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Sprint USA to Launch the Palm Pre 06 JUN 2009

Bob — Tue, 19 May 2009 13:23:14 +0000

Sprint scheduled the release of the much-awaited Palm Pre — the first webOS device — come 6th of June 2009. Rumors are circulating that the Palm Pre has arrived locally, but is still due for type-testing by the NTC.

Here’s a demo of the Palm Pre:

Watch Out Apple: Palm Pre is Here!!

Bob — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 04:50:08 +0000

Good Great news for Palm fanatics like me: Palm Pre is here; watch out Apple iPhone.

At the Consumer Electronic Show (CES) in Las Vegas Thursday, Palm (the company formerly known as Palm Computing, which is formerly known as PalmOne, and was formerly known as Palm) unveiled the world’s first device to run on the Palm webOS™: the Palm Pre. The new mobile phone sports a 3.1″ touch screen, is 3G enabled, has 802.11b/g WiFi, built-in GPS, ambient light sensor, accelerometer, proximity sensor, Bluetooth, 8GB internal storage, and the thing that Apple people missed in the iPhone: a slide-out QWERTY keyboard.

It will be released soon, and no pricing information yet as of the moment. The only down side, as of this writing, is that when released, it will be in CDMA only. Wonder when will the GSM version will come out? Can’t wait for this piece of technology to land on Philippine shores (perhaps, when that time comes, I will ready to retire my 5-year old PalmOne Treo 600).

Nonetheless, this is a very bold indicator that Palm (the company, the platform, the device, the company who started it all) is very much alive and is ready to reclaim it’s turf in the mobile and smart phone markets.

Palm Treo 600 + Twitter!

Bob — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 04:46:46 +0000

I must admit it, I’m getting addicted to Twitter these past few days. Especially now that I was able to configure my mobile phone to surf to Twitter. One thing that I must remember:

When using a mobile device, I must point my browser to http://m.twitter.com and NOT to http://twitter.com

If you want to follow me in Twitter, just head on directly to http://twitter.com/bobreyes.

Palm Centro Lands on Philippine Shores

Bob — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 04:46:39 +0000

October 2007 when I blogged about the US$99 PDA-Phone from Palm called Centro in this post. I was jubilant, looking forward to retire my four-year old Palm Treo.

But I was disappointed when earlier this week, the Palm Philippines website featured the Centro with a price tag of Php17,490.

What? I thought it will just be US$99 or something? But with the current ForEx of Php41 = US$1, that will be somewhere around US$426++

Shall I blame the government for the bureaucratic tax system, making the Centro’s price blow to Php17,000++? Or is it because in the States, Centro is being offered at US$99 that comes with a phone plan locked for two years (thanks to Sprint)?

I wonder when will the local telco’s offer Centro in bundle. Oh, another thing, the unit that is available locally comes in white color only. How I hate gadgets colored in white. I guess my Palm Treo will have to wait for a couple of months more before retiring.

Palm Centro Smart-Phone Launched at US$99.99

Bob — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 04:33:54 +0000

Palm recently launched the Centro in the US for just US$99.99 (bundled service plan from Sprint). I’m wondering on how much will it cost once it landed on Philippine shores? Perhaps, this will make me retire my Treo 600, which is in service since 2004.

Palm Centro specifications:
CDMA dual band (hmmm, will it work here?)
3G support
4.2 x 2.1 x 0.7 inches
119 grams
Battery: 3.5 hours talk time; 300 hours stand-by time
320 x 240 Color, TFT, Touch Screen display
Built-in 1.3MP camera, with 2x zoom
MicroSD expansion card slot on top of the 64MB internal memory
Supports MP3 and video playback
Runs on Palm OS 5.4.9
QWERTY keypad
USB & Bluetooth connectivity