It Was A Horse Race For A While; But, The Long Shot Is Pulling Away

PalmAddicts: Palm Pre App Catalog Hits 300 Titles. The Palm Pre looked so good in the beginning. But, it had serious flaws. First, Palm gave Sprint a 6 month exclusive. That is like telling customers, the real product will be out next year. Then, along with all of the innovation, it failed to have expandable memory; no SD card slot. Palm users who had spent years collecting data wanted to use the programs and data on any new phone. Backwards compatibility was available with a software emulator; but, where to put all the programs and data on the Pre's limited memory? Then, the coup de grace; only 300 apps after 6 months? While the thousands of apps for the iPhone and iPod Touch, contain thousands of dogs, there are clearly many more choices. That is one of the reasons I have supplemented my use of the Palm Centro with a Touch. However, by waiting 6 months to give Verizon the Pre, Palm has ceded the category to the new Android phone from Verizon and Motorola. The Droid has everything the iPhone and Pre lack, and then some. And, it has a sweet spot of 10,000 software applications to choose from, with the promise of thousands more to come. Not to mention that the OS is free, and open source. Are you ready for a Derby run?

Comments

[Mark Leipold]

Long time Treo user. Couldn't wait for the Pre, so I got a Blackberry. Trying to figure out Android, iPhone or keep the Blackberry. Sorry Pre.