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Some pieces of news are worth mentioning only in passing because they are interesting, but may not mean a thing. CNET says that over 100 people lined up at midnight to be early buyers of the new Motorola (MOT) Droid handset at a Verizon (VZ) store in Manhattan. The store in Herald Square had 500...

Palm (PALM) must not think that its new Pre smartphone gets it into a broad enough portion of the handset market. As of September 9, it will be offering a new and much smaller phone called the Pixi. The handset will be available exclusively from Sprint in all of its outlets before the holidays. The...

For years competitors have tried to beat Research in Motion (RIMM) at its own game of selling smartphones to businesses, particularly its BlackBerry. Success has been limited, very. The BlackBerry is a nearly perfect combination of complex e-mail machine and simple web access tool. Its server...

Palm (PALM) CEO Ed Colligan is leaving and will be replaced by executive chairman Jon Rubinstein. Rubinstein, formerly of Apple (AAPL), is credited with being the primary force behind the new Pre. Why did Colligan "decide" to leave after 16 years at the company? There are several theories, but no...