Comments on: Palm’s Pre is Great But… http://www.chiatown.com/2009/06/18/palms-pre-is-great-but/ Technology and Business the way it should be Fri, 28 Oct 2011 13:38:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Erik Schmidt http://www.chiatown.com/2009/06/18/palms-pre-is-great-but/comment-page-1/#comment-98 Erik Schmidt Thu, 18 Jun 2009 15:15:56 +0000 http://www.chiatown.com/?p=125#comment-98 My guess is that Palm erred in favor of showing everyone that they had a game plan. Palm has been on the ropes for a while, and their showing off the Pre ahead of time was likely as much about assuaging the market as it was about product rollout. I'm also not sure the iPhone 3.0 software and iPhone 3Gs hardware were much influenced by the impending arrival of the Pre. Apple has been working continuously on the iPhone for years now, incrementally adding more capabilities. Actually I think the real battle here is for #2: Palm v. Blackberry. If Palm can get developers in their corner, they may be able to steal some Blackberry marketshare. Palm's Pre SDK <a href="http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2348285,00.asp" rel="nofollow">appears too limited</a> to steal any developer mindshare away from the iPhone. No sophisticated apps = no chance of toppling the iPhone. My guess is that Palm erred in favor of showing everyone that they had a game plan. Palm has been on the ropes for a while, and their showing off the Pre ahead of time was likely as much about assuaging the market as it was about product rollout.

I’m also not sure the iPhone 3.0 software and iPhone 3Gs hardware were much influenced by the impending arrival of the Pre. Apple has been working continuously on the iPhone for years now, incrementally adding more capabilities.

Actually I think the real battle here is for #2: Palm v. Blackberry. If Palm can get developers in their corner, they may be able to steal some Blackberry marketshare.

Palm’s Pre SDK appears too limited to steal any developer mindshare away from the iPhone. No sophisticated apps = no chance of toppling the iPhone.

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