Relive the Pre and webOS unveiling

Wondering what the fuss is all about? You can have a front-row seat at last week's unveiling of the Palm Pre and webOS in Las Vegas right here. See the gesture interface! Marvel at the form factor! Observe Palm Synergy in action! (And discover more than you want to know about the joy of vole sex.)

Jon Zilber

Comments

[J. Doutt]

I love it, and I don't. I've been using Palm since day one, and what set it appart from others is simple to use and the wonderful Grafitti. My thumbs hate the small keypads, and you can't draw a picture, diagram or sign with a keyboard. You need grafitti to have an i-phone killer. I may have to stick with Palm TX and other cell phone or go Win Mobile. Sorry Palm, so close.

[Stefan Constantinescu]

You should also link to the video up on YouTube and the MOV file for people who would rather download this and watch it on their own time.

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dw3cHOEnwTw

MOV file (384 MB, right click, save as): http://palmone.r3h.net/downloads.palm.com/ces2.mov

I love that you guys blog, but please be a little more open. You want as many people to see this as possible!

[Dave LaGrange]

The Pre looks like the Palm device I've been waiting for.

But hold on a minute. I have an Alltel account. Sprint is virtually non-existent in my area. So does that mean I can't purchase a Pre ?

[Scott Bradford]

Impressive stuff. I am a long-time Palm fan who jumped ship in the 'dark days' over the last few years, but I'm looking forward to coming back.

In the mean time, you guys really need to get an SDK in EVERYBODY's hands ASAP. Let us play with emulators, make sure web sites work right, start building apps, etc.

Keep the techies interested :-).

[Joshua Steinberg]

Very excited about the Palm Pre. However, as a physician, I use a tremendous amount of indispensable Garnet Palm software. I could not possibly move to Pre until newly written software is available, unless Palm permits/assists Styletap to write a webOS emulator for Garnet. I know many many physicians who will feel the same way, since our primary use of Palm devices is for the PDA information resources. Please strongly consider this

[Bob]

Just a request to let a company like StyleTap enough access to the underlying OS to write a Palm OS emulator. I have many P-OS apps. Eventually I'm sure I'll be able to replace them with native webOS apps. But not immediately. Don't discourage your loyal user base from sticking with Palm.

[n8dog]

Hey Palm,

How about letting StyleTap create a PalmOS emulator for the Pre? Please don't leave your long-time loyal fans out of the loop!

Thanks!

[Alex H. at Edelman for Palm]

J. Doutt, don't stop there. We take both negative and positive suggestions here. You said you loved parts of the product -- what were those parts?

And if it's Windows Mobile you're after, the Treo Pro is garnering some positive impressions.

http://www.palm.com/us/products/phones/treopro/index.html

[Alex H. at Edelman for Palm]

Hi Stefan -- the buzz that Palm's presentation at CES garnered means there are a few versions up on various video sharing sites. The best (IMHO) and official version is at the link above. As always, thanks for reading.

[Alex H. at Edelman for Palm]

Dave -- thanks for the kind words. We really appreciate it. As of right now, we're launching with Sprint as our carrier partner and can't say much more. Thaks for reading and stay tuned for more Pre news.

[Alex H. at Edelman for Palm]

Scott, my man, welcome back to the light and we'll do our best to keep you here. Developers have been a key audience for Palm for more than ten years and we wouldn't abandon you now. To stay up to date on developing for the Palm webOS, Palm Mojo Application Framework, and Palm Mojo SDK, subscribe to the developer-specific RSS feed at the below link. Details coming soon.

http://developer.palm.com/

[Alex H. at Edelman for Palm]

Joshua -- thanks for the kind words and for the suggestion. So noted.

[Alex H. at Edelman for Palm]

Bob -- we hear you and certainly appreciate the loyalty. Stay tuned to this space for more and subscribe to the RSS feed at this link for the latest and greatest developer information.

http://developer.palm.com/

[Alex H. at Edelman for Palm]

N8Dog -- longtime Palm fans are our core. To stay updated on the latest developer news, as well as subscribe to an RSS feed specifically for you, and Warren G, click here. Thanks for reading.

http://developer.palm.com/

[Sean]

Well, I got a Blackberry Storm to review from work and I am not happy with it, that leaves my choices to the iPhone or the Pre. I was just on ATT's site and can get a refurb 8GB iPhone for $149 now... I have no idea when the Pre will be out except "First half of this year."

I have had the same crappy phone for two years and really want a change.. If Palm can't give an actual date as to when they will release this phone I may have to go with the iPhone and deal with "my loss" for the next two years.

[Dan Harkless]

I just wanted to say that I'm very disappointed that Palm is not including a Palm OS emulator in the Pre. There's a lot of software I depend on that's not available for other platforms, and likely will not get rewritten for webOS. It seems quite a shame for you to be just throwing away the huge library of available Palm OS software. I'm equally disappointed that you're not making a full webOS SDK available that would allow a third-party developer like StyleTap implement a Palm OS emulator.

I have been a loyal and happy customer since the Treo 300, and was hoping to remain a Palm customer for years to come. However, with the decision to stop producing new Palm OS phones and the Pre unable to take things up where they left off, this seems a lot less likely.

When Palm originally announced its OS transition strategy, the arrow on the graph showing support for Palm OS apps in the new Linux-based OS was labeled "Commitment to the Palm OS Community". I'm very saddened that Palm seems to have dropped this commitment, and hope you will reconsider.

[Alex H. at Edelman for Palm]

Hi Dan -- thanks for your note. webOS is a completely new architecture, development environment, and application model, built from the ground up. Palm is working with our core partners to ensure that the popular applications are rebuilt to take full advantage of everything it has to offer. And given the ease of developing in the webOS environment, it's likely that a third-party developer will deliver an emulation solution.

For the latest developer info, please subscribe to the RSS feed found at this link, where you can also find a sneak peek at the official resource for programming for the new webOS platform.

http://developer.palm.com/