New York Times: Palm Pre to launch first week of June

@ Dan that’s why I don’t go to engadget anymore. Aside from the news posts on knock off products being the topic, or a new mouse for your desktop. I’m excited for the Pre…I don’t have the right to judge Sprint or Palm because I haven’t seen in the phone in my hands. So until then it could cure cancer but until its available. Leave it alone!

@ Joetour Lmao!!

I think it was another episode where he was attacking me and some other com mentors. BoyGenius stepped in and let him have it! I was all shy and taken back. They defended me and the other posters. All day at work I couldn’t help but chuckle and smile.

@David,
If I remember correctly, he was threatening legal action agains BGR for not stopping people from threatening him with “bodily harm”. BG told him to F*** off and banned his ass! Oh Happy day!!! King troll has been sent to pasture.

BTW,
Really wanna get my hands on the Pre already. BG’s news of advocates not letting the gen public get their hands on it is rather upsetting. I just wanna know where my money is going this summer already

Any chance RIM drops the 9630 early to trump the Pre hype?

Speaking of RIM! What’s is happening with the storm 2. Rumors are flying that it will be a GSM variant? With a faster processor 734 Mhz? And haptic touch feedback. But what’s happening with the Storm 1, OS update. I have the Storm unlocked riding on T-Mobile, as well as 8900. I’m antsy for the summer to kick start! And BGR what happened to the dual camera Berry? Utilizing BBmessanger for video chat? Is that the Atlas?

I know I will be watching how this one is handled from the sidelines. I want to see what Apple has up their sleeve before I commit to anyone….especially Sprint.

@ donie,
read the article. the article is the issue here.and leaving out the “rim” factor in the smartphone world is a stretch, to say the least.

I didn’t hit the link and will take your word for it because there isn’t a RIM device I want

I didn’t hit the link and will take your word for it because there isn’t a RIM device I want. Donnie was what buddy that banned called me, Don, Lou or Louie is fine by me

If this turns out to be a good phone and not craptastic, I sure hope an unlocked GSM flavor comes out SOON.

i’m sure the ghost of backb*** is somewhere around. so lets not ignite this thing, ok?

The BlackBerry Curve 8900 is better than this junk. Just look at the build! The Pre looks like a sack of bricks with half a function working with a flimsy keyboard. Let’s put this phone to sleep people, it aint that much better than what Sprint usually comes out with, which is shit anyway.

I really think Sprint has great overall nationwide coverage and their 3g is blazing. I was wondering, and it might be too early for anyone to answer this, but I figure I’d ask anyhow. I travel overseas a ton and was wondering if there is a way for me to use the wifi on the Pre to fetch email and get online AND (pretty please Sprint, Palm, or outside developer!) Make free or cheap voip calls with the wifi overseas? Anyone know anything? Not sure how tight Sprint will have a grip on this, but a no in that department would be the only thing stopping me from switching from tmobile. I LOVE their berry wifi hotspot ish, I am always “on” when I travel outside the US. Any insight is greatly appreciated! Thanks!

they originally said may, and now its delayed to june. whoever was talking shit about my inside source, you have been proven wrong.

We don’t do that here. Grow up.

@foreverontour Said: “I was wondering, and it might be too early for anyone to answer this, but I figure I’d ask anyhow. I travel overseas a ton and was wondering if there is a way for me to use the wifi on the Pre to fetch email and get online AND (pretty please Sprint, Palm, or outside developer!) Make free or cheap voip calls with the wifi overseas?”

If you travel overseas you are much better off with GSM. If you are married to Sprint CDMA and will travel overseas a lot there are better models than the Pre for you. The top WM phones such as Treo Pro and Touch Pro have more features that will work overseas such as GPS that is standalone and has GPS software that runs on WM (TomTom, Navigon, IGO, Garmin). Those guys won’t be developing for Pre’s WebOS for a long time if ever. Same goes for voip clients that are already robust and usable on WM

Glad Cedric knows what all the developer are planning and exactly what a device that no one has can do

Glad Don Louie doesnt know that the Pre requires a plan that already has free network dependent GPS — which guts the market for Garmin and TromTom making non network dependent webOS versions.

Don Louie please do learn some facts. There is no market. There are also larger starting cots. TomTom, Garmin and Navigon are already built on Wince from years and years ago and WM/Wince which has 110 million units sold.

Don’t be a moron Don Louie. It isn’t a slam on Pre, it is a simple statement of facts. There isn’t going to be an independent Gamrin or Navigon product for WebOS for years.

Agree. The inclusion of GPS navigation service in the manditory plans removes incentive for GPS developers.

That sound logical if you were dealing w/att or vzw since they lock down devices and features but there’s a freer environment over at Sprint where the only lockdown is the 5gb data cap that all share. Don’t be so condescending when trying to pass opinion off as fact because whatever developers you know are staying away from WebOS doesn’t mean all are

at&t sucks. i switched from sprint just for the iphone only to realize the iphone is only for information and at&t dropped 50% of my calls (not good for business) i still use the iphone for data only. sprint is much better as far as using a phone for business. the ease of use as a phone puts blackberry in a class of phones. wish they could merge the two phones, but definately use sprint for the carrier.

just my two cents, but i have them both