{"id":212,"date":"2009-06-09T06:55:00","date_gmt":"2009-06-09T06:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mhgoldberg.com\/blog\/?p=212"},"modified":"2009-06-09T06:55:00","modified_gmt":"2009-06-09T06:55:00","slug":"palm-pre-launch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mhgoldberg.com\/blog\/?p=212","title":{"rendered":"Palm Pre launch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/news\/technology\/dazzling-palm-beats-the-iphone\/article1168544\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;\" alt=\"Palm Pre\" src=\"http:\/\/beta.images.theglobeandmail.com\/archive\/00031\/PALM_pre__31312gm-a.jpg\" width=\"180\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a>Last Thursday, the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/news\/technology\/dazzling-palm-beats-the-iphone\/article1168544\/\">Globe and Mail<\/a> carried a review of the new Palm Pre that was launched by Sprint in the US over the weekend.<\/p>\n<p>The review, gushing at times, rated the Pre above the iPhone and the author was especially impressed by the new Palm operating system.<\/p>\n<p>The author said that the ease of use and coolness inherent in iPhone&#8217;s two years of smart phone supremacy is being challenged.  <\/p>\n<blockquote style=\"font-size: 85%; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); text-align: justify;\"><p>With webOS, Palm&#8217;s new operating system, you can keep multiple applications open at once. They&#8217;re organized like a row of cards that stretches off the screen, and you flick the screen to switch between them. For instance, if you need to quickly check your calendar while writing an e-mail, you can bring up the calendar application, then flick back to e-mail, then keep switching between them as you try to work out your schedule. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Other reviewers <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/news\/technology\/pre-gets-thumbs-up-in-media-reviews\/article1168646\/\">were also<\/a> sending positive signals about the Pre.<\/p>\n<p>Palm Canada&#8217;s managing director, Marc Tremblay, is speaking at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.telecomsummit.com\/\" _base_href=\"http:\/\/www.gstconferences.com\/\" style=\"color: rgb(128, 0, 0); text-decoration: none; \"><strong style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: bold; \">The 2009 Canadian Telecom Summit<\/strong><\/a> next week.<\/p>\n<p>Have you <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gstconferences.com\/registration\">registered<\/a> yet?<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: rgb(51, 204, 0);font-size:78%;\">Technorati Tags:<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tag\/Palm\" rel=\"tag\">Palm<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tag\/Pre\" rel=\"tag\">Pre<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tag\/Canadian+Telecom+Summit\" rel=\"tag\">Canadian Telecom Summit<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last Thursday, the Globe and Mail carried a review of the new Palm Pre that was launched by Sprint in the US over the weekend. 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