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Roger McNamee is our Hero 17

by Dieter Bohn Tue, 27 Jan 2009 5:21 pm EST

Ignore interviewer Kara Swisher (if you can), because otherwise the above video of Roger McNamee at CES is good fun for those of us anticipating the Pre.  Unlike his previous appearance, McNamee doesn't drop any significant new features, but he does throw a few zingers out there.  He points out that he thinks the Pre will be popular with a female because it "doesn't insult yout intelligence," that it's not a desktop OS crammed into a Smartphone's body (et tu, Windows Mobile?), and one last interesting bit: he believes that porting applications from both the iPhone and Android over to the Pre should be pretty easy.

More investors like this, please, because that Bono guy hasn't done bupkiss for the Pre.

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Posted by Q on Tue, 27 Jan 2009 6:22 pm EST

Maybe too many people are still confusing Bono with George Michael... :)

Posted by Jason Robitaille on Tue, 27 Jan 2009 6:25 pm EST

The moment he corrected her that it's pronounced "pree" not "preh", I knew this was gonna be a good interview.

He is such a great spokesman for Palm, though I still maintain he looks like the Area 51 scientist from Independance Day, lol. http://content8.flixster.com/question/53/60/92/5360926_std.jpg

Posted by jhoff80 on Tue, 27 Jan 2009 6:40 pm EST

He actually supposedly was keeping his hair long 'in protest' of the ex-president, and now has cut it and actually donated it to "Locks of Love".

http://mediamemo.allthingsd.com/20090122/obama-wins-roger-mcnamee-loses-...

Regardless of your opinion of keeping his hair long in protest, you know what? Good for him for donating it to kids who might need it.

Posted by Jason Robitaille on Tue, 27 Jan 2009 6:43 pm EST

Even more reason to admire McNamee :-D

Posted by Blackhawk5 on Tue, 27 Jan 2009 8:43 pm EST

I know what you mean! That woman was so annoying, she seemed like she wanted to do more talking than listening. And I don't know if she was trying to be funny, but she came off as rude.

Posted by leadtrumpetdave on Tue, 27 Jan 2009 10:12 pm EST

I was under the impression that the Pre was glossy all over, but if you look closely at the 1:37 mark, it appears to be a matte finish on the back. That should make holding (and not dropping) the device very nice. Perhaps its even the "soft-touch paint" or whatever it's called from the 755 and 680!