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Former Palm CEO Jon Rubinstein leaves HP

Jon Rubinstein, the former CEO of Palm, has left HP. AllThingsD broke the news Friday afternoon, noting that Rubinstein had served his promised 12-24 month tenure with the company before leaving. “Jon has fulfilled his commitment and we wish him well,” HP spokeswoman Mylene Mangalindan told AllThingsD. Rubinstein led the team responsible for the original iPod and left Apple in 2006 to eventually join Palm as CEO in 2009. While at Palm, Rubinstein was responsible for, among other projects, the development of the Palm Pre and Palm’s webOS mobile operating system, both of which were transferred to HP in 2010 When it acquired Palm for $ 1.2 billion. HP has since open-sourced the mobile operating system after failing to gain traction with its
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January 27, 2012 0 comments Read More

Former Palm execs say webOS was doomed from the beginning

HP recently made the decision to open source webOS, the mobile operating system it acquired when it bought Palm in April, 2010. While it’s arguable that HP was responsible for the demise of webOS, several former Palm executives told The New York Times that the operating system was doomed from the start. “Palm was ahead of its time in trying to build a phone software platform using web technology, and we just weren’t able to execute such an ambitious and breakthrough design,” former senior director of software at Palm Paul Mercer said. “Perhaps it never could have been executed because the technology wasn’t there yet.” Mercer explained that webOS relied too heavily on WebKit, which meant applications weren’t able to
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January 2, 2012 0 comments Read More

HP reportedly tried to offload Palm assets for $1.2 billion

Hewlett-Packard has made some wild decisions regarding Palm and webOS following the acquisition in 2010. HP bought Palm for $ 1.2 billion in April of last year, killed webOS hardware, and then reportedly tried to sell Palm and the dead operating system for $ 1.2 billion, VentureBeat said Wednesday. Among the companies approached by HP? Facebook. According to the report, HP tried to offload webOS to the social network but the company was “practically laughed out of the room” by Facebook executives. HP eventually cut its losses and announced that it would contribute webOS to the open source community. Then, earlier this month, HP stunned the industry again when it said new webOS hardware, including a possible new tablet, is in development. Read
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December 29, 2011 0 comments Read More

Palm Pixi available November 15

Palm Pixi

It’s official, Palm’s second WebOS device is slated to hit stores November 15th for $99.99 after a $50 instant rebate and a $100 mail-in rebate. The Pixi will be sold at Sprint stores, Best Buy, RadioShack and select Walmart locations. With the Pre selling for $150, we don’t really see the Pixi selling well with it’s current price tag.

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October 26, 2009 0 comments Read More

Palm Pre now available on O2 in the UK and Ireland

Starting today, Palm will begin selling the Palm Pre in the UK with O2. The device is also available in Ireland. In the UK, the Pre is free with an 18-month contract that runs about £44.05 ($72). With that plan, you’re allowed 1,200 minutes and unlimited data and WiFi at O2 hotspots. In Ireland, the Palm Pre is also free on all plans €65 upward.

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October 16, 2009 0 comments Read More

Microsoft’s Project Pink to be canceled?

Microsoft Pink

It’s been rumored for a very long time that Microsoft was working on a new mobile project dubbed Pink. Headed by the Danger/Sidekick team that Microsoft acquired, Project Pink was supposed to incorporate Zune and debut other popular features currently absent from Windows Mobile. A few weeks ago, leaked images of what the phones could look like had many people scratching their head if Microsoft is serious about this. Today, MobileCrunch received news from a source who was either on the team or knows lots of info about Microsoft’s Project Pink. The source has stated that since the acquisition of Danger/Sidekick, most of the team has left or been fired.

October 5, 2009 0 comments Read More