“You know the beautiful thing: June 29, 2009, is the two- year anniversary of the first shipment of the iPhone. Not one of those people will still be using an iPhone a month later.” – Roger McNamee, the co-founder of Elevation Partners that now has a 39% stake in Palm.
So do you honestly believe that iPhone users would carry over the Palm PRE? For me the PalmPRe still appeals to the business users and inferior to the iPhone crowd that are in for Gaming and media.
Palm Pre is expected to launch sometime in June (latest), and pricing is still unknown. What more; Even Apple is expected to upgrade its iPhone 3G around the same time. Things are actually going to heat up between Pre and Apple iPhone. And if the next iPhones are not getting a physical keyboard; I am going ahead with my plans for the Palm Pre!