated Pre to reverse its fortunes.
“The much-anticipated launch of the Palm Pre remains on track for the first half of calendar year 2009, but, as expected, we’ve got a difficult transition period to work through,” said Palm President and chief executive officer Ed Colligan in March.
[Originally posted at siliconrepublic.com]
How To: Become a Palm Pre App Developer
This summer Palm isn’t just launching a new mobile device, along with the Pre they are also releasing webOS, a brand new mobile operating system. Since the official announcement of webOS in January, Palm has touted the new operating system as being insanely easy to develop for. If you can create a website, you can develop for webOS or so Palm claims.
This has attracted the interest of a whole new breed of developers and has sparked the interest of existing developers who want to port over their existing iPhone applications. If Palm can build a better app store, with an easier approval system than Apple (which shouldn’t be hard) the Pre really could give the iPhone a run for its money.
So How Do I Start Developing?
Palm is currently providing a software development kit called Palm Mojo SDK to developers who want to play around with webOS before the Pre and webOS are released into the wild. Palm appears to be letting more people into the program each week, however exactly how many remains unknown. If you can hold out a bit, once the SDK is officially released, it will be free to download for anyone.
From the Palm Website:
Regardless, we are closing in on a launch date and it’s only a matter of time before they open up the doors for everyone to join. Lets just all hope that Palm has an easier approval system than Apple does for their iPhone Developer Program. I know quite a few people who’ve waited over a month to get into the iPhone dev program.
Right you if you are interested in the development kit you can apply for the program here.
It’s also important to note that the Mojo SDK supports 32-bit Intel hardware running Windows (XP or Vista), Macintosh (OSX 10.5), or Linux (Ubuntu 8.04).
You also can follow the developer blog Palm has set up for more updates and information regarding the program.
[Originally posted at palmpreblog.com]
This has attracted the interest of a whole new breed of developers and has sparked the interest of existing developers who want to port over their existing iPhone applications. If Palm can build a better app store, with an easier approval system than Apple (which shouldn’t be hard) the Pre really could give the iPhone a run for its money.
So How Do I Start Developing?
Palm is currently providing a software development kit called Palm Mojo SDK to developers who want to play around with webOS before the Pre and webOS are released into the wild. Palm appears to be letting more people into the program each week, however exactly how many remains unknown. If you can hold out a bit, once the SDK is officially released, it will be free to download for anyone.
From the Palm Website:
The early access program is an opportunity for developers to test-drive and provide feedback on the Mojo SDK prior to its public release. We will admit a small group of developers to start and will increase the size of the program as the tools mature.
Regardless, we are closing in on a launch date and it’s only a matter of time before they open up the doors for everyone to join. Lets just all hope that Palm has an easier approval system than Apple does for their iPhone Developer Program. I know quite a few people who’ve waited over a month to get into the iPhone dev program.
Right you if you are interested in the development kit you can apply for the program here.
It’s also important to note that the Mojo SDK supports 32-bit Intel hardware running Windows (XP or Vista), Macintosh (OSX 10.5), or Linux (Ubuntu 8.04).
You also can follow the developer blog Palm has set up for more updates and information regarding the program.
[Originally posted at palmpreblog.com]
Palm Pre TouchStone Kit Accessory Spotted in Best Buy Inventory, Priced at $69.99
Would you pay $70.00 for a mobile phone charger? Well apparently Palm thinks so, the Palm Pre TouchStone Kit has appeared in the Best Buy inventory management system priced at 70 big ones. To be fair, the TouchStone Kit is somewhat of a technological marvel - it wirelessly charges your Pre through the use of a magnetic induction charger.
Will most people end up forking up $70 to eliminate a wire? Probably not - so lets just hope a much cheaper wired option will still be available. It’s also worth mentioning that some other accessories were spotted in the Best Buy inventory as well including 3 acrylic cases, a leather case, and a case simply labeled “Palm Pre Case”.
[Originally posted at palmpreblog.com]
Will most people end up forking up $70 to eliminate a wire? Probably not - so lets just hope a much cheaper wired option will still be available. It’s also worth mentioning that some other accessories were spotted in the Best Buy inventory as well including 3 acrylic cases, a leather case, and a case simply labeled “Palm Pre Case”.
[Originally posted at palmpreblog.com]
Palm Pre Email and Contacts Tutorial Videos: Updated
This recently released “Palm Pre Podcast” explains how email works with the Palm Pre. Synergy which is the information management system developed for Pre allows you to seamlessly access all of your different email accounts simultaneously. When it comes to email it looks like the Pre can do everything the iPhone currently does, and then some. See the training video below:
Update: We have stumbled across another training video posted on YouTube by itechsgurl that explains how contact management works on the Pre.
[Originally posted at palmpreblog.com]
Update: We have stumbled across another training video posted on YouTube by itechsgurl that explains how contact management works on the Pre.
[Originally posted at palmpreblog.com]
Palm Pre Launch on June 5th Confirmed?
It appears that we are getting close and closer to the launch of the Pre, considering the banners over at Best Buy and alleged Sprint employee training that has been going on for months now.
The latest development over at the rumor mill is this document, obtained by Boy Genius Report that appears to be an internal memo. The memo contains a schedule of Palm Pre events in early June leading up to what the document states as “Launch Launch” on June 5th.
Although we can’t confirm that this document is official - It’s important to note that Best Buy is more than likely to do a trial launch of the Pre on June 7th, so the dates on this internal memo seem to be inline with what we’ve been hearing elsewhere.
[Originally posted at palmpreblog.com]
The latest development over at the rumor mill is this document, obtained by Boy Genius Report that appears to be an internal memo. The memo contains a schedule of Palm Pre events in early June leading up to what the document states as “Launch Launch” on June 5th.
Although we can’t confirm that this document is official - It’s important to note that Best Buy is more than likely to do a trial launch of the Pre on June 7th, so the dates on this internal memo seem to be inline with what we’ve been hearing elsewhere.
[Originally posted at palmpreblog.com]
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