Even Palm does not stand by Roger McNamee’s iPhone and Palm pre predictions
March 10, 2009 | Robert Nelson
Just a few days back, Palm investor Roger McNamee went on record reminding everyone that “June 29, 2009, is the two-year anniversary of the first shipment of the iPhone.” Then he went on to make the shocking statement that suggested that everyone would soon be ditching their iPhone in favor of the Palm Pre.
“Not one of those people will still be using an iPhone a month later. Think about it — if you bought the first iPhone, you bought it because you wanted the coolest product on the market. Your two-year contract has just expired. Look around. Tell me what they’re going to buy.”
Of course, we did not really believe his comments, but its nice to see that Palm is not even standing by them either. They took an opportunity to include some additional information on the latest SEC filing that better explained the comments.
“The statement in the second paragraph of the article that “not one” person who bought an Apple, Inc. iPhone on the first shipment date “will still be using an iPhone a month” after the two-year anniversary of that day is an exaggerated prediction of consumer behavior pattern and is withdrawn.”
[Palm via Palm Info Center]
Well, if the Palm Pre comes out in Belgium and it works with iTunes and MobileMe, I’m sure I’m going to buy it and sell my iPhone 3G. The Pre has so much more to offer than the iPhone! The iPhone even doesn’t have some basic features like copy and paste and we’re 2 years later now!
Why would the Pre work with iTunes or MobileMe since those are both Apple products?
As Becky already mentioned, I would not count on the Palm Pre working with iTunes or Mobile Me.
Wait a minute now. Let’s not all jump on Becky’s case. What if someone develops a jailbreak software fot the Palm Pre, and someone also develops an emulator/virtualizer to run on the Pre that allows……… sll the iPhone apps to run on the Pre. Allright hackers, On your mark, Get set……Go!
Not trying yo jump on anyone’s case, I am a happy MobileMe user and would love to see it available on other phones such as the Pre or G1. That said I do not see it happening, but I hope I am wrong.
I was being lighthearted in my previous comment. I wasn’t trying to reprimand anyone. And I’m not holding my breath for cross-platform interoperability in the smart-phone market.
Well said, finally a good report on this stuff
Well said, finally a good report on this stuff
Appreciate the info guys, thanks
I bought a Palm Tx for med school and it is the single worst piece of technology I have ever owned. It would reset randomly, forcing me to reinstall all the third party software on it…I can’t tell you how many wasted hours that took. It’s wi-fi was hit or miss and I was lucky turning it on wouldn’t result in a hard reset or endless loop of resets.
I don’t care if the Palm Pre will drive me to work in the morning and pick me up in the evening, I’m not going to waste a phone upgrade with my carrier on anything that company makes. For me it will be the inevitable Blackberry vs Iphone debate this summer.