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• Palm confirms that iTunes update kills Pre sync

  Palm confirmed late today that Pre owners can no longer use Apple's iTunes to sync their smartphones to Macs or PCs.

• O2 grabs Palm Pre as UK exclusive

  According to a report in the Guardian newspaper UK mobile operator O2 will next week announce a deal with Palm to be the exclusive UK partner for the Palm Pre mobile phone handset. O2 has so far refrained from commenting on the report.

• Palm Pre hardware glitches hard to evaluate, analysts say

  Customer forum complaints about shoddy hardware in the recently released Palm Pre are hard to put in perspective, analysts said today, considering it is a first-generation device that still has promise for its new WebOS.

• Users complain about poor Pre hardware

  Some Palm Pre owners are complaining about poor hardware quality of the phones, with at least one person saying that he's already had to return four devices.

• Palm's financial loss widens, but less than expected

  Palm today reported still wider quarterly and year-end losses, but less than what analysts and investors expected.

• Palm CEO: We don't have to beat each other to prosper

  Palm's new CEO on Thursday said he thinks the smartphone market is growing fast enough that multiple handset makers can thrive, and he also hinted at updates to come for the new Pre phones.

• The Palm Pre is out. So where's the SDK?

  Palm's answer to the much-celebrated Apple iPhone, the Palm Pre, was released on June 6 via a partnership with Sprint. But it still remains to be seen when a software development kit will be generally available to leverage capabilities in the device.

• Debate heats up over Apple threat to disable iTunes sync with Palm Pre

  A debate is heating up over Apple Inc.'s apparent threat to kill the iTunes sync feature on the new Palm Pre and other non-Apple digital media players.

• Developers asked to stop tethering talk on Palm Pre

  Palm Inc. has "politely" cautioned a developer forum not to allow online discussions of tethering with the new Palm Pre.

• Why Dell should buy Palm

  Palm Inc. needs money to survive. Dell Inc. needs a handset business to compete. I think Dell should acquire Palm immediately. The union would benefit both companies, as well as investors, the industry and, most of all, users.

• Former Apple exec takes the helm at Palm

  Just as the newest chapter in the storied history of Palm unfolds, the last remaining company founder is moving on.

• Palm Pre ripped open, costs US$170

  Most people who hunted down a Palm Pre on Saturday want to actually use the thing, but Rapid Repair and iFixit immediately took the new smartphone apart to find out what's inside.

• Palm Pre strong but not revolutionary, says electronics repair company

  Not content to merely fiddle around with the Palm Pre's operating system and software, the electronics repair specialists at Rapid Repair opened up the Pre and dissected its guts.

• Pre is not the home run Palm needed

  Someone at Palm should probably be kicking themselves: The first reviews of its much-hyped Palm Pre aren't bad, but they are not incredibly good, either. This sets a pretty low bar for what coming competitors must achieve to appear more advanced than Palm's newest device.

• Palm Pre roundup: the critics have spoken

  It's T-minus two days until the Palm Pre will hit the stores in the U.S. (with the adequate shortages) and the highly anticipated device already found its way onto a sleeve of reviewer's hands, including our own Ginny Mies.