Comments on: Mossberg: Palm Pre Review or iPhone News Leak?

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By: Doctor V

Doctor V — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 05:24:24 +0000

Ya u go Andsworth, u tell him.. Apple Rules!! Go iPhone!!

By: Andsworth

Andsworth — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 04:11:17 +0000

@ oneAwake. WTF? You mean to tell me that if Apple hadn't come along and created the iPhone then Palm would have created the multitouch screen, an appstore, an accelerometer, a proximity sensor and a shitload of other features by themselves? Yeah, keep telling yourself that. Keep telling yourself that Apple didn't revolutionize the phone industry.

By: Chris

Chris — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 20:27:13 +0000

oneAwake: You are Ed Colligan, aren't you!

I am kidding of course.

By: oneAwake

oneAwake — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 17:05:16 +0000

@Evilhomer

Keep telling myself what? It is fact!! The only difference between the original Pre and the one launching June 6th is the screen. Palm has been making phones much longer than Apple, they know what they're doing. The only bump in the road was, when Palm was PalmOne, the company was actually operating as two separate companies, only recently did Palm get back on track. WebOS is a complete change of Palms business model. So you're saying Linux should thank Apple? GTFO!!!

By: Chris

Chris — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 17:02:48 +0000

Re: oneAwake:

Many of those Palm Linux initiatives were just initiatives. They mean absolutely nothing if JR came in and gutted whole pieces of the project--and not just the screen hardware was touched upon JR and other's arrival.

Palm has suffered an intense lack of focus, not unlike Apple in the 90s. Being a treo and gadget fan I saw nothing over the last 3 years remotely encouraging from Palm. I am rooting for them and don't hate at all ( if you pardon the fact that I am not big fan of MS or RIM--those products are fine for others though.) I am though, highly skeptical that the Pre would look anything like it is today without the impact of the iPhone.

I will acknowledge that employees will go from one tech company to another in waves.

By: Evilhomer

Evilhomer — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 16:41:38 +0000

@oneAwake: Keep telling yourself that if it makes you feel better. The Palm Pre would have been DOA if not for the defecting Apple staff joining Palm and TRASHING what they had been working on and start a complete DO OVER. This was long after the iPhone was launched.

By: oneAwake

oneAwake — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 16:32:51 +0000

@Chris

Four years ago Palm announced they had begun development on a Linux based platform, 2 years ago it was given the code name NOVA. The original Pre was suppose to launch June of last year. Months prior to that launch Rubinstein scrapped it because the Pre did not have a capacitive screen. If anything Apple owes Palm, a lot of ex Palm folks left for Apple in the late 90's.

By: Chris

Chris — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 14:55:14 +0000

It was more like Pogue gave the Pre a very good review. He also did a lot of iPhone comparison, but it seemed to be an honest review.

I would have loved some comparisons to BlackBerry storm as well. The thing that most struck me as odd was Pogue portraying Palm as David and Apple as Goliath when two years ago it was Apple that was the David character.

The entire Palm organization owes Apple a huge debt of gratitude, if the Pre is successful. Not just for grabbing up Rube and other Apple folks, but for shaking the whole industry up and giving them something to shoot for: a baseline, a model, a target.

Ed Colligan shrugged off the iPhone, saying 'PC guys are not going to just figure this out'. I believe that Palm would be in even more dire straights without the iPhone.

By: BarryL

BarryL — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 14:32:40 +0000

Looking foward to updating my first gen iPhone 8gb to a 32gb with 3.0 features. Will be like an entirely new phone.

By: KORG

KORG — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 12:38:24 +0000

When the new iPhone comes out, I'll make sure he doesn't try get back on! JK

By: KORG

KORG — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 12:36:40 +0000

David jumped ship to the palm pre?

By: OmariJames

OmariJames — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 12:35:49 +0000

Finally.

Last year he was right and this year he should be as well.

By: The Reptile

The Reptile — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 12:35:34 +0000

My prediction is that he has a handset with the 3.0 software running right now but he'll have the new device in a few weeks because Apple will release 3.0 after the WWDC keynote and the new iPhone a month later. If my premise is true then Walt likely has a iPhone 3G running the 3.0 software and knows 'things'. The hardware part of his comments is investigative journalism.

By: jeffdc5

jeffdc5 — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 12:21:26 +0000

At least he didn't jump ship like that David pogue.

By: KORG

KORG — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 11:58:42 +0000

Who's knows!

It's clear he's a iPhone fanboy like all of us:)