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Palm's airport stores not closing, because they don't belong to Palm
Anyone who was sent into a panicked tizzy over Palm's decision to close its retail locations just won a small consolation prize: those precious airport locations are here to stay. Turns out they're not owned by Palm, but rather licensed by vendor Airport Wireless; they might be rebranded, but their line and bold mission statement should both remain unchanged. So the next time you happen to be passing through from LGA to LAX, rest easy knowing that the opportunity to buy overpriced electronic merchandise from a variety of vendors will still be alive and well.[Thanks to everyone who sent this in]
Palm to close all retail locations but one, for real
If our solemn word wasn't enough to convince you of trouble in retail-ville for Palm, take this news as empirical. According to the smartphone-maker, it is officially shuttering all of its retail locations but one over the next five weeks. Originally, we thought that the airport locations would steer clear of the axe, but news today is that 34 stores total -- 26 airport-based and eight branded stores -- will be saying adios before long. Sure, this news doesn't sound real hot, but Palm claims they want to cut costs and focus on its next-gen phones, which is what we've been asking them to do all along... so maybe this is a blessing in disguise?
Palm retail stores to close by month's end
Oh Palm, things just seem to be going from bad to worse. After your recent (and repeated) Palm OS II delays and employee layoffs, you really should be due for some good news -- but that's not the case today. According to a member of the TreoCentral forums who cites "sources," Palm will be folding all but its airport-based retail locations by the end of January. Apparently, other forum members have checked in with their local stores and gotten word from reps there that the doors are indeed shutting, so it seems like this is a go. Palm, we're not going to say you're in your darkest hour just yet, but we're pretty sure you can see it from where you're standing. C'mon guys -- get it together![Thanks, Anonymous]
Treo 700wx already here, videos already out
We didn't even have a chance to hook you peeps up with the latest video of the new Treo 700wx that's been circulating around the internets, and already did Palm decid to loose 'em on the unsuspecting QWERTY addicts of the LA metro area -- however undoubtedly unintentionally. It seems at least one Palm retail store in SoCal is already stocking 700wxs, according to Gadgets on the Go: the Palm Retail store at The Grove (the very same one we happened upon not a few weeks back; kind of quaint, smooshed next to a L'Occitane) supposedly already has stock in store ready for sale, which means it's probably not unfair to assume other stores might have them as well. Now, whether you'll be able to get them to sell you the devices as easily is another question entirely, but for those without a Palm retail store nearby, it's not unfair to assume you'll be able to get one at a regular carrier outlet in the very, very near future.Update: We're getting reports that the device will go for $619, $649, and will see release August 31st -- in other words, we aren't yet 100% of anything, but as before, expect it shortly, and probably in the $600 range.
