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So far it looks like they've hit a home run. It was the bottom of the ninth down a run, and they may have tied up the game. But with potential to steal the win out of nowhere.
I, for one, had become quite disillusioned with Palm's ability to innovate and move forward to compete effectively. I never imagined that they had this in them. I'm sure there will be gotchas, but I'm equally hopeful that this first device is named "Pre" (or is that the codename) because it is only the preview of what's to come later.
Making it (apparently) easy to create and sell apps even more than makes up for lack of compatibility with previous Palm apps in my mind. I was wondering how they were going to get a suitable app base and developer interest. They may have just done that. And if they let developers keep a nice majority of revenues for sales at the app site, then there is all the more reason to develop for Palm's new OS.
The announcement is not the finish line, but it looks like they are still in the race after all. I was wrong - Palm still has it. I like what I see, and might even have to ditch my plans to get a WinMo device next.
It's again a very exciting day, finally, in the smart phone world!
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