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Calm Down, the Palm Pre Still Months Away

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Palm Pre with its slide-out keyboard

Palm Pre with its slide-out keyboard

A blogger has updated his post to calm anxious Palm Pre watchers, who were getting excited at the prospect the smartphone might hit the market next month. Some even reported the phone would arrive in 10 days or so. Boy Genius Report now predicts the handset will arrive in late May or early June.

That's more in line with most of the earlier speculation. Palm has only said the phone would arrive sometime in the first half of the year.

Impressive demos at CES have generated much anticipation. But those demos were tightly controlled. The company's attitude at CES, where reps were shy to even let reporters hold the darn thing, suggested the phone had significant bugs to kill and rough edges to smooth. I think even June is optimistic.

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I really hope that its release is earlier than later. I have the same Palm Treo 700wx and I have cracked the screen and damaged the phone really bad. I don't want to spend money on a replacement phone. I am trying to hold out, but I dont know how much longer. I like the Palm Pro as well. I wish I could hold it and see format (width, lenth) of the phone and the weight. The Plam treos were nice but they were really heavy.

needitnow of NY 4:53PM February 11, 2009

I am looking forward to the pre and I hope it lives up to all of the hype. I wish I had access to all these amazing mobile devices. One question.? Can any on of these mobile phone service providers (AT&T, Verizon, Sprint,etc...) really offer any of these companies mobile tech companies(Apple,RIM,or Palm) enough money to make them the exclusive suppliers of their devices. Wouldn't it make more sense to make them available on every carrier.?

Phonatic of CA 7:58PM February 09, 2009

Im thinking of getting one of these palm pre or iphone

which one would be better for me to buy? I think palm pre will be the new revolution of touchscreen phone. However, apple always wants to come with new stuffs like iphone 3G. Year after nxt generation iphone will give the phone industry big change. So..

should i wait for palm or nxt iphone....???

please reply with your good opinions...haha

john samuraski of CA 2:38AM February 08, 2009

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