WebOS 2.0 gets fresh round of screenshots; new Palm phones and Touchstone...
The name of certification firm TÜV Rheinland may not ring a bell, so allow us to jog your memory: these are the guys that outed the GSM versions of the Pre Plus and Pixi Plus prior to their...
View ArticleFrance's SFR announces Palm Pre 2: 1GHz processor, 512MB RAM, webOS 2.0
Considering how tight of a lid Palm and HP have been keeping on details about the next Palm device, we were surprised to see it pop up on the website of French carrier SFR (who recently disappeared the...
View ArticlePalm gets official with webOS 2.0 and Pre 2: hitting France on Friday,...
And just like that, the rumor mill smirks. HP has just come clean with a device that we’ve been hearing more and more about over the past few weeks, and with it will come the next generation of webOS...
View ArticleLeak shows LG’s radical new interface for its webOS Smart TVs
LG's rumored webOS Smart TV is tipped to arrive at CES in the coming days, but that hasn't stopped intrepid leaker @evleaks from giving us what could be an early preview of its next connected set. In...
View ArticleFujitsu’s palm-scanning laptops won’t be fooled by severed limbs
For all the popularity of fingerprint scanners, Fujitsu believes that it can go one better. The Japanese company has been working on palm-based systems for the last <a...
View ArticleSwitched On: Return of the digital hub
Each week Ross Rubin contributes Switched On, a column about consumer technology. In the heyday of Palm organizers, when even the speeds of 3G data seemed like a distant fantasy, a debate raged as to...
View ArticleFrom beginning to breakup: a history of HP’s highs and lows
HP’s recent decision to split into two companies is undoubtedly a big deal. It’s a cornerstone of Silicon Valley, and it has been synonymous with PCs for much of its lifetime. However, this is really...
View ArticleHP calls time, will shut down webOS support on January 15th, 2015
Still hauling that Palm Pre around without a care in the world? Sorry to say but there’s a nasty surprise coming your way just after the holidays. HP has quietly announced that it’ll pull the plug on...
View ArticlePalm might make a return thanks to Alcatel Onetouch
Most fans of smartphones would say that Palm’s popular webOS software died much too soon. In 2010 after HP bought webOS, they killed it off and allowed it to (slightly) live on as an open OS called...
View ArticleIt looks like Alcatel Onetouch purchased the Palm trademarks from HP
We've been wondering for a while what is up with Palm.com domain, and it's looking more and more certain that HP sold the brand and trademarks to Alcatel Onetouch. The first hints of this came from...
View ArticleA Palm smartphone running Android? It could happen in 2015
Oh how I remember dropping by my local CompUSA in the 90s to buy the first Palm Pilot. Now after the brand (and WebOS) has been killed by HP, it just might be coming back from the dead. It appears...
View ArticleAlcatel Onetouch buys Palm trademark; Palm smartphones on the horizon?
There was a time when the Palm brand name was all the rage in the tech space. I actually owned a Palm Pilot, one of the best touch personal organizers of the time, but being 13 years old, the only...
View ArticleIt’s confirmed! TCL is bringing back Palm!
TCL is resurrecting the Palm brand with a brand-new Palm, Inc. based in California. As we reported last week, TCL purchased the Palm brand from HP late last year, although at the time it wasn't clear...
View ArticleTCL revives Palm, new company will be stationed in Silicon Valley
The company that was acquired by HP in 2010 and put to rest the following year will return. Following the purchase of Palm-related trademarks, TCL announced today that a new Palm Inc. will be...
View ArticleTCL to put Palm back in our hands
As rumored last week TCL, the parent company behind Alcatel Onetouch, has announced that it is to resurrect the Palm brand and that will remain a truly Californian, Silicon Valley, based company. TCL...
View ArticleCES 2015: Palm brand to be brought back as U.S. subsidiary of TCL/Alcatel...
Now we finally know why Alcatel Onetouch bought the trademarks to the Palm brand. As announced at CES 2015 by TCL, a Chinese company known to some as Alcatel and others as RCA, the Palm brand will form...
View ArticleThere’s now an old Palm logo on mynewpalm.com… whaaaaat?
What. Is. Happening? Two weeks ago we found out that palm.com was redirecting to mynewpalm.com. It was weird to see activity on the old domain after so many years of silence, and now thanks to a...
View ArticlePalm might make a return thanks to Alcatel Onetouch
Most fans of smartphones would say that Palm’s popular webOS software died much too soon. In 2010 after HP bought webOS, they killed it off and allowed it to (slightly) live on as an open OS called...
View ArticleIt looks like Alcatel Onetouch purchased the Palm trademarks from HP
We've been wondering for a while what is up with Palm.com domain, and it's looking more and more certain that HP sold the brand and trademarks to Alcatel Onetouch. The first hints of this came from...
View ArticleA Palm smartphone running Android? It could happen in 2015
Oh how I remember dropping by my local CompUSA in the 90s to buy the first Palm Pilot. Now after the brand (and WebOS) has been killed by HP, it just might be coming back from the dead. It appears...
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