This thing's making crazy waves at CES right now and despite still awaiting an official release mid-year, its already boosting Palm's stock which jumped 35% since its value yesterday.

[url]http://www.palm.com/us/products/phones/pre/index.html[/url]

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Wow, that's fucking impressive. From the sounds of the features list, they really put a lot of thought into the UI. That Synergy feature, combined chat, universal search sounds like it will hit the spot for a lot of mobile net users. The tilted screen/keyboard is a nice subtle touch. This might just be the proverbial adrenal shot in the arm for Palm. But closed system? No apps? This is positioned against Blackberry?

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[QUOTE=feather;695828]Wow, that's fucking impressive. From the sounds of the features list, they really put a lot of thought into the UI. That Synergy feature, combined chat, universal search sounds like it will hit the spot for a lot of mobile net users. The tilted screen/keyboard is a nice subtle touch. This might just be the proverbial adrenal shot in the arm for Palm. But closed system? No apps? This is positioned against Blackberry?[/QUOTE]

positioned mainly against the iPhone and BB Storm

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That would be my assumption but if it has no apps, it can never go up against the iPhone or even Android; so I figured it is mainly going up against Blackberry, especially with the keyboard.

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[URL="http://www.boingboing.net/2009/01/09/gadgets-at-ces-video.html"]Palme Pre at CES[/URL]

You think I might suck up the design by osmosis?

You might.

:lol:

SQL Lite under the hood, developers have access to data, looks like it's open to 3rd party apps.

[URL="http://gadgets.boingboing.net/2009/01/08/six-features-that-ma.html"]7 features the Palm Pre > iPhone[/URL]

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this looks pretty sweet, the interface looks nice and pleasing from the screenshots on the website.

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from the boingboing.net hands on review:

[quote] • [B]There will be an official app store, but you can still load other apps.[/B] [I]Probably.[/I] Palm isn't quite sure how syncing with a PC will work, but it sounds like you'll be able to load apps from a variety of sources as well as buying them over-the-air from the Palm application store. [/quote]

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[url]http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/13/palm-pre-everything-you-ever-wanted-to-know/[/url]

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[url]http://cnettv.cnet.com/2001-1_53-50005010.html[/url]

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man this thing looks pretty awesome. that ui rocks. i still think it is a big pain in the ass typing on this damn iphone virtual keyboard, too many typos.

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i like the looks of this, a lot.. i cant see the full websites at work.. is there any mention of a price for this?

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[QUOTE] [B]Cost, release date, developer support[/B]

Right now there's a ton of speculation on the price of the phone, with numbers ranging from $399 for an unlocked handset, to $149 under contract. When we spoke to both Sprint and Palm reps, they assured us that the price would be "competitive," and we don't expect anything less. The companies would have to be utterly clueless to price the Pre at anything more than the subsidized iPhone 3G -- more likely, you'll see Palm and Sprint try to drum up a stampede with prices closer to Centro numbers. That $149 sounds totally possible, but we don't expect anything more than $199 under contract to start. Still, this is speculation, so don't break any banks open till we hear the official word.[/QUOTE]

there u go

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this is from the engadget article:

[quote] Right now there's a ton of speculation on the price of the phone, with numbers ranging from $399 for an unlocked handset, to $149 under contract. When we spoke to both Sprint and Palm reps, they assured us that the price would be "competitive," and we don't expect anything less. The companies would have to be utterly clueless to price the Pre at anything more than the subsidized iPhone 3G -- more likely, you'll see Palm and Sprint try to drum up a stampede with prices closer to Centro numbers. That $149 sounds totally possible, but we don't expect anything more than $199 under contract to start. Still, this is speculation, so don't break any banks open till we hear the official word. [/quote]

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jinx

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thanks.. so sprint has the bb storm and this one? fuck sprint! i will be waiting for them on at&t

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this baby is finally coming out. june 6th. cant wait for the hands on in depth reviews.

[url]http://www.engadget.com/hub/palm-pre[/url]