Comments on: Hot Stocks: Palm Pre Is No ‘iPhone Killer’

By: Tom

Tom — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 18:03:51 +0000

FACT. WebOS is FAR easier to develop for than iPhone objective C.

Given time, there’ll be more apps for the Pre. As a web developer 10 to 1 I go with Pre over iPhone. I ALMOST got an iPhone for my next phone, but now it’ll be a Pre. Reason being, I speak it’s language.

The Palm Pre is geared toward business more than the iPhone. Once some more apps come out (and they will) it’ll crush the iPhone. Palm also is working on Flash support — so let’s see…. HTML, JavaScript, Flash….. Uh…… Uh….. what does 90% of the stuff we see on a computer these days revolve around ?? What are you looking at right now? That’s right, web scripting languages!

So. That said, The Palm Pre is a MUCH more NATIVE companion to the internet than the iPhone.

This doesn’t say the Pre isn’t any good or isn’t an iPhone killer. It just goes to show the massive hold the iPhone has on the market. That could change though…

I for one am going to get Palm Pre and build (quickly) all the apps I need to do my job. Period. I can tie in existing web sites and projects with it in no time at all…. I just can’t use it as a selling point unfortunately to clients…because they’d rather have an iPhone app…For now (though in the future it’d be both).

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By: Kelly

Kelly — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 19:04:37 +0000

Interesting projections from the Wireless Web. Thanks for the post. Great info. “While it remains to be seen if iPhone can be toppled, the one safe bet is that the smartphone market will get more crowded. ” Agreed! It’ll be fun to see what’s new developments will be brought to market in the next couple of years.

By: Andr01d

Andr01d — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 03:55:45 +0000

It looks so confusing article. The writer had only one agenda….market iPhone. On one hand he is talking about 18 apps available on Palm and 5,000 on Android and at the other hand, he’s comparing this with a 2.5 years old product. Just wait and watch…Palm will have maximum USEFUL applications.

By: Rose

Rose — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 03:13:37 +0000

Palm Pre has a long long way to go. Partnering with Sprint is another problem. The company has the worst customer service. The buzz has already come and gone with the Palm Pre. I am not saying it is dead, but it will take awhile to topple the i phone. If that ever happens.

By: Desmond

Desmond — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 14:08:38 +0000

First, Apple did not steal Palms thunder as they really didnt release anything in the new iPhone that Palm doesnt already have in the Pre and the $99 iphone is a 2 year old model thats being discounted. Although I can see how some would say that Apple cut it to beat the Pre, and in some ways that would be true, however please keep this as real as possible. They are in business, have an outdated product they want to make money on, and they way to sell off their older stuff, and introduce newer stuff is by discounting it. Apple however has always kept their outdated stuff, as continuous models.

Oh yeah, the Pre (as Im sure you know) has a huge potential to introduce a lot more appsl, and better apps, than the iphone.

In two words, Go Palm!

By: DalThu

DalThu — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 10:24:27 +0000

Did you hear that the Pre Might be going on the Verizon Network?

By: Investment News Briefs

Investment News Briefs — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 09:00:31 +0000

[...] Palm Inc. (Nasdaq: PALM) stock rallied more than 12% yesterday (Thursday) after news that it appointed former Apple Inc. (Nasdaq: AAPL) executive Jon Rubenstein as its chief executive officer (CEO), closing at $13.43. Rubenstein was senior vice president of Apple’s iPod division when the popular media player launched in 2001, serving until 2006 when he became chairman at Palm. Outgoing CEO Ed Colligan, who has been with Palm since its inception in 1992, will take some time off and then join private equity firm Elevation Partners, which owns a 25% stake in Palm. The CEO swap comes just days after Palm launched its Pre smartphone, gunning for Apple’s popular iPhone. [...]