Palm Pre Release Date

Looks like Palm is going to meet their first half of 2009 promise for releasing the Pre. Sprint just announced that the Pre will be release on June 6th, 2009.

I consider this to be the phone with the most potential to compete with Apple’s iPhone. When the iPhone was first release several companies were caught off guard. They pushed out their competing product to just have something in the same marketplace as Apple but frankly nothing has even come close to the popularity of the iPhone. If more time was spent looking at what makes the iPhone a massive hit those companies would realize that the software is where it’s at. Creating elegant phone shapes, adding a gps module or wifi capability means nothing if the user experience sucks. Palm has taken what it has learned from those companies before it and taken the interface to a new level. Will Palms WebOS be the next great phone operating system? I think the more important question is not what WebOS will bring or whether the Pre is going to be an iPhone killer but what does Palm have up it’s sleeve next.  Rumors of the Palm Eos, a smaller more Centro style phone, have already be around the internet. We all know that Palm is struggling and really needs a boost. Maybe Palm took the financial hit knowing they were developing the next great cellular device.

I will be in line at my local Sprint Store to pick one up on June 6th. Come back then to see unboxing photos and notes.