Oh boy. Research firm OTR Global is making some waves today with a report claiming that Palm ordered all Pre and Pixi manufacturing to be halted, but apparently they didn’t look at a calendar — or, you know, call Palm.
Don’t expect anything awesome (like “new features” for example), but Pre and Pixi owners are getting a minor boost today in the form of webOS 1.3.5.1, being pushed out to handsets as we write this. The ultra-minor “.1″ on the end there portends the cold, hard reality here, which is that the new ROM does nothing but fix one absolutely critical bug that couldn’t wait for the next major release: the unceremonious clearing of all calendar events after syncing to an Exchange account
We don’t know just how quickly Palm (or Elevation Partners, for that matter) thought it’d become profitable following the release of webOS , but it’s not there quite yet — the company is in the process of outing its earnings for the second quarter of fiscal year 2010 right now, and in a word, they’re still in the red. The good news is that it’s a marked improvement from last quarter — they’ve gone from a $164.5M GAAP net loss to an $85.4M one this time around. On a non-GAAP gross basis, they actually made $5.5M, which is up from $2.8M a quarter earlier
Filed under: Palm , Sprint , CDMA , webOS webOS 1.3.1 was always destined to come alongside the launch of the Pixi , but it’s surprised us by showing its face a day early. No app catalog bombshells here, but there are a slew of more minor fixes and updates that should make users experience a great deal smoother.
Filed under: Palm , O2 , GSM , Announcements , webOS We knew it was coming , and here it is — the glorious first showing of the Palm Pre in its GSM garb. From today, our Deutsch comrades can grab a Pre and do whatever they want to do to it, courtesy of O2, its exclusive German supplier. The device will set you back €481 without contract, with the O2 My Handy option letting you finance it via 24 monthly payments of €20.
Filed under: Handsets , Palm , Sprint , EV-DO , CDMA , webOS Nothing like the announcement of a new webOS device to spur a price drop on the first, is there? The Palm Pre — which has held steady at the $199.99 on-contract price it launched at back in June — has finally taken a rumored $50 dip down to $149.99
Filed under: Handsets , Palm , Bell Mobility , Palm OS , EV-DO , CDMA Right on schedule , the Palm Pre has started shipping to Bell Mobility customers.
