My prediction: If Palm delivers on the Developer Network front then we'll see them carve out a large share of the smartphone market over the next 12 months.
Things I love about the new Palm Pre:
1. Contact & Calendar Sync: a pretty awesome way to sync data from multiple sources
2. Search: Great job on making things more intuitive.
3. Multitasking: The cards interface and dashboards are awesome. I never understood why Apple has never allowed multitasking.
4. Wireless Charging: Wireless charging via inductive technology.
5. A Physical Qwerty Keyboard: Looks great -- need to see if it feel as good as a RIM device. They've also got copy/paste unlike iPhone. Finally, a what looks like an awesome smartphone with power email users in mind.
6. Battery: It'll last you just as long as an iPhone and you can replace it.
Uncertainties:
1. Connectivity: Sprint's going to be the first carrier to sell the device and they are supposed to have the biggest 3G network (x3 times AT&T's size supposedly).
2. Apps/Developer Network: Palm has got to ensure that they have a large developer network to succeed. Most of these smart phones are now going to be only as good as the apps that are available for them. Pandora claims that it took them just 3 days vs. months on iPhone to get their application up and running on this platform -- this is a very positive sign. Palm claims that the applications are built using just JS/HTML. Time will tell what this really means (I really hope that it really is going to be that easy though!).
One more thing to note -- just like iPhone, Palm Pre runs a WebKit-based browser.
I'll most likely be trading my iPhone in for a Pre if Palm's developer network takes off.
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