With all the high expectations for the seemingly slick new Palm Pre, are enthusiasts setting themselves up for a let down? Maybe. One early review is in.
For a detailed review, head on over to The Boy Genius Reports for their take. Here’s a crude scorecard of the review:
Screen: Thumbs up
Keyboard: Thumbs down
Feel: Mixed
OS: Thumbs Up
Multimedia: More Info Needed
Browser: Mixed
Applications: More Info Needed
With all the smoke I’m really interested to see if customers will jump ship to Sprint like many for the AT&T and the iPhone. What about the 3G service? Most importantly, will developers come out for the Pre? We’ll see June 5th.
Those crazy aliens at Hulu have released a desktop version of their popular video service. Don’t know who runs things over there, but in a year or so, Hulu’s progress has been real incredible. Are you listening Google? Only issue with the app: crashed on me a few times. It’s all good, I’m happy with my Apple TV powered by XBMC and Boxee.
The Palm Pre may be available to Verizon users come 2010. On the news the Wall Street Palm readers saw the stock surge today. This is all for a phone that has yet to hit the streets. The so-called “iPhone killer” is highly touted but it’ll be interesting to see if developers are clamouring to create apps for the handset and if many will be willing to switch over to Sprint. How are the T-Mobile G1 and Blackbery Storm or the numerous Sprint iPhone clones doing anyway?