The hype is about over tomorrow morning lines will be forming at Sprint stores nationwide to get the Palm Pre, yes I will be there.  Even with all my connections I could not get one for personal use.  Yesterday Walter Mossberg of the Wall Street journal penned a great article comparing the new Palm Pre to the i-Phone.  He rated the Pre higher then the i-Phone as far as the phone and hardware but lacking the number of apps compared to the i-Phone.  According to Mossberg Palm plans to add apps quickly with the focus on more business apps.

Since the late 90's when I first became involved with Palm I believe the power of the devices has been business.  Even today I will stack my 3 year old Treo up against any of the other 16 smartphones I have when it comes to handling day to day business.  NO I can't use my Treo as a level or identify what song is playing.  But I can handle the entire Microsoft Bundle of Outlook, Word, Excel and yes PowerPoint. The list goes on as far as what I am getting out of my smartphone.

Tomorrow morning I start my new journey with the Pre.  I will not be switching over to the Pre for awhile until I am sure it can handle my needs.  I will keep you undated and be very critical to see if it stacks up.  I am not blinded by loyalty to Palm.  If it does what I think it will do I'll let you know, if it falls short I will also tell you.

Dick Betts

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