Palm reported their Q3 revenue numbers this afternoon and yes – they had one rough quarter. The company reported a net loss of $98 million dollars (or $0.89 per diluted common share). Total revenue for the third quarter (which ended on Feb 27th for Palm) was $90.6 million dollars. Smartphone sales took a nosedive for Palm as the company reported $77.5 million dollars in smartphone revenue – down 72 percent from the year-ago quarter on sales of 482,000 units (down 42 percent year over year).

These are certainly tough times for Palm. They’re in the midst of rolling to an entire new OS and smartphone platform yet they still have a large inventory of existing smartphone devices to sell. Combine that with abysmal economic climate and customers waiting for the new Pre, it’s really not that surprising to see dismal numbers.

Here’s hoping the new webOS and Palm Pre product line will bring growth back to the company.

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Sprint will begin offering the Palm Treo Pro Windows Mobile smartphone starting on March 15th for a price of $199.99 after a new two-year agreement (after a $100 instant rebate and $100 mail-in rebate, with an Everything plan with data or a $30 per month or higher data add-on. Was that simple enough for ya ?? ).  The Treo Pro will be available online, at retail stores, or by calling 800-SPRINT-1

In case you’re not familiar with the Treo Pro, here are the major highlights:

• Windows Mobile 6.1 OS
• First Palm phone with Internet Explorer Mobile 6 with options for either mobile optimized or desktop-like Internet browsing
• High resolution color touch-screen display
• Full QWERTY keyboard
• Removable battery with up to five hours of talk time
• One-touch Wi-Fi button
• EV-DO Rev A support
• Integrated GPS
• Microsoft Direct Push technology support
• Sprint Navigation with turn-by-turn directions, maps, and points-of-interest searches
• Sprint TV – watch TV or video-on-demand
• Sprint Music – wirelessly download digital music tracks to phone
• Pocket Expres – get the latest up to date web content
• Ringer switch
• Clock and date screen saver
• New voicemail indicator – center button flashes when new voicemail is available
• Dedicated email and calendar buttons

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Yes, the Palm Treo Pro finally got formally announced today by Palm Inc. As most of you know already (thanks to a ton of leaked pics), the Treo Pro is a new streamlined smartphone running the Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional OS and featuring email, Wi-Fi, and GPS capabilities. Features include the following:

• One-touch Wi-Fi button supporting 802.11 b/g
• Today screen enhancements – perform web searches directly from the Today screen
• Ringer switch – silences the device immediately
• Screen saver – lets users know at a glance without turning on the device what time it is and whether they missed a call or have a new text message
• New voicemail indicator – center button flashes to let users know that a voicemail is waiting
• Dedicated email and calendar buttons
• Microsoft Direct Push technology – direct connection to Exchange Server 2003 SP2 and 2007
• Microsoft System Center Mobile Device Manager 2008 allows IT professionals to manager large Treo Pro deployments
• High speed UMTS/HSDPA support
• Integrated GPS receiver for maps, and turn-by-turn directions and point of interest searches
• Qualcomm MSM7201 400MHz processor
• 320 x 320 TFT flush touchscreen
• Quad-band GSM support
• Bluetooth 2.0 + EDR support
• 2.0 megapixel camera with 8x digital zoom
• microSDHC card support
• microUSB 2.0
• 3.5 mm stereo headset jack
• Measures 4.49 x 2.36 x 0.53 inches and weighs 4.69 oz

The Palm Treo Pro will be available from Vodafone and O2 in Europe, from Telstra in Australia, and will be available in an unlocked version in the U.S., Europe, and Asia Pacific. In the U.S., the Palm Treo Pro will be available for a price of $549.

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New preview stills of the upcoming Palm Treo Pro (Treo 850w) have surfaced on the net courtesy of Treo8.com. No firm information on specs but the pics reveal it to be a GSM phone with a built-in stylus running of course, Windows Mobile (hence the w).The phone is thinner than previous Treo models.

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Palm is trying to tell the world that it’s still a relevant company in the smartphone market by announcing that two million Palm Centro smartphones have been sold in 25 countries around the world. Thanks to data from the AdMob advertising network, Palm also announced that the Centro is now the 7th most popular device around the world. Keep in mind of course that this data is entirely based on mobile advertising analytics. AdMob also showed that Palm ranked number 2 in the U.S. in terms of mobile advertising reach and number 3 worldwide.

