New Palm® Pre™ Experience Center Coming to Los Angeles at The Grove and The Americana at Brand

2009-07-28 19:17:02 -

The new Palm® Pre™ phone is coming to The Grove and The Americana at Brand in Los Angeles. Caruso Affiliated, owner and developer of The Grove and The Americana at Brand, today said that throughout August guests will find a Palm Pre Experience Center beneath an array of umbrellas in The Park at The Grove and The Americana at Brand,

offering visitors a truly unique, hands-on demonstration of the new Palm Pre in an approachable, yet modern setting. Palm, Inc. will offer quick one-on-one tutorials to familiarize people with the ease and effortlessness of the cutting-edge device, or larger groups can observe demonstrations on several LCD screens.

“The Grove and The Americana at Brand are known for being at the forefront of the latest retail trends, from fashion to technology. We’re thrilled to be Palm’s platform in Los Angeles for their latest innovation — the Palm Pre,” said Jennifer Gordon, senior vice president of public relations and special events for Caruso Affiliated. “In addition to the Palm Pre Experience Center, Palm ambassadors will work with our concierge teams at both properties using Palm Pre to help visitors with their daily needs, from dinner reservations to purchasing movie tickets, or answer any questions new users have about their Palm Pre.”


Palm will also be the presenting sponsor for the annual Summer Concert series at The Grove and The Americana at Brand, where every Wednesday night in August at 8 p.m. guests can enjoy their favorite artists perform under the stars for free, including Vanessa Carlton, Ashley Tisdale, Michelle Branch and Gavin Rossdale.

The first phone running the new Palm webOS™ platform, Palm Pre brings together your important information from where it resides – on your phone, at your work or on the web – into one logical view.⁽¹⁾ Palm Synergy™, a key feature of webOS, pulls your contacts and calendars from places like Outlook, Google and Facebook, so everything is right there for you when you need it. Palm Pre also lets you flip back and forth between all the things you have open at once — instead of opening and closing them — so you can flow easily between activities without losing your place. Pre’s exquisite design includes a touch screen and a physical keyboard that slides out only when needed. The new Palm Pre and webOS are designed to be so in sync with your needs that it feels like Pre is thinking ahead for you.

More information about Palm and the new Palm Pre may be obtained by visiting online at www.palm.com : cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww .. .

More information about The Grove and The Americana at Brand events and store hours may be obtained by contacting The Grove Concierge at 323-900-8080 or The Americana at Brand at 818-637-8982 or visiting online at www.thegrovela.com : cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww .. and www.americanaatbrand.com : cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww ..

(1) Use of this device requires providing a valid email address, mobile phone number, and related information for account setup and activation.

Unlimited usage data plan strongly recommended; additional data charges may apply. Within wireless coverage area only. Number of applications and actual performance will vary depending on applications used and actions performed.

Palm, Pre and Synergy are among the trademarks or registered trademarks owned by or licensed to Palm, Inc.



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