David Pogue (New York Times) doesn’t hide that he likes the Pre, but why should he? Yes, he has that Cupertino handset, the iPhone, and he enjoys it, but that was the idea of Palm’s team – to produce something better. WebOS and Pre combine a modern, sexy, easy to use and feature rich software with a hardware that is piece of art – well looking, small and with physic QWERTY keyboard. However, there is one drawback – webOS is a new operating system and as such, currently has no third party applications. This is also what Mr. Pogue twitters as the reason why he wouldn’t switch to the Pre once it gets out. Still, you can already say which phone he’ll buy, once the webOS ‘ application store gets content…

Here is his comment:

Lots asking: “Would you get a Pre over an iPhone?” In a heartbeat–if it weren’t for the App Store. If Palm’s app store shapes up, then YES! 11:31 AM Jan 30th from twitterrific

As well as a line, showing he is optimistic about the Pre, unlike some die-hard Apple guys.

I love how everyone’s replying, telling me how the new Palm will be so much worse than iPhone…without ever having even touched it! 2:43 PM Jan 30thfrom twitterrific

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Last week, Apple’s Tim Cook mentioned that the Cuppertino based company likes competition, but not one that is ripping their intellectual property (IP) off. Although he didn’t mention exact company, many noted that he may point to Palm, as the WebOS has some fancy iPhone-like gestures. Palm doesn’t stay still, and its spokeperson, Lynn Fox said:

 Palm has a long history of innovation that is reflected in our products and robust patent portfolio (31 pages of patents in Google Patent Search), and we have long been recognized for our fundamental patents in the mobile space …. If faced with legal action, we are confident that we have the tools necessary to defend ourselves.

Obviously, Palm is sure abouts its features. 

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Social networks are for friends, and the guys who prepare the WebOS and the Palm Pre are our best friends, aren’t they? Palm’s page at Facebook offers its readers to ask questions and Palm’s buddies give answers – sweet.  For example, after they were asked why there is no memory expansion slot, Palm answered that it is in order to keep the design as sexy as possible:

‘Design’ was the highest goal on the Palm Pre project. The phone has to look and function great in the hand and up against the face on a call. The decision to include or not include expandable storage is an easy one when design is the highest priority. The physical size of the device would have been compromised if we added another physical component to Pre. Just a millimeter can seriously impact the curvature of the design in a way that minimizes the design intent. We wanted to maintain a slick curved slider design without building out too much thickness. When you look at the two parts of the product and see how thin they really are, you may be amazed that we were able to fit everything in. And yes, all the stuff does fit.

See the rest of the discussion here

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