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Audio: Palm Pre Could Save Floundering Pioneer

January 30, 2009 RSS Feed Print

A lot of us have a soft spot for Palm. The company was an early phenom with its handheld computers. Not only were they useful, but the software was easy to use.

While Palm was also a pioneer with the Treo smartphones, it has mostly floundered since. The Centro, a shrunken version of the Treo, has sold well. But its low price of $100 didn't bring enough profits for Palm to thrive.

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In an interview last weekend with WTOP, I described how much of Palm's future rides on the Pre smartphone. The handset looked impressive at CES, but Palm wasn't letting anyone but employees handle the Pre for any length of time.

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I agree. being a non expert, i understood what seperated the iphone was its execptional hardware matched by the extensive app store. In order to succeed, the palm pre will have to mimic similar dedication.

David of NJ 2:33PM January 31, 2009

To me, the success of this phone depends completely on how easy it is to develop for. I totally agree that it's the software that makes the phone--although you can't deny the Pre hardware looks sweet!

Henson of NC 12:41PM January 31, 2009

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