Finally a worthy iPhone and Android Challenger
Palm just launched their Palm Pre, the smartphone one billion of us have been waiting for, especially me being a former Treo junkie. This is an iPhone, Android and Palm race now. The Palm Pre sports a 3.1” touchscreen, a slide-out keyboard, and it runs Palm’s new WebOS platform (dubbed Palm WebOS – pretty creative). I haven’t yet understood how deeply the WebOS platform is implemented, but at least it’s like what Apple tried doing with the iPhone with their web apps (but failed). And hopefully it’s even more – like a true WebOS (i.e. Cloudo I’m working on). Clear is that anyone who knows CSS, HTML and XML can develop apps, and that it features a new system called Synergy that automatically syncs your contacts across Facebook, Google and Outlook. You also get consolidated IM from multiple services. Another first is the wireless charger - a definite first in a mainstream phone. The phone will be launched for Spring in the first half of 2009, and apparently there is a 3g version in the making for those of us in Europe.
It’s seems like it’s time for the concept of WebOS to go mainstream pretty soon – Apple’s iWork.com earlier this week and now this.
P.e.p.p.
Read more at engadget.