While two million Centros is certainly no small feat, let’s not forget that the Apple iPhone 3G hit one million units in literally the first weekend of availability.

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Sprint and Palm have announced that the new Palm Treo 800w is now available for Sprint subscribers. The Treo 800w runs Microsoft Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional and includes support for EV-DO Rev A data speeds. According to Sprint, the Treo 800w is “Palm’s most business-friendly phone yet.” Features include:

• Full QWERTY keyboard
• Five way navigation controls
• One-touch buttons
• EV-DO Rev A support with download speeds up to 3.1 Mbps
• One-touch Wi-Fi button with support for 802.11 b/g
• Integrated GPS
• Supports Sprint Navigation
• Connects with Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 SP2 or 2007
• Support for Microsoft Direct Push Technology
• Today Screen enhancements
• Dial from the Today screen
• Voicemail controls
• Sprint TV enabled
• Speakerphone
• Built-in 2.0 megapixel camera
• Bluetooth
• 320 x 320 External display
• Memory card slot (microSD)
• 256 MB user memory and 128 MB program memory

The Treo 800w will be available for $249.99 after discounts and a two year contract.

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Above is supposedly a picture of the upcoming Treo 800w smartphone. The rumored specs on this phone are as follows:

• Windows Mobile 6.1 OS
• 400 MHz CPU
• 128MB RAM
• 256MB flash memory
• Built-in GPS receiver
• Wi-Fi support
• EV-DO Rev A support
• microUSB support

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If you’re an AT&T Wireless user and a fan of the Palm Centro, then you’ll be happy to hear that AT&T is now offering the Palm Centro to its subscriber base. The Centro will be initially available in Glacier White and will sell for $99.99 after a two year contract and a $100 dollar mail-in rebate. Features of the Palm Centro include:

• Quad-band world phone
• 1.3 megapixel digital camera with video capture
• EDGE support
• Bluetooth 1.2
• AIM, Yahoo! and Windows Live IM
• Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync support
• XM Radio, AT&T Music, and MusicID support
• Push-to-Talk support
• Measures 4.2 x 2.1 x 0.73 inches and weighs 4.23 oz
• 3 hour talk time
• 10 day standby time
• QWERTY keyboard
• Runs Palm OS 5.4.9
• Intel 312 MHz processor
• 64MB flash/ 64MB RAM
• microSD slot
• 2.2 inch 320 x 320 touch-screen display with 64K colors

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Verizon Wireless and Palm announced the immediate availability of the Palm Treo 755p for the Verizon Wireless network. The 755p will be available in an exclusive deep blue-green color and may be purchased now on the Verizon Wireless website here. The 755p will be available in Verizon Wireless Stores starting on January 7th.

Features of the Treo 755p include the following:

• Intel XScale 312MHz processor
• Sleeker design with an internal antenna
• Soft touch feel
• Large high resolution color touch screen (320 x 320 resolution and over 65K colors)
• Bluetooth 1.2 support
• QWERTY keyboard
• 1.3 megapixel digital camera
• Built-in support for Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint documents and PDF documents
• Palm OS 5.4.9
• VersaMail 3.5.45 with built-in Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync support for Microsoft Direct Push Technology
• EV-DO support
• 60MB of user available memory
• miniSD slot
• Google Maps

The Treo 755p will be available for $399.99 after a $50 dollar mail-in rebate and a new two-year customer agreement.

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Palm announced yesterday an update to Windows Mobile 6 for the Palm Treo 750 smartphone which is currently offered exclusively in the U.S. by AT&T. The update is available as a free download for existing Treo 750 customers. The new Windows Mobile 6 update will “facilitate High-Speed Download Packet Access (HSDPA) capability” as well as provide access to AT&T’s multimedia services including AT&T music, CB, and AT&T mail. Enhancements found within Windows Mobile 6 include:

• Microsoft Direct Push Technology connection to email, calendar, contacts, and tasks
• Email enhancements
• Ability to set an out-of-office message from Treo Smartphone
• Mini-SD storage card encryption, password, and PIN improvements, and remote data wipe
• Ability to search for email messages on Exchange server
• Meeting request and scheduling conflict improvements
• Improved Calendar with Day-at-a-Glance bar

You’ll be able to download the update here:

http://www.palm.com/750updateATT

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