Comments on: Can Pre Save Palm From Being Put Out to Pasture?

By: The Summer of the Superphone

The Summer of the Superphone — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 20:48:53 +0000

[...] said, there is a lot of interest in Palm’s Pre. Same goes for Nokia’s N97. Will that be enough? Or will the iPhone/BlackBerry juggernaut continue to suck the oxygen out of the handset business [...]

By: Pre Gives Palm’s Stock a Boost

Pre Gives Palm’s Stock a Boost — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 14:49:51 +0000

[...] it showed off the Pre at the Consumer Electronics Show. In the long run, one hot gadget may not be able to save Palm, but it’s unquestionably helping pump up the company’s shares in the week leading up [...]

By: Countdown to Palm Pre: My Super-Quick Hands-On Review

Countdown to Palm Pre: My Super-Quick Hands-On Review — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 03:31:23 +0000

[...] it is a highly anticipated device that will hopefully bring out big-spending smartphone buyers. I have been less than sanguine about Palm’s chances, mostly because it is a company running on fumes and is competing in an [...]

By: Jstaggie

Jstaggie — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 21:25:45 +0000

The Pre will be a CDMA device, not a GSM device. You won’t be able to use a sim in it at all. If Palm introduces a GSM version for other countries, the Pre may be if use to you, but not the CDMA version from the US.

By: armel

armel — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 12:13:01 +0000

I’ll be in NYC from 1 to 9 April but I’m from Brussels : do you think I can buy a PRE at Sprint shop and use it with my sim card in Europe? Do you know addresses for sprint shops? best regards (armel)

By: iPwn

iPwn — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 12:13:07 +0000

The Pre looks nice, but has no chance with the iPhone’s new OS comes out this summer. All the features the iPhone didn’t have, now has!!! (ie, Cut, Copy and Paste, Send photos, contacts, audio files, and location via MMS, Read and compose email and text messages in landscape, push notification, etc.) It has over “100″ new features!!!

Check out the link below and watch the presentation, to see for yourself all you doubters!!!

http://www.apple.com/iphone/preview-iphone-os/

By: When It Comes to 3G, Better Not Big Matters

When It Comes to 3G, Better Not Big Matters — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 16:20:54 +0000

[...] Malik | Sunday, March 22, 2009 | 9:20 AM PT | 0 comments In a story outlining the challenges faced by Palm’s Pre, The New York Times reports: “David Owens, a Sprint marketing executive, [...]

By: Phoebe

Phoebe — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 01:00:30 +0000

I have always loved my Treos. No complaints, ever. I look forward to owning a Pre someday. BUT, no way can I go with Sprint. Sprint is ok in New York City in some areas, but no good whatsoever in San Francisco and environs. have gone to Verizon which is great. Now all I have to do is wait till Verizon sells the Pre and I will be very happy.

By: Like the iPhone, Palm Pre Has Lot of Pre-release Interest

Like the iPhone, Palm Pre Has Lot of Pre-release Interest — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 23:18:43 +0000

[...] about 600,000 shoppers after the Macworld announcement. I am not so optimistic about Palm’s long-terms chances, however, as outlined in this post. [...]

By: Sprint Loses Less Money, More Subscribers

Sprint Loses Less Money, More Subscribers — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 14:34:14 +0000

[...] still struggling with subscriber losses, (it plans to cut 8,000 jobs) and it’s unclear if the launch of the Palm Pre phone, the Clear WiMAX network and a competitive prepaid calling plan can save [...]

By: 8 Jan 2009 Links « Palm Pre Views

8 Jan 2009 Links « Palm Pre Views — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 14:14:02 +0000

[...] Can Pre Save Palm From Being Put Out to Pasture? ( GigaOM ) [...]

By: Rag

Rag — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 21:20:49 +0000

I think Palm will try to get bought out before June 30th. Note that Pre Battery life has never been talked about, designing an OS is one thing, making it battery efficient and bug free is a lot harder, i find the mute on battery life disturbing, to me it looks like the CES gig was an effort at marketing Palm as a takeover target..

By: Bill

Bill — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 17:28:37 +0000

My comments on Pre launch: http://billb.posterous.com/palm-does-what-apple-wouldnt

By: Andrew

Andrew — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 20:11:56 +0000

Roland Exxo: “Fast Web browsing” and “efficient multitasking” just aren’t big differentiators anymore." Really? Please name me another handset that multitasks. I'll wait.

Ok. Well I'll assume you need more time. Phone operating systems tend to treat multitasking as a joke, as some kind of evil TSR mindset. I, for one, would rather keep my email OPEN while I'm bouncing back to a web site to get an address, then copy and paste it into my email.

By: Analyse: Palms letzte Chance mit Palm Pre und WebOS : madvertise - Der Mobile Advertising Blog

Mon, 12 Jan 2009 10:32:07 +0000

[...] Wie den Aussagen anderer Quellen zu entnehmen ist (siehe Zitate oben), ist das neue Flagship Device Palm Pre gut aufgenommen worden. Auf Mobile Crunch kann man sich eine Demonstration des Pam Pre anschauen. Auch Venture Beat hat Videos veröffentlicht. Aber es gibt auch Skeptiker, wie z.B. Om Malik von GigaOM. [...]

By: Kontra

Kontra — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 09:05:19 +0000

“Pre’s introduction, website, technology packaging, industrial design, UI, product naming and positioning…down to the flow of its CES presentation were pointedly, but perhaps not surprisingly, Apple-like. Of all the current iPhone competitors, Pre clearly captures the “soul” of the iPhone as much as any product not-from-Cupertino can. Whatever Pre “borrows” from the iPhone, it does so not with the brazen indifference of recent iPhone-killers, but with care and purpose.”

However:

“Palm is clearly late to iPhone’s party. By the time the first Pre is sold, the iPhone will likely have 30 million users in 70+ countries, 15,000 apps, a huge developer and peripherals ecosystem, perhaps a third of the market share and 40% of smartphone revenues. And that’s before the next generation iPhone device and OS are introduced.”

I explored Pre’s chances in:

“Strategic shortcomings of Pre in the post-iPhone era” http://counternotions.com/2009/01/12/pre/