Palm to Unveil More Newness at D7, Funny McNamee Video 12
Palm's just full of surprises, aren't they. Back in January, nobody would've expected Palm to come out with such a revolutionary device like the Palm Pre. Why would they? There were essentially no public leaks. Ever since the CES announcement, Palm has for the most-part been pretty good at keeping secrets. And in fact, it appears there's still a few secrets Palm has kept hidden from us.
Both Jon Rubinstein and Roger McNamee will be speaking at this year's D7 conference (May 26 to 28). Yesterday Walt Mossberg and Kara Swisher (the hosts of D7) kicked things off and had some interesting things to say:
Walt: "And they [Palm] are not only are going to come and talk in more detail about the Palm Pre than you have seen before, but they're actually going to introduce some things that haven't even been speculated, uhh, that the Palm Pre's going to be about to do that haven't even been speculated on the blogs, and they're going to show some cool features."
Kara: "And quite possibly the funniest video ever we've had from Roger McNamee"
You can hear it for yourself in the video here (skip to the 11minute mark). Unfortunately, the D7 schedule isn't specific, though abarrera tells us Ruby's on today Thursday around noon Pacific.
At this point, we honestly don't know what to expect, but whatever the "one more thing" is, we hope it's big.
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i hope it is 4g or video or visual voicemail btw first
Cool! I just love surprises!
I wonder what it could be; I sense, as is the case with Uncle Walt, that he sometimes says things without full info; he may think it's a surprise, but to the rest of the world, they already know it.
I think the only "surprise" may be some additional cloud services, or maybe touting the Pixie for Q4, or it could be nothing new.
I have to say, though, releasing it a few days before the WWDC was smart; they get a lot of press by default and pull some away from Apple. However, if would be bigger if they were releasing on GSM at the same time.
I knew it. What they already have is great but it feels like there has got to be something more to really seal the deal.
Wouldn't it be great if it could automagically swap over to using wi-fi for full connectivity (calls, messaging, etc.) if no cell signal was available?
I can't imagine what they will say. I don't recall seeing anything in the leaked manual that hasn't been said.
I hope there is more but I really doubt it. We are so close to launch and the manuals, emulator, etc have all leaked. What would there be that is not already out?
The only thing I can think of are firmware updates to add features "in the near future" or some cool Saas or clud stuff.
Uh, no transcription attribution? Not upset, just saying.
Two words: Free Pony.
"Ever the the CES announcement"?
I'm sure its a set of Ginso Knives with every purchase of a Palm Pre.
I suspect its how use the applications that we already see such as using the contact manager to set up groups by linking contacts and things like that.
Theirs a pony in there somewhere.
Anyone know where we can find live blogging of the event today?