Quickies: NR70V, Stocks, SJ20, ZLauncher, KeyContacts
PC Mall is offering the Sony NR70V for $500, which is $100 off the list price. Click on "Buy Now!" to get the reduced price. -2palm
For some reason, Palm's stock went up almost 40% yesterday, rising from 71 cents to 99 cents. Scuttlebutt is this was caused by rumors that Palm will be bought out by Dell, Sony, or Apple. Handspring's shares went up about 28%. -Ed
Despite Sony's statement last week that the SJ20 would be in retail stores on Monday, August 19, the device doesn't appear to be on sale anywhere but SonyStyle, which says the SJ20 will be available on or before August 28. -Ed
ZLauncher 1.0 is a new application launcher and file manager from ZZTechs. It supports hi-res, VFS memory cards, and jog wheels. It costs $12. -spacebar
Chapura has released KeyContacts 1.1, an update to its app that lets users of Microsoft Outlook carry more of their detailed Contact information on their handhelds. The new version can display all populated contact information fields in the “View” screen, without entering “Edit” mode. In addition, phone numbers and e-mail addresses in KeyContacts are now searchable from other applications. Also, smartphone users can dial a phone number from inside KeyContacts. It is $25 and version 1.1 is a free upgrade for current users. -PR
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RE: 12-bit screens a positive thing!
RE: 12-bit screens a positive thing!
Now, that is cost cutting at its finest. I am glad that the stock prices reflect the internal restructuring and cost cuting measures Palm Inc have put in place.
palm stock goes up
RE: palm stock goes up
I don't want Sony buying it because then there would be few handhelds available and less competition.
Apple is OK I guess but it scares me that Apple had a great handheld platform in the past (Newton) and dropped it. I don't want Apple to have a bad couple of quarters in Mac sales and suddenly they don't make Palms any more because they are short on cash.
RE: Additional Review Comments
As for Apple, rumour has it that they will rebadge the Sony Ericsson device which looks really really really nice.
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kHiTeDev
buyout
I wouldn't put too much into the Dell rumor. Dell's sort of like the Apple of the PC world: every time a peripheral company of any kind comes up as a possible acquisition target, Dell's name is usually first on the list.
I´m happy, that Microsoft isn´t a candidate
No matter who comes, anyone else, except Bill Gates, will do a better Job as the managment of Palm.
May be Handera will catch the fisch?????
Georg
RE: palm stock goes up
Palm to Apple
Apple hires Gassée. Apple fires Gassée.
Gassée creates Be. Be creates BeOS.
Palm buys Be. ¡Apple buys Palm!
(cut in music ...)
Ring around the roooosy,
a pocket full of pooosies,
ashes, ashes ¡WE ALL FALL DOWN!"
(cut out)
RE: palm stock goes up
RE: palm stock goes up
especially PalmSource.
PalmSource needs to maintain a neutral stand
among all its licensees.
The chances are Sony, Apple, might invest money
in PalmSource. But it should not be a dominat
position.
ted
RE: palm stock goes up
RE: palm stock goes up
I was refering to a marketing POV. Why else would Sony want Palm apart for the brand name?
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kHiTeDev
ZLauncher
but support for the treo's jogdial is nice!
RE: ZLauncher
If you're tired of waiting for Launcher X...
I've been running Launcher III for the last 6 months (the free ad-supported version, not the shareware version at $9.95), and would gladly have paid the price for Launcher X, but at $12 for ZLauncher (with a 30 day trial), I may throw my money in another direction...
JS
NR70V
RE: NR70V
Jason
RE: NR70V phase out?
RE: NR70V
www.palminfocenter.com/view_Story.asp?ID=4070
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News Editor
SJ20 in SonyStyle store in Wellington New Zealand
My first impressions are:
It looks small but is very deep/thick (30% more volume that the T665)
The screen looks coloured at first glance but this is the grey shades looking bluish.
The grafitti area is a lot bigger than the cramped 665.
When viewing gMovie videos on the SJ20 the screen looks a blurry mess compared to the 665/NR70v.
The new buttons are so much nicer that my 665 but still not as user friendly as the M500/515.
The ON button is in the logical area at the top where you reach for the improved (but still a skinny stick)black stylus.
Overall it seems good value for the price (where the T665 is NZ$1199 with our sales Tax.)
RE: SJ20 now REMOVED in Wellington New Zealand
Staff say it was recalled to the distributor Sony NZ
Whats hapenning ??
nzjss
Unrelated
James W. (Houston,TX.)
RE: Unrelated (Treo 90)
So the answer is, not right now but possibly in the future.
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12-bit screens a positive thing!