Sprint has launched a new smartphone that can compete with the Palm Pre. The HTC Hero is an Android smartphone that will land on October 11th for $179.99 after rebate.
The Palm Pre comes with a stock music player but one has to admit that it's quite limited. for instance, it doesn't allow one to create playlists right on the Pre. Fortunately, the NaNplayer for the first webOS device is on the way.
In my last post, I blogged about possible webOS devices including the Palm Pre appearing in Verizon's leaked inventory. However, it appears more Palm devices have also surfaced in a screen shot of Sprint's inventory management system.
Here's an exciting piece of info for Verizon subscribers. Some leaked shots of the Verizon inventory system listed two Palm devices. Experts believe that these handsets are no other than the Palm Pre and the Eos/Pixie!
The Palm Pre has arrived in Canada! Bell is now offering the webOS device for $199.95 on a three-year contract or $599.95 without a contract with a minimum 500 MB data plan.
The Palm Pre did not offer a virtual keyboard at launch. The physical QWERTY keyboard is more useful than a virtual keyboard but it would be cool to have one on the Palm Pre as well.
We blogged about the conflicting return rates for the Palm Pre several weeks ago and new numbers have been posted. A new survey conducted by ChangeWave Research place the Palm Pre return rate at 11%.
Conflicting rumors on the second webOS device has circulated the web in recent days. One analyst has reported that the Palm Eos or Pixie will arrive in 2010. Another source has reported that a GSM/HSPA version of the device will land in October.
