Comments on: Palm Pre launches at CES 2009 http://www.geardiary.com/2009/01/08/palm-pre-launches-at-ces-2009/ Everyone can understand technology; sometimes it just takes a little translating. Tue, 14 Feb 2012 21:16:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Wayne Schulzhttp://www.geardiary.com/2009/01/08/palm-pre-launches-at-ces-2009/#comment-41660 Wayne Schulz Fri, 09 Jan 2009 01:19:14 +0000 http://www.geardiary.com/?p=19198#comment-41660 Crunchgear has a post that seems to backup your thoughts Chris <a href="http://www.mobilecrunch.com/2009/01/08/hands-on-with-the-palm-pre-tons-of-photos/" target="_blank">http://www.mobilecrunch.com/2009/01/08/hands-on-w...</a> Crunchgear has a post that seems to backup your thoughts Chris

http://www.mobilecrunch.com/2009/01/08/hands-on-w…

]]> By: cgavulahttp://www.geardiary.com/2009/01/08/palm-pre-launches-at-ces-2009/#comment-41658 cgavula Thu, 08 Jan 2009 09:58:30 +0000 http://www.geardiary.com/?p=19198#comment-41658 When Apple first showed the iPhone with an expected "first half" delivery, it looked like a completed product just swaiting production. This doesn't look like anything is really completed yet. I feel like I have more questions than answers at this point and I feel like I was watching more smoke and mirrors than anything completed. More of a technology demo, rather than a product demo. I sure hope they do deliver in the end, though, because more competition could really make things interesting in this space. That said - I was very pleased to see the cable-free charging. the interface hold some promise, but again - I need to see a lot more than they showed before I can say anything useful. At this point, my fear is that there will be a lot of completely useless speculation by a lot of bloggers about nothing but the fact renmains - we don't know what we don't know! When Apple first showed the iPhone with an expected "first half" delivery, it looked like a completed product just swaiting production. This doesn't look like anything is really completed yet. I feel like I have more questions than answers at this point and I feel like I was watching more smoke and mirrors than anything completed. More of a technology demo, rather than a product demo.

I sure hope they do deliver in the end, though, because more competition could really make things interesting in this space.

That said – I was very pleased to see the cable-free charging. the interface hold some promise, but again – I need to see a lot more than they showed before I can say anything useful.

At this point, my fear is that there will be a lot of completely useless speculation by a lot of bloggers about nothing but the fact renmains – we don't know what we don't know!

]]> By: Wayne Schulzhttp://www.geardiary.com/2009/01/08/palm-pre-launches-at-ces-2009/#comment-41655 Wayne Schulz Thu, 08 Jan 2009 09:26:40 +0000 http://www.geardiary.com/?p=19198#comment-41655 Can I be the first to coin the nickname - "Palm Pray"? This could be the first device with the power to simultaneously make (or break) the financial stability of two companies... LOTS of details need to be filled in on this. What was shown today was the sizzle. Now Palm MUST deliver the steak and it can't be burnt or rare when it hits the table... Can I be the first to coin the nickname – "Palm Pray"?

This could be the first device with the power to simultaneously make (or break) the financial stability of two companies…

LOTS of details need to be filled in on this. What was shown today was the sizzle. Now Palm MUST deliver the steak and it can't be burnt or rare when it hits the table…

]]> By: Wayne Schulzhttp://www.geardiary.com/2009/01/08/palm-pre-launches-at-ces-2009/#comment-41654 Wayne Schulz Thu, 08 Jan 2009 09:17:04 +0000 http://www.geardiary.com/?p=19198#comment-41654 Disappointed that Palm talked about how easy development would be for this new platform and even used Pandora and a quoted time of "3 days to convert their application" -- yet they showed no third party apps despite bringing Facebook on stage do do a happy dance but no demo (maybe the app was supposed to be ready - and if so what does that say about Palm's statement about how easy the development is?) This thing may yet fly and be great -- I'm just pointing out a couple "oddities" that I noted. Disappointed that Palm talked about how easy development would be for this new platform and even used Pandora and a quoted time of "3 days to convert their application" — yet they showed no third party apps despite bringing Facebook on stage do do a happy dance but no demo (maybe the app was supposed to be ready – and if so what does that say about Palm's statement about how easy the development is?)

This thing may yet fly and be great — I'm just pointing out a couple "oddities" that I noted.

]]> By: Wayne Schulzhttp://www.geardiary.com/2009/01/08/palm-pre-launches-at-ces-2009/#comment-41653 Wayne Schulz Thu, 08 Jan 2009 09:12:22 +0000 http://www.geardiary.com/?p=19198#comment-41653 Can I be the first to coin the nickname - "Palm Pray"? This could be the first device with the power to simultaneously make (or break) the financial stability of two companies... LOTS of details need to be filled in on this. What was shown today was the sizzle. Now Palm have to deliver the steak and it can't be burnt or rare when it hits the table... Can I be the first to coin the nickname – "Palm Pray"?

This could be the first device with the power to simultaneously make (or break) the financial stability of two companies…

LOTS of details need to be filled in on this. What was shown today was the sizzle. Now Palm have to deliver the steak and it can't be burnt or rare when it hits the table…

]]> By: Mark Reidhttp://www.geardiary.com/2009/01/08/palm-pre-launches-at-ces-2009/#comment-41651 Mark Reid Thu, 08 Jan 2009 08:03:58 +0000 http://www.geardiary.com/?p=19198#comment-41651 This is a happy day. I think Palm hit it out of the park with this one! I'm getting one ASAP. This is a happy day. I think Palm hit it out of the park with this one! I'm getting one ASAP.

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