Hit and Miss Advertising by Palm

I was thinking for a while about how to post this, and then the iPhone Blog did such a good job of it, I didn't want to change it. [the iPhone Blog]

Sprint and the Palm Pre just decided to bring it to Apple’s iPhone via a perfectly nifty, if factually inaccurate(1), little ad-esque banner posted on Facebook. PreCentral.net already pipped us to the relevant quote post, citing McNamee’s infamous CEOh-snap moment from the past:

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.

The relative thriftiness of constraining their marketing budget to a Facebook fan-base aside, does it really behoove Palm to remind iPhone 2G owners that their contracts are up, right after 1,000,000 people jumped on the iPhone 3GS last weekend alone?

How does that compare to Palm Pre numbers to date?

(utter silence)

That’s what we thought…

1. The iPhone multitasks iPod, Mail, Phone, Safari iTunes, and App Store, phenomenally well — the iPhone 3GS more snappily than the arguably laggy Palm Pre. Apple simply chooses not to allow 3rd party multitasking at this point, something that admittedly chaffs, but is still a far cry from what’s insinuated in the “ad”.

A Bold, iPhone and Pre Walk into a Bar

It is a Friday night after a long week. Three "Amigos" decide to get together for an after work evening of drinks and catching up. Now, these three friends have a long history with one another - a history of trying to one-up each other about pretty much everything.

So a Blackberry Bold, Apple iPhone and Palm Pre walk into a bar...[Crackberry]

That is One Lucky iPhone [Olivia Munn]

Olivia Munn isn't a big fan of the Palm Pre. In fact, as you can see from the picture above, she's in love with her iPhone.

According to her Twitter:

@***** you got the pre? does it suck to know you should've just got the iphone? it's okay. we all make mistakes.

@***** from what i hear, apple WILL announce a new iphone on monday with video chat, cut and paste and a free unicorn with purchase.

@***** yeah, if you pre-switched to pre from iphone, you'll be upset on monday.

@***** iphone is still superior to the pre and any other challenger right now. iphone should only be taken down by a worthy opponent.

@***** the pre is not that bad, but not worth the money or the switch. pre is like friend u settle for when u cant get the hot girl.

Fuck the Palm Pre. If you have an iPhone, stick with it. If you have a Blackberry, like me, omg dontyoujustlove it?

[The iPhone Blog]

Another Idiot Gets a Tattoo

PreCentral.net was running a contest called WWYD for a Palm Pre. This guy decided to get a tattoo of the pre in an effort to win the contest. Fortunately he did win and got the $199 phone for free. I'm pretty sure the tattoo cost more than that. Not to mention its fugly. In fact, I don't know whats uglier, the tattoo of the phone or the actual phone itself. What a moron.

Here's a closeup. [PreCentral]

How Good Can the Palm Pre Really Be?

According to this video of key investor Roger McNamee talking about how the new Palm Pre is the greatest thing in the world. Way to overhype your overhyped product. Sprint...what a bad idea.

Multitasking Using the Palm Pre

Bye Bye Palm OS

People all over are saying their goodbye's to the old Palm OS. Here's a video from a Palm meetup showing a huge collection of Palm phones. Call it a time for change.