Palm Pre

[Alli]

The more I think about it, the more I think an emulator is a waste of time. Especially with only 8GB of space on the device.

Apps should come quickly for the Pre (if programming ease is everything Palm is promising), and we may actually see some equity in pricing of Pre apps and iPhone games...er apps.

[Lizzrd]

And if development is as they say, most of the developers will hopefully tweak out a WebOS ver of the most popular apps.

[Lizzrd]

A couple of interesting reviews:

http://i.gizmodo.com/5126702/palm-pre-preview-simply-amazing

http://blog.wired.com/gadgets/2009/01/up-close-and-pe.html

[perry gonzalez]

Well there sure are a lot of people at my store going
to go with it when it comes out.
4 to 6 out of 9.

[Alli]

You know the big question, Perry, are still not just what might it cost, but will you be able to add it to an old SERO plan? Have you heard any rumours from inside Sprint about that?

[perry gonzalez]

It appears it MAY require the everything plan. Not quite sure.
The statement was somewhat vague.

[BaDZeD]

I am very excited about the phone.
Yes the phone has only 8gigs and no expansion (still to be confirmed) but theres a Centro 2 running WebOS coming this fall (according to T|C)

This phone will be great, because it has the best CPU out there (TI Cortex A8), the convenience of one handed use and an innovative UI!
The gesture area is a great idea as it facilitates one handed use (You can easily reach it with your thumb when the keyboard is opened while it is impossible tu use the touchscreen one-handedly (too far))
WebOS uses HTML/JS/CSS for app development but
Those are local apps with hooks to the local device functions. Those are not web pages.
There seems to be Java on the phone (http://discussion.treocentral.com/showthread.php?t=175544)
The core of the OS is Linux, meaning local apps are possible (And Palm reps DID state there "might be deeper access" to the OS later)
StyleTap has expressed interest in writing an emulator of PalmOS (Please note that there is already a PalmOS Emulator for  Linux running on the Maemo platform, found in Nokia tablets. Also note that the next version of the Nokia tablet is said to also use TI Cortex A8 CPU)

The keyboard looks great! Rubbery like the Centro but curved like on the classic Treos

So, I am not too worried and am really excited.
Definitely something I want as soon as I'm due for a renewal of contract.

[BaDZeD]

Here is a little video demonstration on the graphics capabilities of the CPU in the Pre, pretty impressive stuff ;-)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=24TXpqa9jG0