Palm Pre – are they really so naive?
...the so called 'iPhone' killer...
You remember the last weeks? Yeah! Palm Pre – the so called iPhone killer – was presented in US.
But what makes it to the iPhone killer?
The absence of a SIM card slot?
So – ok it’s working in US with SPRINT as provider without a SIM card… but what about the ROW?
Calls over skype via a public hotspot 😉
Ah! I’ve to call my customer regarding this big deal we are going to make – where the hell is the next McDonalds with a public hotspot??
So – for sure – to be a phone you have to get it working with SIM cards… specially for the ROW…
Syncing music & photos via iTunes?
And what about their press infos about syncing with iTunes?
Well – as far as I know – iTunes is property of Apple (funny, yeah?)… and the Palm Pre isn’t.
So – ok it may work now to sync it via iTunes… but they can’t really be so naive to believe Apple would tolerate this situation in the future – are they?
So I guess with one of the next updates Apple pushes out the Palm Pre would be also pushed out…
Memory – 8GB…
Well 8GB are really not too less – but to be a iPhone killer you also should have a version with more memory available, should’nt you? There is also a version of the new iPhone 3Gs available with 32GB for those of us who also like to come along with their ‘little’ iTunes libraray…
And last but not least – iPhone 3Gs was announced these a days – and since this point it seems to be clear what we can think of a gadget which is called a ‘iPhone killer’.
Update:
Apple on unsupported third-party media players