Much has been made of webOS and Synergy on the Pre, and how Palm are betting the farm that users want harmonized digital lives.  With the announcement of iPhone OS 3.0, we've also looked at how Apple envisage similar things on the next-generation iPhone.  When it launches, the Pre will offer hitherto-unknown degrees of data integration; with the right developers, ... continued »

It came as little surprise that Apple announced their iPhone OS 3.0 event on the exact same day many were eagerly anticipating the Sprint Palm Pre webcast.  Even before the Sprint webcast had started, commentators and would-be buyers were asking whether Apple had been given enough lead-time from the Palm's CES unveiling to generally replicate and potentially better the Pre's ... continued »

Palm investor Roger McNamee's recent cheerleading for the Pre was by turns a bizarre piece of theater and a rather over-enthusiastic (not to mention simplistic) portrayal of the smartphone ecosystem.  It's certainly seemed enough to prompt Palm themselves to counter most of McNamee's points, in an SEC filing that attempts to bring statistical sense to what many were hoping would ... continued »

Roger McNamee has a 39 percent stake in Palm so of course he has every right to spread the Pre-gospel any way he likes.  That however does not excuse him from making a rookie mistake of comparing a 2-year old technology iPhone 1.0 to the Palm Pre.  Of course the new Pre phone powered by webOS will beat out the ... continued »