Palm announced their new device today in a CES press conference. The Palm Pre combines touch technology with a sliding physical keyboard. The form factor is not as sexy as the iPhone, but the physical keyboard has my attention.
The new OS also looks waaay nicer than what my old Palm Pilot and even my newer Palm LifeDrive had. It’s slicker looking and better organized. The most interesting thing that Palm claims about this device (for me anyways) is that apps can be created by anyone with HTML, Javascript and CSS knowledge. I’ve been ramping up on the iPhone SDK for a little while now, so to think that it could be as simple as making a Javascript call to invoke a phone function has me wondering if Apple’s App Store is ready for a challenge.
rob says:
no doubt. the html+java+css=app idea on a handheld device of this calibre makes my brain confused by the potential.
Jan 08, 2009, 12:03 am