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Palm Announces Killer New Phone
Barence writes "At CES, Palm announced what promises to be the product that finally matches and even betters the Apple iPhone, and certainly looks to be the most important product announced at this year's Consumer Electronics Show. It's called the Palm Pre and it's based on a completely new operating system, called Palm webOS. Its key specs include a 3.1in 320x 480 touchscreen, 8GB of storage, UMTS HDSPA support (in the UK version of the phone), 802.11b/g WLAN, Bluetooth, and GPS. It also includes a slide-out Qwerty keyboard, 3.5mm headphone jack, and what Palm described as the 'fastest ever' Texas Instruments OMAP processor."
Ooh, I can use it as an actual music player now :D
Now, if I could just *afford* it...
I hate being in college sometimes.
quick its coming right at us /ned
"Ahh! Arrogance and stupidity in the same package, how efficient of you!" --Londo Molari
1 - Is is shiny ?
2 - Will it blend ?
If they want a killer phone... just add a gun in it :D
or use old sony battery
I love analogies.
"Our new Palm phone will be faster than ever, now that we've switched over to Reiser4!"
WebOS is designed to be simple for programmers and is based on HTML, XML, and CSS.
Next!
echo -e 'global _start\n _start:\n mov eax, 2\n int 80h\n jmp _start' > a.asm; nasm a.asm -f elf; ld a.o -o a;
Can I mod down the original summary? 'Finally'? I've got an Android G1 and it beats the pants off the iPhone.
If this had been around 12 months ago then perhaps webOS and the Pre would have been a contender, but since then we've seen Android and MS are polishing up their new versions of Windows for this year.
I guess the question is.. would I buy one? The answer is "no". But only because I prefer the 800 pixel wide display of the Nokia E90. I wouldn't refuse one if someone gave one to me though ;)
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Thus far, I have yet to see an "iPhone killer" do anything of the sort.
My Jitterbug disagrees.
and what Palm described as the 'fastest ever' Texas Instruments OMAP processor."
Only if you hurl it from your car window on the freeway at 90 MPH.
Maybe that's where the "killer new phone" comment comes from, too....
"City hall" in German is "Rathaus" Kinda explains a few things......
What I find disturbing is that people consider this to be "the most important product announced at this year's Consumer Electronics Show." When as explained in the article, it's something that's as good as a product that's already been on the market for two years.
Indeed - a product that people think is good because it can do what other phones have done for years? It's like the Iphone release all over again ;)
Sucks to be a VB4 developer, doesn't it?
Faster! Faster! Faster would be better!
but will it blend?
Most importantly, it isn't Windows Mobile. I'm sure it's still well within' Palm's capacity to make a device seriously suck without it, but they'll have their work cut out for them.
"but being married gives me one person I can be fun/childish with every day guaranteed"
Somebody will have sex with me! Finally! Yay!
You know, kind of an EMP that only acts on devices associated with smugness.
Just use a hammer on anything you own.
Lars T.
To the guy who modded me down from perfect to terrible Karma - Apple haters still suck