Inspired by Jeremy, I dug up an old Facebook tag. For those of you used to expecting distinguished and profound posts from me, you’ll be so disappointed… For those of you who know me, this will assure you that I am still not distinguished and profound. I intercepted a note in 5th or 6th grade [...]
First real iPhone challenger
Posted By Jeff on January 8th, 2009
Palm announced their new Palm Pre today, which is the first phone of theirs to run their new webOS. I’ve smirked at phones like the Samsung Instinct which announced in gaudy movie theater commercials that it was the iPhone killer. I’ve been amused at Crackberry Storm attempts to respond to the iPhone. And then there’s all kinds of other touchscreen phones on the market desperately attempting to respond to Apple’s success.
However, as a previous Palm Treo user, I must say the new Palm Pre looks mighty enticing. I doubt I would give up my iPhone for it like I gave up my Treo for the iPhone. However, if it came with Mac compatiblity (as smooth as previous Palm products) and a cheaper data plan than AT&T offers (they’re crooks) for the iPhone, the choice might become harder.
I’m just saying.
I made the call on the iPhone’s success. And I’m sticking my neck out and saying that the Palm Pre will turn a lot of heads and eventually gather more RIM customers than iPhone customers – initially. They may be breathing down Apple’s neck within two years – unless Apple makes the attempt to buy out Palm. We’ll see.
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January 9th, 2009 at 1:17 am
No WAY anything with Palm in its name takes away many RIM customers…unless it’s Tmobile Storm owners. Blackberry practically killed palm as a platform…and I can’t believe people would switch back. You can claim victory if I’m wrong…but phones like the Bold and the upcoming new curve are incredible products (I don’t count the Storm because I don’t believe it to be a true Blackberry). Most Blackberry customers that didn’t go iphone like their tactile keys…which means the Palm product will need to draw off the iphone…and I doubt that will happen. :)
January 9th, 2009 at 8:39 am
I’m Rick on this one. Palm got it so wrong pre-2007 that I wouldn’t give them a try unless they had something completely different than everything else.
When Apple came out with the iPhone they didn’t market it a “Razor Killer” (the most popular phone at the time). They came out with something completely different. The Palm has some nice features that I’ve been yelling about for a year or so (mainly the QWERTY keyboard) but it fails to be anything “novel.”
And until I see something novel, I’m not convinced that the iPhone is going to move from the top spot.
January 9th, 2009 at 9:34 am
The QWERTY keyboard is one of the notable features, huh? How long have RIM products been doing QWERTY keyboards? Righhht. This thing is DOA, IMO. Too little, too late for Palm. My dad is the ONLY person I even know that uses Palm platform anymore.
January 9th, 2009 at 7:00 pm
I don’t think the issue is that it has a QWERTY. That’s not earth-shaking obviously. The issue is that Palm was the standard LONG before the iPhone or Blackberry or others came along. I was thoroughly incredulous that a company with that kind of lead could sit on its laurels and let the world pass them by.
However, this new OS is a bold new undertaking that proclaims they refuse to go quietly and that they desire to help shape the future of the PDA/smartphone. Their products were always much easier to use (until other technology and easier OS’s passed them by), but a brief review of what the PRE does shows that it is indeed a device to be reckoned with. And it’s not just the PRE, but it’s the new webOS.
Trends in Twitter the past two days may prove the two of you wrong. The Palm announcement has taken the gadget world by storm.
Again, I say, it’s not just the PRE but it’s a new platform. There are many of us iPhone users out here that despise how AT&T has monopolized and run prices up on the iPhone – from data to text to a refusal to STILL disallow MMS messages on it. From the beginning, Palm’s platform may move in a different direction and capture more attention than you think.
January 9th, 2009 at 7:07 pm
Yeah, i’m so getting one. Have a treo 755p on Sprint. It’s supposed to come out on Sprint first anyway. the specs look REAL promising. I think it will resurrect Sprint for the most part. I can get 2 unlimited data/texting phones with 1500 anytime minutes for $129.99. Pretty good deal if you ask me.
January 9th, 2009 at 8:51 pm
I shant quibble your points Jeff…for you’re more twitter-fied than I ever will be…but it seems you made the case for it being more of an iphone/storm alternative…not alternative to the traditional blackberry. Just sayin…