Palm_(companion)

Palm (companion)

Palm (companion)

Android smartphone

The Palm phone, or "Palm companion device", "Palm Palm", "TCL Palm",[4] codenamed "Pepito" with model number PVG100[5][6] is a smartphone running the Android operating system, announced on October 15, 2018, and is first available in the United States from November 2, that year.[7]

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Palm is developed, designed, and marketed by Palm Ventures Group, a San Francisco-based start up founded by Dennis Miloseski and Howard Nuk. Palm Ventures is financially backed by Chinese electronics company TCL that owns the Palm trademark, originally of Palm, Inc.[8][9] The phone is manufactured by China's Tinno Mobile as an ODM for TCL.[10]

With a 3.3-inch screen and 62.5g weight that is noticeably smaller and lighter than other smartphones released at the same time, the Palm was initially marketed as "an ultra-mobile companion" device that is meant to be used in conjunction with a regular smartphone—positioning it as a cross-over between a wearable and a smartphone, and originally could only be used by pairing the device with another phone on the Verizon network.[11][12] However, the restriction was subsequently lifted for new buyers as well as oversea markets, which make it also possible to use the device as a standalone phone.[13]

It is the first "Palm"-branded device on the market since 2010 (Palm Pre 2).[14]

Specifications

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Availability

The Palm was initially launched on November 2, 2018, exclusively on Verizon in the US as a companion device in a bundle with a phone. Since December 2018 it has been available on Vodafone in the UK, Spain and Germany. Vodafone has secured a 6 months exclusivity deal for Europe. Since January 20, 2019, the device has been available in Hong Kong.[7][17][18][19] It was released for sale as standalone device in the US in April 2019.[20]

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