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Video – Palm Pre Plus

Posted by My Cool Gadget in Palm on May 17, 2010

HP acquires Palm, declares commitment to webOS

Posted by My Cool Gadget in Palm on May 1, 2010

Surprise, surprise! Palm have been sold. It’s not like we didn’t see it coming but it just happened so quickly. Quite unexpectedly the highest bidder turned out to be HP. The quoted acquisition price stands at 1.2 billion US dollars.

There have been speculations on Palm’s future for a long time now (involving names like HTC, Lenovo, etc.) but the mystery has just been solved. HP decided to acquire Palm’s shares and paid 5.70 US dollars per share.

Now, they are good 1.2 billion US dollars behind and one still fresh and very promising OS ahead. The webOS (which we tried on the Palm Pre) still has plenty of unrevealed potential and HP have understandably declared their commitment to it.

Jon Rubinstein, the man who brought Palm back to life (then back to the counter and finally sold them), started his career at HP. He is still the CEO of Palm and is said to remain part of the company even after the acquisition.

And this is the letter to his team, the Palm employees, in which he shares with them the news and his excitement about it.

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Palm Pre Plus and Pixi Plus land on Vodafone and O2 Germany

Posted by My Cool Gadget in Palm on April 14, 2010

Vodafone and O2 in Germany will be the first to offer the webOS-based Palm Pre Plus and Pixi Plus in Europe. The launch date is 28 April, pricing and tariffs will be announced soon. But will the Europe crusade help Palm or will it be their final independent act?

As we wrote yesterday the smartphone pioneer Palm is up for sale. And while the rumors about HTC or Lenovo buying it are still hot, Palm’s stock price keeps growing.

It seems Palm specifically chose this particular moment to announce the European launch of Pre Plus and Pixi Plus. Vodafone and O2 in Germany will be the first carriers to offer the webOS duo.

There is no pricing or tariffs information yet, but 28 April comes Palm’s second chance in Europe.

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AT&T US scores Dell Aero and world’s first GSM-band Palm Pre Plus and Pixi Plus

Posted by My Cool Gadget in Google Android, Palm on March 23, 2010

AT&T announced today their plans to launch the Android-based Dell Aero. It will be the first Dell Droid stateside and will pack home-brewed UI – similar to those on Mini 3. In addition AT&T will expand the webOS family with the first GSM versions of Palm Pre Plus and Pixi Plus.

Dell Aero seems to be a re-branded Mini 3, which is currently available only in regional versions for China and Brazil.

Dell Aero is expected to run on Android v1.5 or v1.6 and sports Wi-Fi connectivity. There is no official specs sheet just yet, so we can’t confirm or deny anything else. Still you may take a look on the Mini 3iX to give you an idea what to expect though the design is definitely the one of the China-bound Dell Mini 3i.

AT&T will expand their portfolio with another two webOS smartphones – the GSM capable Pre Plus and Pixi Plus. Until now both handsets were exclusively CDMA, but AT&T are the first carrier to announce their GSM siblings.

Expectedly, the Pre Plus doubles the storage of the original to 16GB and improves the overall design and keyboard. The back panel now has native compatibility with the Touchstone wireless charger, the trackball has evolved to a trackpad.

Palm Pixi Plus has similar design and functions like its predecessor and the only, but more than enough upgrade, is the Wi-Fi connectivity.

Palm Pre Plus and Pixi Plus will become available in the upcoming months for 149.99 and 49.99 US dollars respectively after mail rebate and on two-year contract.

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