GBTV #501 | Palm Pre & Multi-touch on the G1
Posted on: January 26, 2009
Posted in: Video
Posted by: Cali Lewis
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So far, smart phones launched in answer to the iPhone have disappointed. The Palm Pre looks like it’s combination of hardware and software is elegant enough in functionality to provide consumers with a real choice. Tim Cook, COO at Apple even offered a warning to competitors after the Pre was announced:
We approach this business as a software platform business. We are watching the landscape. We like competition as long as they don’t rip off our IP. And if they do, we will go after anyone who does.
Friend of the Brief, SERKOART, took his 5D Mark II to the Palm booth at CES and captured video of the Pre in action. He posted the first part on mobiledivide.com and he’ll post part two of the video Wednesday. **UPDATE: Part 2 is posted.
Both the iPhone and Palm Pre benefit from a closed development environment. On the open-source front, Android developer, Luke Hutchison introduce a hack enabling multi-touch on T-Mobile’s G1. You can read about the hack on Luke’s blog or watch a video of it in action here.
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January 26th, 2009 at 3:57 pm
hmmm – the multidimensional search on the pre is very much like the newton’s search that Apple had so many years ago.
January 26th, 2009 at 5:12 pm
Did you forget to embed the video?
January 26th, 2009 at 5:38 pm
I don’t understand why some of you are having a hard time seeing the video….
January 26th, 2009 at 11:20 pm
Geekbrief: GBTV #501 | Palm Pre Multi-touch on the G1: Shownotes:
So far, smart phones launched in a.. http://tinyurl.com/bb54xp
January 27th, 2009 at 5:59 pm
I was able to see the video perfectly. Cali, in your earlier videos u used to say “thanks for watching” in a cachie way. As your cachie phrase is an excelent way to place in the mind of your followers.
Hope you return to that line as it is always fun to hear it. It’s only my humble opinion.
Best wishes
January 30th, 2009 at 12:15 pm
The Palm Pre looks like it has the best smartphone OS since the iPhone. Let’s hope it does well. I’m sure a little competition between these phone giants can only mean better features for consumers like us. :-)
February 22nd, 2010 at 4:17 am
I have just checked G1 IT is really cool, Now please tell me How much I have to pay for it.