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Ten Reasons to Love the Palm Pre

By David LaGesse

Posted: January 28, 2009

Palm Pre with keyboard closed

Palm Pre with keyboard closed

1) Warm and fuzzy feelings for Palm, which made our first handheld computer

2) Palm's ability to apply elegance and maintain ease-of-use

3) Beautiful touch screen and comfy hardware keyboard

4) Sophisticated software that can do more than one thing at a time

5) Competition that has Apple worried enough to be hinting at lawsuits

6) So many connections that will just work: 3G, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and cordless charging

7) Yet more connections, that will seamlessly move our lives from the Web into Palm's new webOS

8) Progressive, green packaging that will make a difference in our carbon footprint

9) A price that will undercut the iPhone and BlackBerry Storm

10) Most important: It isn't out yet, so it's an empty vessel that we can fill with all the above. And other hopes and dreams, including that it will bring together all the world's children to join hands and sing songs of peace and love

Pre

What about remote car starter?Maybe Digital thermometer?HAHA id love it to have a portable taser =)

Wishes it had a bigger screen 3.5" to match at least the Ipoon and 8gb is not enough since it doesnt take a memory card =( would love 16 or 32gb...Everything ese I like about it.

Glenn of FL @ Feb 09, 2009 22:11:20 PM

Problem...

Agreed-it's nice to see some real competition in the smartphone market. BUT, there is still nothing to rival Apple's App Store. No one can seriously challenge Apple until they offer such a plethora of apps.

husk of IN @ Feb 04, 2009 15:56:41 PM

Verizon

The Pre may get picked up by Verizon... sometime... I wouldn't look for it before Q4 this year or maybe sometime next year, though.

dmm of VA @ Jan 31, 2009 22:48:25 PM

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