There is a new Qualified Design Listing for a Palm model that we haven’t seen yet, the Palm Ring-P. It might be a new Palm Pre or the Pixi. The new phone has “Bluetooth v2.1+EDR,” and is apparently meant to be listed in January, 2010 and will support A2DP at least.

Source: Pre Central

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The main component of WebOS 1.2.1, which should be making its way to handsets over the weekend fixes the syncing compatibility that iTunes 9 rebroke. Now we just need the Palm Pre to come to Verizon…

[source: Cnet]

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Last week we heard that we won’t get the Palm Pre at Verizon. Now the Examiner says that Verizon may be carrying an updated version of the Pre: one that has more memory (or a micro-sd slot), has a slightly bigger screen, and one that fixes the screen bleed problem.
Great news!

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At least that is the consensus today:

Boy Genius: “We’ve just confirmed this with one of our ninjas: the rumor of Verizon Wireless passing on adding the Palm Pre to its line-up is totally and 100% bogus”
ecommercetimes: Despite reports that Verizon and Palm are bickering over a contract that would give the carrier rights to offer the Pre smartphone, Verizon maintains that the Pre will appear on its shelves in January, as planned.

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There is a new deal from Amazon, selling the Palm Pre for $99 – Palm Pre Phone (Sprint).
It is on Sprint,tough, so will wait a little bit longer…

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The Street reports that the Pre, Palm‘s premier touch-screen smartphone, which has been an exclusive offering this year at Sprint, had been scheduled to arrive at Verizon in January. But people close to the discussions say Verizon has decided not to support the Pre.
The move would be a dramatic setback for the up-from-the-ashes Palm story. The company desperately needs to secure more telco partners to sell its flagship phone. In addition to Sprint, Palm has named only Bell Mobility in Canada and Telefonica’s O2 units in the U.K. and Germany as its exclusive partners

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Smart Phone Review Blog has a review of the Palm Pre. Here is the highlight from the review:
The revolutionary Palm Pre will make your life simpler by always being one step ahead. The Palm Pre will pull each of your online calendars into a single, easy-to-view screen, so you’ll always be on top of your appointments, and it will automatically link all your contacts from different sources, letting you easily find what you need when you need it. Whether you are sending emails or text messages, browsing the web, listening to music, or simply making a phone call, the Palm Pre makes everything easier than ever.

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It could be a rough holiday season for shareholders of Palm as they wait to see if new smartphones can compete with the likes of Apple’s iPhone, Motorola’s new Cliq and the Blackberry.

What had so far been a few golden months for Palm was somewhat tarnished recently, when its revenue forecast for the current quarter missed Wall Street expectations by far – even as results for the last three months – its first fiscal quarter – beat many forecasts.

Analysts have said they believe demand for Palm’s new star handset, the Pre, is dying down after a highly anticipated launch in June. Palm, which cut the price of the Pre by $50 (Dh183.65) recently, continues to keep its sales figures under wraps.

“The anticipated slowdown in Pre sales appears to be occurring, one quarter later than many had anticipated,” said CL King analyst Lawrence Harris.

Any lost momentum by Palm comes at a critical time, just ahead of the holiday shopping season, when the Pre and Pixi – Palm’s next device based on its webOS platform – take on popular handsets from Apple, Research in Motion, and Motorola.

Analysts warned that Palm’s uphill fight may further stall any shot at profitability, particularly after the Pre price cut.

“Although the company claims to have purchase orders with several carriers, we see unit risk [in the latter half of its financial year], particularly as other carriers have more Smartphone suppliers,” said BMO Capital analyst Tim Long. “Sprint said … [the price cut] came from Palm, which we view as a sign that maintaining average selling prices and gross margins may also be difficult.”

Sprint Nextel Corp is the exclusive US provider for Pre, but Verizon Wireless, a venture of Verizon Communications and Vodafone Group, has said it will start selling the phone early next year.

Read full story here.

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Sign the petition to ask Verizon Wireless to bring the Pre.

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The Daily Finance has an interview with Palm CEO Jon Rubinstein. Rubinstein, a New York native, acknowledges that just because Palm is showing encouraging signs of a comeback, this won’t be a cakewalk. “Making new products is hard We’re up against a lot of tough competition. But we will be in the top five players in this space.” he said in the interview.
Palm’s Pre device was met with critical applause this year, and its forthcoming Pixi phone represents another evolutionary leap beyond Palm’s once-advanced Treo technology. Pixi, a slimmed-down Pre with a fixed keyboard, is aimed at teens; it should be in stores for the holidays at a highly competitive pricepoint: under $100, DailyFinance has learned, although the company remains mum on this issue. Verizon Wireless plans to announce service for the Palm Pre, and possibly other Palm phones, in January. The new deals and devices mark nothing short of an impressive second act for the once-beleaguered tech pioneer.

read the full story here.

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