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SquareTrade Releases Study on iPhone – Blackberry – Palm Treo Malfunctions

Nerd Grind — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 14:50:27 +0000

Research group SquareTrade recently conducted and released the results of a massive cellphone study. They tracked over 15,000 handsets over their first year of use, and denoted discrepancies in reliability. The iPhone malfunctioned 5.6% of the time. The Blackberry (various incarnations) malfunctioned 11.9% of the time. The Palm Treo took the cake by malfunctioning a whopping 16.2% of the time. The company compiled some handy charts on the matter, which are located above and below this writing.

It’s the End of the Road for Palm

Nerd Grind — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 15:11:50 +0000

It looks like it’s the end of the road for Palm. Analysts are not very optimistic about the future of Palm, citing that the company’s cash burn rate is through the roof and out of control due to setbacks.

Palm is the creator of perhaps my favorite smartphone ever, the Palm Treo 650. Unfortunately the people at Palm have no idea how to run a company because the company has split then reacquired itself numerous times instead of making any type of new innovation in their phones in the last 5 years.

Hopefully they can get their act together and continue to make history assuming they can launch Palm OS 2 without any further delays.

Rumor – Palm Treo Pro Coming to US Via Sprint

Nerd Grind — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 15:17:08 +0000

Sprint’s website is noting that the Palm Treo Pro will be arriving to the service sometime in the future. There is no official page for the phone, which is currently available only in Europe. However, it was spotted in a product drop-down menu. If you are holding out for the stateside release before you upgrade your Sprint contract, note that the similar 800W model is available now. The Pro is just slightly thinner with a nicer battery.

4th Quarter Goodies

Nerd Grind — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 14:29:05 +0000

Shots of Sprint’s Q4 gadgets include the LG Rumor, Touch (aka, Vogue), Palm Centro, and the Blackberry Pearl 8130.

Could This be the Next Palm?

Nerd Grind — Sat, 25 Aug 2007 19:06:08 +0000

Sure looks real. Speculation has it that this is the Centro, the Palm OS-based phone that represent Palm’s smallest to date. That keyboard sure looks small, but if it does EV-DO and only costs $99, then it might be appealing to some folks with little fingers.

A Few Tidbits Leak Out on the Palm Foleo

Nerd Grind — Fri, 10 Aug 2007 18:04:40 +0000

There are those, myself included, who wonder at the value of the Palm Foleo, but who are we to judge? The specifications are starting to trickle out, and so perhaps there’s something in there to get excited about:

416MHz Intel-Marvel PXA27x processor
Marathon 2700G graphics with video out
128MB of RAM for running applications
256MB of non-volatile RAM for storage
CompactFlash and SD slots
Wi-Fi
Wind River Systems Linux

Well, okay, nothing too exciting there, although some of the parts are a bit non-standard. I still think the Foleo’s going to have a tough time getting going in the market, but time will tell. As it appears, that time will come fairly soon.

Rock Hard ….Fingers?

Nerd Grind — Wed, 20 Jun 2007 15:45:14 +0000

P-ISM : A Pen-style Personal Networking Gadget Package, basically its a Palm Pilot in a pen. It has some pretty neat features though: a pen-style cellular phone with a handwriting data input function, virtual keyboard, a very small projector, camera scanner, and personal ID key with cashless pass function.

The best part of them all is that they are all connected with one another through short-range wireless technology. The whole set is also connected to the Internet through the cellular phone function. This personal gadget in a minimalistic pen style "enables the ultimate ubiquitous computing".

Personally, I wouldn’t buy it, but what i think has real promise is the keyboard, although my fingers would get super tough from typing on the hard floor or table all day, which isn’t necessarily a bad thing. Fingers of steel? I’ll take it!

Until next time…

iPhone on sale 6 PM Your Local Time

Nerd Grind — Thu, 14 Jun 2007 16:17:11 +0000

If your palms have been sweating in a anticipation of the release of the coolest gadget to come along since the iPod, then you’ll want to mark your calendar. The iPhone will go on sale at 6 PM in your time zone on June 29. Since the iPhone is brand new, the initial purchases will be the real beta testers. Remember the dead battery in the first iPods that couldn’t be replaced? Still, as soon as the initial bugs have been worked out I’m getting an iPhone.

Treo 700p Maintenance Update Finally Released…

Nerd Grind — Tue, 05 Jun 2007 07:42:56 +0000

At least for one CDMA provider.Â With disgruntled 700p users on Palm’s heels for improved Bluetooth support, snappier performance, and overall better system stability, Palm issued their highly sought after firmware update for Sprint users only, leaving Verizon users, such as yours truly, crying in the corner for mommy.Â Palm has said the Verizon update is "coming soon," which in "Palmspeak" means buy a 755p.

Or maybe Palm wants us to invest in some other contraption.

NerdFind – Palm Foleo Mobile Companion

Nerd Grind — Wed, 30 May 2007 20:09:57 +0000

Even though I am a loyal Apple fan, I am very interested in Palm’s newest addition: The Foleo Mobile Companion. It is a 10-inch wide, Linux-based device that connects wirelessly to your Treo Smartphone and functions similar to that of a large screen and keyboard. While this could mean that the Mobile Companion is none other than an old-fashioned laptop, bear in mind, laptops are much bigger and heavier and don’t connect automatically to your phone. The Foleo contains Bluetooth technology and can be used for working on email or Microsoft documents when the Treo thumb pad proves cumbersome.

This product will be available in the summer at the retail price of $499, after a $100 mail-in rebate.

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