Is weakened Palm ripe for acquisition?

By | 6/4/2001

Six months ago, Palm appeared to have the business world in its hand. Now the handheld giant has broken into a cold sweat, spurring speculation of a major restructuring or even an acquisition.

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Sharp picks Intel for handheld

By | 6/4/2001

Sharp will use an energy-saving StrongARM chip from Intel to power a version of its handheld computer designed to run video and other computing-intensive applications, an Intel spokesman said Friday.

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More layoffs on tap at Palm

By | 6/4/2001

Struggling handheld giant Palm announced Friday that it will lay off more workers this summer.

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Handspring phone add-on to ring in Japan

By | 6/4/2001

Handspring will release in Japan this fall a wireless phone module for its Visor handheld computer, the company said Friday.

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BlackBerry ripe for Europe

By | 6/4/2001

BT Cellnet is now offering the BlackBerry two-way e-mail pager in Britain, a development that one analyst said Friday could spark a rush of orders for the product across Europe.

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Acer announces four-year deal with Palm

By | 6/1/2001

TAIPEI, Taiwan--Computer company Acer's move into wireless products accelerated on Friday when it agreed to use Palm's operating system in its handheld computers through 2005.

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Sharp chooses Lineo for Linux handheld

By | 6/1/2001

Japanese electronics maker Sharp will use Lineo's version of Linux in an upcoming handheld computer, a significant victory for the Lindon, Utah, company as it works to push Linux into non-PC devices such as network equipment and set-top boxes.

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BT Cellnet Serves Up RIM's Blackberry

By | 6/1/2001

OTTAWA (Reuters) - Research In Motion Ltd. (NasdaqNM:RIMM - news) (RIM.TO) said on Friday that BT Cellnet is now offering its handheld BlackBerry e-mail device across Britain, in a deal that an analyst said could spark a flood of orders for the product.

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iPaq can double as phone

By | 5/31/2001

Compaq Computer's iPaq handheld computer can now make local and international calls at domestic rates in Singapore. The new service is related to a deal between Singapore communications services company UGotACall and Compaq Singapore.

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Price pressure extends to new Palms

By | 5/31/2001

With about three months' worth of Palm handhelds sitting on shelves and in warehouses, some retailers have begun selling the devices well below listed prices. And in what could be a more troubling sign, some of the price cuts are coming on Palm's newest models: the m500 and m505.

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PDAs hit hard times but hope lives on

By | 5/31/2001

Consumers scoffed at personal computers, but personal digital assistants were a different story. The nerd-hip devices appeared on Christmas lists, and pundits and investors clung to high hopes for the gadgets.

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Sprint to beef up wireless applications

By | 5/29/2001

Sprint PCS will announce Wednesday the company is bolstering its wireless Internet service for businesses with software from Everypath.

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