Thank you to fellow Intel Insider, Cathy Brooks, who helped me gain immediate access to a personal demo of the new Palm Pre smart phone. Peter Skillman, VP of Design, and the man credited with giving hope to Palm’s future, previewed the Pre at CES 2009 in a private room at the Las Vegas Convention Center.
Skillman is proud and indeed he should be. It’s beautiful and it is a promising and refreshing representation of what Palm could be…
“We wanted to define a new experience with everything you touch, from the box, to the charger, to the phone,” said Skillman. This philosophy and design methadology is pervasive. Every detail and aspect imaginable and unimaginable seems to be accounted for. It most certainly delivers an elevated ambience – one on par with the quality and exclusivity of Apple. The interface is reminscient of the Apple iPhone and to be honest, it appears to be the most engaging and intuitive challenger to the iPhone.
The phone will be released by Sprint and is expected to retail around $199 – $249 with a two year contract. Sprint only holds the exclusive for the first 90 days, so you should expect to see other carriers announce support shortly thereafter.
For more details on the Pre, visit PC Magazine.
I’ll let the pictures tell the rest of the story…
For additional pictures of the Palm Pre smart phone, please visit my album on flickr.
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