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."

3.5 mm? o.o

[mewshi_nya]

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.

killer phone

[FireStormZ]

quick its coming right at us /ned

Two important points ...

[daveime]

1 - Is is shiny ?

2 - Will it blend ?

Re:How many iPhone killers is that?

[Anonymous Coward]

If they want a killer phone... just add a gun in it :D

or use old sony battery

ipod to zune and iphone to Palm's killer new phone

[utahraptor]

I love analogies.

Killer Fast Phone

[andrewd18]

"Our new Palm phone will be faster than ever, now that we've switched over to Reiser4!"

Re:WebOS -- "WEB"-OS

[Hal_Porter]

WebOS is designed to be simple for programmers and is based on HTML, XML, and CSS.

Next!

Oh ffs

[Harold Halloway]

Can I mod down the original summary? 'Finally'? I've got an Android G1 and it beats the pants off the iPhone.

The OS is the thing.

[Dynamoo]

Really, the OS is the most important part - the Pre is just a platform to run webOS.. and that looks *really* good, at least on paper. It isn't just eye candy, there's a huge amount of innovation in the interface and the way it manages personal information.

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 ;)

Re:How many iPhone killers is that?

[need4mospd]

Thus far, I have yet to see an "iPhone killer" do anything of the sort.

My Jitterbug disagrees.

Fastest?

[cbiltcliffe]

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....

Re:Two important points ...

[steveo777]

The pictures look shiny... only one test left..

Re:3.5 mm? o.o

[RManning]

I hate being in college sometimes.

Soon you'll be saying: "I hate paying off college sometimes." :)

Re:How many iPhone killers is that?

[mdwh2]

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 ;)

Re:Developer Friendly...Apple?!? Joking, Right?

[ColdWetDog]

Sucks to be a VB4 developer, doesn't it?

Re:How many iPhone killers is that?

[db10]

but will it blend?

Re:3.5 mm? o.o

[ubrgeek]

> but, you also have to work, and have responsibilities

Then how do you explain kdawson? ;)

(Well, there goes my Karma ...)

Re:3.5 mm? o.o

[ubrgeek]

> even if you get shot down 50 times, you'll get used to it.

You better. Same thing often happens _after_ you get married ...

Re:3.5 mm? o.o

[jargoone]

So, have you two gotten your proofs back from the photographer yet?

I kid...

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Re:3.5 mm? o.o

[hodet]

um... you mean.. uh.... WAT?

Re:3.5 mm? o.o

[ciaohound]

And the next thing you know, you're saying "Get off my lawn!"

Re:3.5 mm? o.o

[Anonymous Coward]

I love him like nothing else in the world, but God; my back, my knees...

and that was just the conception!

Re:sorry!

[dotgain]

Great, but what's under the hood? Linux? Some update to the old PalmOS? Apple's Copland OS?

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.

Re:3.5 mm? o.o

[Anonymous Coward]

Palm releases its first innovative product in a decade and the topic of discussion is college and marriage. Good luck Palm! :-)

Allow me to interpret

[Anonymous Coward]

"but being married gives me one person I can be fun/childish with every day guaranteed"

Somebody will have sex with me! Finally! Yay!

Re:How many iPhone killers is that?

[Lars T.]

You know, kind of an EMP that only acts on devices associated with smugness.

Just use a hammer on anything you own.