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Xplore M68 Smartphone

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Xplore M68 Smartphone

The tri-band Xplore M68 Smartphone is a Palm OS smartphone that can be found in Asian and European markets. The Palm OS has been customized to be more phone-centric, making it easy to use with just a single hand. You can also choose to use the classic Palm launcher if nostalgia strikes. It measures 1.9” x 4.3” x 0.88”, making it rather bulky. It claims a 170 hour standby time, Bluetooth, GPRS, and a 1.3 megapixel camera. Specs after the jump. • Size & Weight: 49.5 x 109 x 22.5 mm (1.9 x 4.3 x .88 Inches); 127g (4.48 oz)
• Processor: ARM 9 OMAP 168 Mhz
• Operating System: Palm OS Garnet v5.4
• Memory: 32 MB RAM / 64 SDRAM flash memory
• Expansion: SD/MMC memory slot
• Screen: 176 x 220 pixel; 2.2 inch, 65k-color; transflective (D-TFD)
• Audio: 2.5mm headset jack; rear speaker
• Power: Rechargable Li-Ion Poly, 1350 mAh (4 hrs talk/170 hours standby)
• Connectivity: Tri-Band GSM radio (900/1800/1900), Class 10 GPRS, HotSync-Connector, IrDA, Bluetooth (v1.1)

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Apple has passed RIM in US smartphone market share

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Android has the biggest market share in terms of smartphone platform, with RIM in number two and iOS in third place. In most charts and graphs that you see, RIM has been steadily declining in terms of market share which has put them almost on the same level as iOS, who has managed to maintain a steady ~25%, give or take.

Well now it looks like iOS has officially over taken RIM, putting them at 26.6% which is 1.9% more than RIM’s share at 24.7%. However RIM wasn’t the only “loser” here as the rest of the platforms, with the exception of iOS and Android, faced similar drops, with Microsoft and Palm dropping 1.9% and 0.4% respectively.

However, with Android’s Ice Cream Sandwich slated for a year end release, and iOS 5 (and the rumored iPhone 5) and Windows Phone 7’s Mango update scheduled for a release some time this fall, those numbers could look to change rather dramatically, something which we’re pretty sure Microsoft is counting on as they are hoping to regain the market share with their slew of upcoming WP7 devices running on the Mango update.

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Palm OS II devices not to launch until 2009

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Palm OS II devices not to launch until 2009

Too little, too late. Or so seems the reaction for reports that Palm’s Linux-based open source OS, codenamed “Nova” won’t be dropping until early 2009. Stephane Maes, VP Smartphone Product Marketing says that Palm will finish up on the software in late 2008, with development tools being released around the same time.

With Google’s Android platform planned to make a showing in 2008, it appears as though Palm will be late to the major open source OS game. Until then, Palm will continue offering their original OS, as well as their OS based around Windows Mobile.

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Palm updates AT&T Treo 680

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Palm updates AT&T Treo 680 The venerable AT&T Treo 680 has just received an update from Palm, whereby this revised software now supports SDHC cards (up to 4GB in size), AT&T’s Push-to-Talk system, Microsoft’s push e-mail system and enhanced ringtone support. You can check out Palm’s website for this update, and it is also claimed that battery life will improve as well. Support for a plethora of instant messaging programs such as AOL Instant Messenger, Windows Live Messenger, and Yahoo! instant messenger are also included.

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