SlashPhone reports about availability of new security patch for Palm devices and writes: “When the Treo 650 smartphone password protection is enabled, the password protection can be partially circumvented by running the Find feature while on the “Make Emergency Call” screen.” (more…)

Phone Scoop preview of the Palm Treo 755p. “Palm finally lopped the antenna off the 700p, bringing its CDMA offerings into line with its GSM phones.” (more…)

Yesterday Palm Inc., the manufacturer of the Treo line of smartphones, has announced that it will be releasing its own Linux-based operating system by the end of the year. Ed Colligan, Palm’s CEO, made the statement during Palm’s Analyst Day event. Colligan (more…)

BASKING RIDGE, NJ and SUNNYVALE, CA — Verizon Wireless and Palm, Inc. (Nasdaq: PALM) yesterday announced the availability of the Palm® Treo™ 700wx smartphone running Microsoft’s Windows Mobile 5.0 with Direct Push Technology, adding another choice to Palm’s current EV-DO product offerings for (more…)