Apple released its iPad on Saturday. Already CNET.com is declaring that HP’s slate will be an ‘iPad Killer’. I find this funny because iPad hasn’t had time to establish itself, let alone sort out what market it is being sold to and yet, CNET is certain of the powerhouse that iPad will become. So much so, that they feel the need to start bestowing titles upon competing devices as though iPad is already dominating a market that barely even exists.

Admittedly, in the mobile device world, 300,000 units sold on opening day is nothing to spit at, but it hardly compares to the avalanche of iPhones that Apple has sold. You may not know someone that has an iPad. But odds are very good that if you don’t own an iPhone, you know at least one person who does.

Think about that for a minute.

No, I mean it. Really think about the implications of that.… [Read More]

So Easy.

The Pre is hitting shelves at Sprint stores on June 6th.

Yes, I really did say Sprint. Sprint, with its shrinking customer network. Sprint with its crappier than Verizon customer service. Sprint, with its “cheap” calling plans. Sprint with its cellular coverage that is so poor that it’s the reason that Verizon, AT&T and T Mobile are the taking the carrier world by storm in North America. Sprint had its chance. I’m surprised they’re still in business and admit it, so are you.

Perhaps it is some kind of poetic justice, or perhaps even irony, that a company that is seeing itself fall on hard times, is aiding a once great tech giant that also finds itself awaiting its death knell. Now, that said, I don’t know that the Pre will be the end of Palm, but I don’t think it’s going to save the company either.

Let’s start with the bare bones facts.… [Read More]

Palm Pre: iPhone Killer or Dud in the Making?