Palm Pre Nears Release, Extends Hype

Gadgets | June 2nd, 2009 by Staggs

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The Palm Pre has easily become one of the most anticipated gadgets ot this year, since its fantastic debut at CES gave it hype and impressed consumers. Unlike some other phone operating systems who trail the market of touch phones (we mean Windows), Palm has had strong software and a good support for applications since the “Palm Pilot” fad of the 90′s catapulted the company into fame.

pre The Palm Pre is set to do so again, at least if the device stands up to the throbbing amount hype it has created. Too much hype is surely to hurt the phone if it doesn’t deliver. I’ve already heard of quirkiness from the phone’s applications, despite the phone’s multitasking strength and superb touchscreen.

The cell phone market has been in steep decline, with the recession and the simple fact that everyone and their grandmothers has a cell phone, and Palm is counting on their Pre so that they can sleep better at night. Apple has been raking in the boatloads of cash for so long why would anyone want just another touchscreen that only does a few fancy things… but they chose Sprint so they didn’t have to compete directly with the iPhone. Nice, but it might bite them in the ass in the long run, anyway.

On any degree, Palm has a lot of challenges to overcome before we can start praising them for a job well done. Certainly the phone looks fantastic and I’d love to own one myself, but if I were the company I’d be a little bit nervous. Hype is only hype in that it doesn’t mean everyone is prepared to go out and buy one. My guess is that people will first think its cool and dream about playing with one instead of actually making the purchase.

The Palm Pre officially comes out as a Sprint phone on June 6th. If you don’t have Sprint, you’ll have to wait six months or more to find it on Verizon or AT&T.