Comments on: In-Depth Videos of Groundbreaking Palm Pre in Action http://blog.laptopmag.com/in-depth-videos-of-groundbreaking-palm-pre-in-action News and views on today's hottest laptops, cell phones, and other mobile devices. Sat, 21 Nov 2009 02:25:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Kontra http://blog.laptopmag.com/in-depth-videos-of-groundbreaking-palm-pre-in-action/comment-page-1#comment-15944 Kontra Tue, 13 Jan 2009 05:47:30 +0000 http://blog.laptopmag.com/?p=10533#comment-15944 "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/ “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/

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