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Update Your Palm for Daylight Savings Time Change

New Daylight Saving Time Changes
Beginning in 2007, Daylight Saving Time starts on the second Sunday in March (March 11, 2007), and changes back to standard time on the first Sunday in November (November 4, 2007). This is a change from the current start/end date that is built into some Palm devices.
Palm devices, both smartphones and [...]

San Diego Police Department Arms Officers with Smartphone Solution

Field Police Officers Run License Plates, Incident Reports and Criminal Records Using Custom Applications on Palm Treo 700w Smartphones
SUNNYVALE, Calif., Feb 22, 2007 (BUSINESS WIRE) — Palm, Inc. (Nasdaq:PALM) today announced that the San Diego Police Department (SDPD), a department serving one of the 10 most populated cities in the United States, has deployed Palm(R) [...]

Astraware Announces Support for Mobile Linux and Joins ACCESS Connect Ecosystem Global Partner Program

THE MIDLANDS, UK - February 19th, 2007 - Astraware is excited to announce their first steps toward support of an additional mobile platform for their range of PDA and Smartphone games. The company has been working on updates to its own core technology library to enable its games to run on Linux® based mobile platforms, [...]

Join the Club Astraware Points Party!

THE MIDLANDS, UK - January 29th 2007 - Club Astraware bursts into life this month with a Point-popping Party! Everyone can join in and get points for all kinds of things, from purchase to high scores to surveys and more! And what do points make? Free games and discounts from the Astraware store, that’s what!
The [...]

Microsoft’s Direct Push Technology Comes to Palm OS Based Treo Smartphones

Palm Brings Microsoft’s Direct Push Technology to Palm OS Based Treo Smartphones: “Palm, Inc. (Nasdaq:PALM) today announced availability of Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync(R) Update for Palm OS(R) devices for the Palm(R) Treo(TM) 680 and Treo 700p smartphones. Palm OS based Treo smartphones have long been able to use Exchange ActiveSync(R) to access Microsoft Exchange Server information [...]

Palm and Orange Announce Treo 680 Smartphone in Switzerland

ZURICH, Switzerland, Jan 22, 2007 (BUSINESS WIRE) — Palm, Inc. (Nasdaq:PALM) and Orange have announced the Palm(R) Treo(TM) 680 smartphone, running on the Palm OS(R) platform. The Treo 680 smartphone is ideal for the professional consumer who wants a more advanced phone experience on a single device, including access to email, web browsing, messaging and [...]

Palm Inc Announcements

CES has kicked off and that means announcements and press releases. Not everything is related to new technology. Here are the day’s announcement from Palm:

Palm, Inc.’s Chief Financial Officer Andrew J. Brown to Present at Ninth Annual Needham Growth Conference
Sling Media and Palm Expand Mobile TV Viewing Experience With Introduction of SlingPlayer Mobile for Palm [...]

BlackBerry Voice Applications Targeted at Business and Leisure Users

Kodiak Networks Announces Licensing Agreement With Research In Motion (RIM) for Push-to-Talk (PTT) on Blackberry
The licensing agreement allows RIM to integrate a Java version of the Kodiak handset client with BlackBerry handsets and enables joint development and marketing efforts.
The Kodiak mobile applications capability appeals broadly to all users who need instant communications for personal and [...]

iampowered to be the new Iambic Corporate Blog

Effective today, iampowered changes its scope from “technology blog” to become the official “iambic corporate blog”, which means if you want to learn the latest on new iambic, Inc. products, product updates, service updates, who’s writing about us and more, this is the place to look.
iampowered: iampowered changes scope and mission

Astraware announces its Annual Hogmanay Party promotion

When your name is McKenzie, even spelled the Mc way, you can’t turn your back on a good Hogmanay Party.
THE MIDLANDS, UK - December 29th, 2006 - Astraware is celebrating the New Year with its Annual Hogmanay Party and you’re all invited!
The Hogmanay Party runs from December 30th 2006 to January 11th 2007 and [...]