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techcrunch.com - 4/30/2009

Forget The Pre, Palm’s Got A Second Device Coming Out This Year. We’re Calling It The Mini-Pre

— techcrunch.com — I came across some very interesting news today. I was mostly minding my own business, hammering away at our various sources in the hardware industry and trying to dig up some sort of information on exactly when the Palm Pre (pictured right) might be ... (more) Forget The Pre, Palm’s Got A Second Device Coming Out ...

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uk.reuters.com - 4/29/2009

Palm Pre costs $170 to make: iSuppli

— uk.reuters.com — SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Palm Inc's highly anticipated Pre smartphone costs around $170 to make, according to analysis by research group iSuppli released on Wednesday. Although the Pre has not yet shipped and Palm has yet to announce a release date, ... (more) Palm Pre costs $170 to make: iSuppli

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reuters.com - 4/29/2009

Palm Pre costs $170 to make: iSuppli | Technology

— reuters.com — SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Palm Inc's highly anticipated Pre smartphone costs around $170 to make, according to analysis by research group iSuppli released on Wednesday. Although the Pre has not yet shipped and Palm has yet to announce a release date, ... (more) Palm Pre costs $170 to make: iSuppli | Technology

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Palm: iSuppli Puts Pre Manufacturing Costs At $170; Sees Price To Sprint $300; Expects Street Price Of $200
BARRONS.com: Tech Trader Daily — ... The research firm iSuppli today takes a stab at some answers, projecting that the bill of materials is $170.02, which includes hardware costs of $137.83, including the battery, plus $9.58 for manufacturing and test costs and $22.61 in software and licensing costs. The biggest cost elements include an estimated $39.51 for the display, $19.38 for the form factor, $15.96 for primary memory, $10.96 for the applications processor and $12.39 for the camera. ...

Pre views — the latest on the coming attraction
GMSV — ... , just enough to make for spot shortages if Palm’s calculations are correct. For reference, Apple sold 1 million iPhones in the three days after the 3G launched last summer. “It’s important to have a success like selling out,” said Gartner’s Hugues de La Vergne. “The Pre has to live up to the hype, or else they’ll lose their momentum to rival products coming out soon after.” Meanwhile, in other news from the Pre release front: * A virtual teardown by iSuppli puts the cost of the Pre’s hardware, manufacturing, software and IP licensing at $170 per unit, which means Sprint ...

Palm Pre Smartphone Headed to Canada`s Bell Mobility 3G Network
eWeek - RSS Feeds — ... , calling it innovative. Tina Teng, a senior analyst with iSuppli , predicted that webOS, in combination with the Pre’s multi-touch display interface, “are likely to allow the Pre to appeal to a broad range of consumers, going far beyond the company’s core group of business-oriented customers.” Teng pointed to the Apple iPhone as the mark Palm is aiming for with the Pre. Adel Bazerghi, senior vice president of Products for Bell Mobility, was also quoted in the statement, saying he was excited to be only the second carrier in the world to offer the Pre. "With the unique user ...