At $100, the underpowered Pixi doesn't look like a great value against its bigger, older brother -- but at the $30 Walmart is charging through its partner LetsTalk, the game changes a bit, doesn't it? Sure, $70 isn't that huge of a difference quantitatively, but emotionally, $30 is basically an overpriced meal or two -- and considering the old adage of "a moment on the lips, a lifetime on the ... Read More

Just as we'd heard earlier this morning, today's the day that Palm and Sprint come clean with their undercover plans for the former's second-ever webOS device. The Pixi, which we toyed with back on our first Engadget Show, is slated to hit Sprint stores, Best Buy, RadioShack and select Walmart locations on November 15th for $99.99, but that's after a $50 instant rebate and a $100 mail-in rebate that you'll ... Read More

To add to the excitement of the impending release of the Palm Pixi, Palm is offering a couple of different ways to win over 25 free webOS devices. If you sign up on Palm's Blog, you will have a chance to win one of 25 Palm Pixi handsets being given away by Palm. Another way to win is by heading over to Palm's Facebook page and leaving a comment. All comments ... Read More

And the Telefonica rollout of the GSM Pre continues. Starting today, those gorgeous people populating the sinking, but still glorious, isle of the United Kingdom can get their hands on a Palm Pre by hitting up their nearest O2 store. And by hitting up we mean becoming customers, not robbing the place. Anyway, the cheapest (or least expensive) 18-month tariff on which the Pre can be had for free is ... Read More

We knew it was coming, and here it is -- the glorious first showing of the Palm Pre in its GSM garb. From today, our Deutsch comrades can grab a Pre and do whatever they want to do to it, courtesy of O2, its exclusive German supplier. The device will set you back €481 without contract, with the O2 My Handy option letting you finance it via 24 monthly payments ... Read More

Palm and Telefonica have announced that the Palm Pre is ready to hit Spain starting October 14. The webOS smartphone will be sold via Telefonica’s Movistar, the largest Spanish mobile carrier (with more than 23 million customers). Depending on the data plan you choose, you can get Movistar’s Palm Pre even for free. The Pre (Palm’s first webOS handset) features a HVGA touchscreen display, Palm Synergy, sliding QWERTY keyboard, HSDPA, Wi-Fi, GPS, ... Read More

The game's back on. Palm just announced the availability of its 1.2.1 update to WebOS for the Palm Pre and, well, that's it for the time being. It fixes Exchange mail syncing issues experienced by some users, which is nice, but for everyone else it re-enables media sync with iTunes 9.0.1, with or without the USB-IF's support. In fact, Palm has signaled its commitment to its rogue approach by improving ... Read More

Just  yesterday  we told you that Verizon didn’t seem interested in the Palm Pre anymore but today we hear that Big Red is definitely going to sell the Pre once Sprint’s exclusivity deal with Palm expires. As you already expect, there aren’t any official press releases from Palm or Verizon to indicate these joint future plans but according to inside leaks Verizon will definitely not pass on the Pre. The phone ... Read More

As promised O2 is bringing the GSM version of the Palm Pre to the lucky people of Europe and by mid-October you can have it too. So far, O2 Germany, UK and Ireland websites have information about the upcoming release. Strangely enough Movistar that should be offering the Pre in Spain is still quiet about it. Movistar was supposed to offer the Palm Pre in Spain and it was sort of ... Read More

Palm has announced another quarter of losses - the eighth in succession - despite the initial success of the Palm Pre, launched earlier this year. The company also told journalists that it will be dumping Microsoft's Windows Mobile OS in favour of solely focusing on webOS, its proprietary platform. On a conference call, CEO Jon Rubenstein admitted that Palm has made four times the losses compared to the same point last year, ... Read More