Comments on: TreoCentral at CES: Palm Announces Pre, the “iPhone Slider”

By: Charles Williams

Charles Williams — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 05:10:38 +0000

I too was a true Treo fan. I also started with the Treo 600, then the Treo 680 and stayed with it even after the first iPhone came out. I have alot of good memories with Treo, but decided to give the iPhone 3G a chance. Although I truly love the iPhone, it’s not without it’s shortcomings. I always felt like this is a great phone, but it’s just lacking the small things to make it great. Now with the Palm Pre… without actually using it… I’m very curious. Just from the looks I would really consider switching. If the Palm Pre actually had a SD card slot, I would switch for sure.

By: Jeffdc5

Jeffdc5 — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 16:03:28 +0000

i think it will sell people on sprint will jump on it but i dont think it will challenge the iphone or the android phones. The iphone is so well established with its massive following and the fact that the ipod touch exists so young kids that have the touch will probably get an iphone one day. The pre will be a fresh start for palm looks nice but might be too complicated. I see a lot of middle aged and older people walkin around nyc with their iphones most of those people probably would have a hard time messing around with all those gestures from the pre.

By: iphone

iphone — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 03:44:24 +0000

great phone. real competition for the iphone...had a treo (crashes a lot and buggy) so the big issue to me is how stable the UI will be.

The main features it has are features the iphone should have but doesn't. you can open multiple apps at once and scroll through them easily (its like opening multiple windows in safari but instead its different apps), copy and paste, push notifications, and mms.

By: Lighting

Lighting — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 18:34:06 +0000

Good move to go with Sprint. Many people have not left for AT&T and this gives the large customer base something to use (other than the lackluster Instinct) that allows for some additional apps. If they went GSM to start they would be head-to-head with the iPhone. This gives them a good start.

By: E Pow

E Pow — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 04:00:00 +0000

Its a nice looking device. I think they will put it out with little to no problems. They have had WAYYYY more than enough time to come up with a new phone and new OS.

By: The Asian Ninja

The Asian Ninja — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 01:46:13 +0000

But we are talking about phone keyboards since this blog is all about phones, not computers.

By: Steve Jobs

Steve Jobs — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 01:10:20 +0000

@steve: pwned

By: Steve Jobs

Steve Jobs — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 01:00:54 +0000

@steve

if that is what you bought an iphone for, you are a complete idiot.

clearly i doubt what you say is true and you're prob just a fanboy

By: Steve

Steve — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 00:03:44 +0000

@Ana:

That was meant more toward the "games" than anything else (although I'm usually flamed for that opinion, too). What can I say, I wrote it quickly. I have to stay on top of these morons who think the iPhone isn't adequate for business.

By: ANA

ANA — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 23:16:53 +0000

so you have to be a child to use an Ipod thats silliest thing I’ve ever read. I use my Ipod to work out all the time theres nothing childish about that.