MetaFilter posts tagged with Pre

Praise be, new jesusPhones!

Brandon Blatcher — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 11:04:30 -0800

As expected new iPhones were announced yesterday, taking a bit of wind out of the Palm Pre's excellent sales, pissing off some current iPhone users over upgrade fees, and leaving several gadget makers wondering if they have a future.

Leo Laporte lays down the law.

bigmusic — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 23:36:54 -0800

Mike Arrington and Leo Laporte have some passionate words for each other. Mike apologizes, and Leo accepts. This is not the first time someone has been angry at Mike.

Palm calling

bonaldi — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 18:23:06 -0800

Remember Palm? In the 1990s they created an industry and ate Apple's lunch when their smaller, nimbler Palm Pilot 1000 did the PDA right and blew the MessagePad away. Today they unveiled the Pre, a phone running their new "WebOS" and aimed straight at the iPhone's weaknesses. With one of the guys behind the iMac and iPod running the show, can they pull it off again?