Archive for the ‘PDA’ Category

RIM to enter China with the BlackBerry

Thursday, May 11th, 2006

RIM is going after a big market in China with their famous Blackberry. Research in Motion LTD has been in China for quite some time, but hasn't aggressively attempted to build out their userbase. That is until now: After three to four months of connecting the "few hundred thousand" ...

PDA’s Required by More Medical Schools.

Monday, April 17th, 2006

We all know how fast paced life can be. That's one of the reasons that more Medical Schools are requiring students to carry a Personal Digital Assistant to assist in the treatment of patients. But how can a PDA help a patient? By providing the attending physician with information. Professional programs made for ...

Palm TX is the choice of Wichita Schools

Tuesday, April 11th, 2006

Wichita schools has decided on which PDA their 7th graders shall use and it's the Palm TX. The county purchase 730 units for their technology product. Instructional Technology Specialist Jim Clark says, "Handhelds can facilitate new learning experiences. We have used them successfully at the elementary school level and found that ...

Treo sales make Palm profits huge (PALM)

Sunday, March 26th, 2006

Selling Treos is turning out to be a great business for Palm (PALM). For the third quarter ended March 3rd, Palm reported massive sales and increasing profits: The company's revenue for the quarter was up 36 per cent to $388.5 million from $285.3 million a year earlier. Net earnings in the ...

Palm looks to copy Research In Motion (RIM)

Saturday, March 25th, 2006

Palm is in a tough business: selling handhelds is a business that has long been dominated by RIM's Blackberry device. Millions of users have come to rely on Blackberry's to retrieve email when they're on the road for business and pleasure. Palm realized they needed to follow the ...

Big earnings for Palm

Thursday, March 23rd, 2006

Palms has release a preview of earnings which shows the numbers looking really good. EXPECTATIONS: For the three months ended Feb. 28, Palm is expecting to earn 31 cents to 33 cents per share -- before a 2-for-1 stock split effective March 15 -- and revenue of $370 million ...