May 29, 2009
Why Palm Pre WON’T Trump the iPhone
By: Kyle
So, as most of us know, the Palm Pre officially drops June 6th, and the blog world is buzzing about it, but I think deep down inside, we all know what will happen to the Palm Pre.
Yes. I will be destroyed by the Apple iPhone monster.
I am making bold claims, I know. But think about it. Neither Sprint nor Palm has the brand awareness of Apple. One of the biggest reasons the iPhone sold so well, was that it was leveraging Apple’s brand awareness brought on by the success of the iPod.
There’s also the bit about the Pre being able to sync with iTunes (possibly even paid content). That’s not going to last. I seriously doubt that Apple gave Palm the permission to do this. Either someone is going to get sued, or the Pre is going to be locked out of iTunes with an update that’s not too far down the road (or both).
Either way, this thing is going to be a dud. Palm is going to release next Saturday and it will then be completely dwarfed by the release of a new iPhone.
Mark my words.
Kyle [at] kyleleboeuf.com