Tag Archives: Pre

Picking nits: why I’m skipping the Palm Pre

Posted on June 5, 2009 by Jeff

Don’t get me wrong. In many respects, the Palm Pre is a ground­break­ing smart­phone that por­tends the oblit­er­a­tion of the line between phone and full size com­puter. It joins the iPhone and arguably the Android devices as the only com­puter some … Con­tinue read­ing →

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One carrier to rule them all?

Posted on May 28, 2009 by Jeff

From engad­get: Think you’ll have to wait until June 6th for all the Pre sur­prises to emerge? Think again. A break­ing Reuters report has just dropped one of the biggest cel­lu­lar bomb­shells of the year: Ver­i­zon Wire­less, America’s largest mobile oper­a­tor, … Con­tinue read­ing →

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The big switch

Posted on May 1, 2009 by Jeff

I’ve had it. You’ve failed me for the last time, Win­dows Mobile. My Touch Pro is stripped down to just about stock. Noth­ing more installed on it than GPS Today, WMWiFiRouter and Ever­note. And still, it’s slower than my iPod … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Palm’s accident of timing

Posted on January 16, 2009 by Jeff

It’s about time some­thing went Palm’s way. And now, sud­denly, every­thing seems to be going Palm’s way. They blew every­one away at CES, are get­ting tons of pos­i­tive press in the national media, and now, their biggest rival in the … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Pre-​mature

Posted on January 9, 2009 by Jeff

Don’t get too excited about the Palm Pre, folks. Palm them­selves is going to kill it the same way they they killed the Foleo, which could have been the standard-​bearer net­book: by fun­da­men­tally mis­un­der­stand­ing the mobile mar­ket. When they should … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Palm Pre is close, but no cigar

Posted on January 8, 2009 by Jeff

Don’t get me wrong. Palm’s keynote at CES was impres­sive (I wasn’t there, but thanks to live­blog­ging from gdgt, Tre­o­Cen­tral and cnet, I feel like I was). Palm’s webOS plat­form and Pre smart­phone take the best of the iPhone and Google Android, … Con­tinue read­ing →

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