Bono, the U2 lead singer, managing director and founding partner of investment firm Elevation Partners, which has invested heavily (more than $400 million) into resurgent handset maker Palm, Inc. Seems to be the latest pitchman for BlackBerry. His band’s latest album release, No Line on the Horizon, features prominently on blackberry’s home page. The company also is sponsoring the band’s ... continued »

The Palm Pre has proven to be a successful smartphone for Sprint, depending on which analyst you want to believe. The handset has sold an estimated 300,000 units in the first few weeks it was available. Some analysts say now that the Pre is meeting supply and demand for Sprint. ZDNet reports that RIM took a hit to sales of its ... continued »

Rob Scoble published an opinion piece on why he thinks Palm, in the face of the release of iPhone OS 3.0, knows it can't beat Apple to be number one; but that's okay.  Instead, Palm may be seeking to simply rise to the number two slot for smartphone marketshare, using webOS devices to beat out RIM's Blackberry OS, Microsoft's Windows ... continued »