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Palm Pre Ups Mobile Web Ante With WebOS
Webmonkey —
... and Android OS on a netbook.
Of course, anything this exciting would forego something so tangible as a launch date. On the bright side, the phone is bound for months of speculation and opinion. Welcome back to the limelight Palm.
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Dell May Enter Smartphone Race
Tech Observer —
... the last few years as consumers turned away from its bulky Treo phones.
The question is can Dell make a device that competes with the Palm Pre, iPhone and G1 among others?
It could be easier than many expect, says IDC's Reith. "If you see the top devices launched in the last six months, there isn't really much of a difference," he says. "So if Dell has a clever design team they can pull this off."
Also on Wired.com: Palm Unveils Its Long-Awaited Smartphone Six Reasons Why the Palm Pre Is Special ...
PreDevCamp Aims to Burgeon Palm WebOS Development
Webmonkey —
... see if the event is happening in your city, check out the preDevCamp event guide. Registration is handled by the organizer of the event closest to you. If there are no nearby events, the organizers have also made it easy for you to set up a camp in your city.
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Palm Eos: The Successor to Palm Pre
Wired: Gadget Lab —
... photo of the Eos.
Without the slide-out keyboard of the Pre, the Eos looks similar to the BlackBerry Bold. The pre-rebate pricing on the Eos seems high for now but if Palm can work with the telecom carrier to bring that down for consumers, it may have a worthy successor to its inexpensive and successful Centro smartphone.
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Palm Pre May Launch in May; Rumor Machine Goes Into Overdrive
Six Reasons Why the Palm Pre Is Special
Palm Unveils Its Long-Awaited Smartphone, the Pre
Video: Hands-On With the Palm Pre ...
Side by Side: Palm Pre vs. iPhone 3G
Wired: Gadget Lab —
... far ahead in terms of the choices it offers. Though Palm has also launched its own app store, we will have to wait and see how successful it is in gathering developer interest.
For those interested in the raw specs, here’s how the Pre and the iPhone compare (click the image to see the spreadsheet full-size):
Source: Palm and Apple web sites.
See also:
Six Reasons Why the Palm Pre is Special
Palm Unveils Its Long-Awaited Smartphone, the Pre
Video: Hands-On With the Palm ...
Verizon Unveils Plans to Offer the Palm Pre
Wired: Gadget Lab —
... hardware design and sleek user interface, the Pre has gotten major pre-release buzz.
It’s been enough to even get Verizon rival AT&T on board. AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson indicated earlier this week that the carrier wants the Pre for its subscribers.
Sprint has priced the Pre at$300, with a $100 mail-in rebate with a two-year contract.
See also:
Six Reasons Why the Palm Pre is Special
Palm Unveils Its Long-Awaited Smartphone, the Pre
Video: Hands-On With the Palm Pre ...
Palm Pre Scores a Modest Hit, Despite Problems
Wired: Gadget Lab —
... Launch: Since the iPhone, the Palm Pre has probably had one of the best debuts a phone could ask for. Sure, there weren’t any long lines outside stores as with the iPhone but the device built up tremendous buzz on the internet. From its near-flawless press conference to introduce the Pre to the closely managed access to the phone before its retail debut, Palm seemed to have put its past as a bumbling yet well-intentioned company behind it. Instead a confident and aggressive gadget maker seemed to emerge. ...
