Palm account users have reported data loss after resetting an account, or while trying to use their account on a new Palm WebOS device. Data loss includes contacts, calendar, memos, and tasks.

“We are seeing a small number of customers who have experienced issues transferring their Palm Profile information to another Palm webOS device,” a Palm spokesman said in a statement. “Palm and Sprint are working closely together to support these customers to successfully transfer their information to the new device.”

Palm says that only a small number of users are affected, but we don't really know what "small number" means, and it's hard to tell if your phone will be next. Be safe and backup your stuff. May be we'll all learn something from the recent Sidekick debacle and from this growing one... I’ve had something like this happen to me during my Palm Pixi Review, where my account was lost and I had to re-create it from scratch. I’m on an Exchange account, so nothing was lost… phew!

HP and T&T just announced the iPaq Glisten, a GSM Windows Mobile 6.5 Smartphone that uses an AMOLED display. Apart from the typical Windows Mobile 6.5 features, the Glisten features an unified inbox, which is not new on competing platforms. It comes pre-loaded with the Facebook app for Windows Mobile and will cost $299 with a two year contract, which is the upper-range. If you really need decent mobile office support, that may be something to look at (this is a phone for "pros").

• GSM 3G world phone
• 2.5" AMOLED Display
• Windows Mobile 6.5
• 3.1 Megapixel Camera
• GPS, turn-by-turn navigation,
• Mobile office
• Full specs (.pdf)

Nokia has announced 2 new budget slider phones that have an emphasis on media sharing. The Nokia 6700 Slide and Nokia 7230 will be price around $239 and $150 respectively before taxes and subsidies. The 6700 Slide sports a 5-megapixel Carl Zeiss optics camera with onboard editing software, while the 7230 only gets a 3.2 megapixel camera. The phones will be available in a variety of colors. Check out the full press release here.

The First ELSE is a rather interesting mobile phone, as its goal is to be centered around the user experience, rather than the phone, with that in mind, the First ELSE aims to have the phone as an application on the device, rather than being the main function of the device. More pictures of the First ELSE can be found here. While there hasn’t been any confirmation as to which operator will be picking this up, representatives from Orange were at the event. Target markets for the phone are the USA, Western Europe and Russia.

With the recent dominance of Apple’s iPhone OS and Google’s Android, Symbian certainly doesn’t want any setbacks, but it seems unfortunate that a setback is what has happened. Reports are filtering that Nokia’s N97 and Sony Ericsson’s Saito have been pulled off the shelves due to quality concerns. Folks who try and buy the N97 online via Vodafone UK are redirected to the N97 mini, which is apparently more stable. The Saito on the other hand seems to shut down when users try and launch certain apps, and it seems that there isn’t a downloadable fix just yet. If these problems are down to Symbian’s OS, it’s certainly a cause for concern. Of course, we’ll have to wait and see what the official word on this is, but till then, it seems that the Saito wouldn’t be the best phone to buy just yet.

We’ve seen Jailbroken iPhones that left SSH on with the default passwords get Rickrolled, and also “blackmailed”, though we’re fairly sure nobody really paid any money. Now it seems that a new virus, exploiting the same vulnerability, has surfaced in the Netherlands. It allows the hacker to remotely control and access the phone, making it a serious privacy concern, especially if you fiddle with online banking on your iPhone. You’d hate to wake up and see your bank account cleared out, wouldn’t you? At the time of writing, this variant of the virus is isolated in the Netherlands, but who knows where it will spread it. So if you’ve Jailbroken your iPhone, do remember to change the default password.

While the folks over at Verizon probably enjoyed poking fun at the iPhone and AT&T’s network with its “Droid Does” campaign. AT&T certainly wasn’t too happy about those, evidenced by the lawsuit fired in Verizon’s direction. Now the latest ads emphasize that the Motorola Droid (read our Droid review) on Verizon Wireless can’t make use of its data connection and maintain a voice call at the same time. With the advertisements showing the user performing a variety of tasks such as browsing the Internet, sending an email amongst others, while still maintaining the call. It ends with “can your network or phone do that?” which is an obvious reference to Verizon Wireless and its Motorola Droid. Check out the advertisement here and here.

It seems that Apple, Verizon, LG and Google aren’t the only parties who are in trouble over Visual Voicemail. Now Klausner Technologies, the company with the patents related to Visual Voicemail, is pursuing Motorola and Rim over patent infringement with regards to Visual Voicemail on the Motorola CLIQ and BlackBerry Bold 9700. Will this reach and out-of-court settlement like before, or will there be a lengthy court battle?

When the Palm Pixi first appeared in May, there was a lot of excitement about an affordable Web OS device with a slim and sexy design. By the time Pixi had arrived to Market, a deluge of Android phones lead by the Motorola Droid and the powerful iPhone 3GS had been released. Android 2.0 and Motoblur feature functionalities that are close to Palm's Synergy, while the Pixi lacks WiFi. At a street price, as low as $25 (with a new contract), the Pixi is cheaper than the Palm Pre or the Droid, but when you take into account the total cost of ownership ($69/mo + tax + fees for two years) the savings are rather small. What do you really get with the Palm Pixi? Find out!

Dell has confirmed that its Dell Mini 3i Android-powered smartphone will be made available in China via China Mobile. The phone will debut with 2 color options, namely the “red passion” and “oiled bronze” color schemes. Aside from quad-band GSM/EDGE, 640 x 360 display, GPS, 3-megapixel camera, and Bluetooth, the phone will also support China Mobile’s “Mobile Market” app, though Dell says that the phone’s features may vary from operator to operator.

With Christmas around the corner, everybody is stepping up to try and make their deal the sweetest so that customers will purchase from them, and T-Mobile is certainly no difference. While there isn’t any confirmation just yet, but some leaked information shows a list of cell phone pricing supposedly from T-Mobile. Apparently these prices apply to all rate plays, so let’s wait for this to become official and we can enjoy the holidays in style!

For those of you owning HTC phones running Google’s Android, HTC has released an updated version of the HTC Sync software. The latest version (2.0.8) features minor upgrades such as media enhancements and synchronizing with your PC’s time. If you feel that those aren’t important to you, then you could always skip the update. But find out more on the update here.

When you talk about the market for cellphones everybody looks at China as the most delectable, so RIM and Palm must be fairly happy that word on the street is that they’ve managed to set up a deal with China Telecom, which will see their phones on said carrier somewhere between the end of 2009 or early in 2010. With an estimated 700 million subscribers in China, just a sliver of that would be a lot of money to anybody.

While there hasn’t been any official word as to which US carrier will be picking up the Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 just yet, but the fact that it will only be available in the 800/850/1900/2100MHz 3G bands means that AT&T seems like the only possible candidate. Aside from the carrier, if MobileCityOnline is to be believed, this highly anticipated iPhone rival could be going for $999.99, which is a “discounted” pre-order price over the standard price of $1,299.99 for the unlocked version. Of course, if AT&T does decide to pick up the phone, it’ll certainly be cheaper with a contract.