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In a possible case of too little too late, Palm has finally introduced it's own touchscreen mobile device. Features like Wi-Fi, GPS, accelerometer, and stereo bluetooth, it is at least comparable to the G1 phone feature the Google Android OS. It also has a 3MP camera with LED flash which tops the iPhone 1MP and no flash.

On the down side, they are behind the curve in developing an app store. It seems to be a CDMA phone, so folks who venture outside the US will look elsewhere until they come out with the GSM model. No apparent ability to buy music with the phone, something Apple just announced for the iPhone. And Sprint is the exclusive carrier for the time being.

For a company that led the way with mobile digital devices for so long, you have to wonder why did it takte them this long to come up with a challenger to the iPhone? It's not as though they couldn't aticipate what was coming. They were already creating devices that used the screen as the main interface, was it that great a leap to ditch the stylus and go with a finger? They seem to have done a great job with this device. But it may not save them.

Consumer confidence is low right now. So I don't see a lot of people going out just to buy this device. They haven't been breaking down the doors to get the G1. They won't be going nut over the Pre either.

Posted under Read the Lede on Thursday, January 8th, 2009 at 12:04

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