Jon Rubinstein's main phone is a Veer; Touch-to-Share will be extended 32
Don't think the tiny little Veer is going to be phone enough for you? It's phone enough for Palm GBU vice president Jon Rubinstein. He just pulled it out of his pocket at the Engadget Show and said it is indeed his main phone right now. Rubinstein played it very straight when drilled by Joshua Topolsky about pricing and release date: letting out only that it's coming "very soon." So soon, in fact, that it won't have Touch-to-Share capabilities at launch (naturally, since theh TouchPad won't be out yet) - that feature will be release as an over-the-air update.
When the conversation moved on to the Pre 3, Rubinstein said only that the Pre 3 is currently in the certification process with carriers - which would line it up just right for the "Summer" release.
With the Touch-to-Share feature with the TouchPad and phones, Rubinstein clarified that it will work with "any URL," which primarily means web pages. However it will be extended and they will be releasing an API for 3rd party developers to create their own uses for it.
Rubinstein and Topolsky are still chatting up as we write this, so hit the source link for more. Of course we'll let you know if more news comes out of the interview.
Source: The Engadget Show
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Sure would love to see Pre3 show up by no later than early June! I think later than June is an epic fail!
right - release in June = major success, release july = EPIC FAIL!
What the ....
At least we didn't have to wait long for epic fail post
I normally hate the FAIL meme but here it feels right. By June it will have been a full two years since the debut of the original Palm Pre on Sprint. And in those 24 months, all we've seen is the Pixi and minor spec bumps for the Pre (which never made it onto Sprint). So yeah, if the Pre 3 isn't available on Sprint by June, it will likely be the last straw for the few remaining Pre Minus users.
I'm tired of presentations and interviews with HP representatives because they all result in NOTHING new. Things are still "coming soon" with no prices, no carriers, and no new details.
wouldn't be surprised if the veer and pre3 not released in states. when hp said coming soon they probably meant in europe
That's nice. Because over here in Europe people usually have the opposite impression that companies usually first bring their products to the US and then, later, start to sell them more expensive in Europe^^
I'am pretty sure that the Veer and the Pre 3 will arrive pretty much around the same time in the USA, Canada, Germany, France, Great Britain and Spain.
The only thing that will be different, that here I will be able to buy a Veer or a Pre 3 off-contract and use them at any of our 4 german major carriers without any problem, as all of them are using GSM.
$20 says the Pre3 will be his main phone come "summer."
doubt it, his main phone used to be a Pixi. He seems to be a fan of the smaller webOS devices.
I agree. Hope this doesn't sound mean but I did not want him to survive the HP buyout for that very reason. He still likes little phones. HP should be concentrating on releasing the flagship phone 1st(The Pre 3, although I wish HP's flagship phone would be a feature packed 4.3 slab type followed by the Pre 3 then veer. Once you establish yourself among the big boys with a real top-of-the-line competative flagship device you can then easily release lower-end phones like the veer for moms and teens, etc
It's his phone now because it's the only one of the two that is near finished. Pre 3 is still off a bit.
Edit: I like this though...
"When the conversation moved on to the Pre 3, Rubinstein said only that the Pre 3 is currently in the certification process with carriers"
Lets hope for some FCC leaks soon.
this entire interview was awful for HP - again. Why would they allow him to go back in front of the public with NO new information. "It's coming" is old and we already know the seasons they have selected - why frustrate your supporters again.
major let down........ again
I was actually in the audience & I have to agree, this interview was cringe-worthy, and the majority of the audience was scoffing the whole time & nobody was taking it seriously at all. Without actually being there it might have just seemed bad, but in person it was disastrous.
One thing that I wish had been reported on was rubi saying that "[our current user-base] is so small it doesn't matter".. There were many pre-users in the audience (myself included obviously) & it was a real kick in the face. He could have at least worded it differently.
Also the fact that he either didn't know the full specs of the devices or was just failing miserably at trying to say 'it doesn't matter, it's about the experience'..
That is nice specially for me but actually i see the his work because it's was looking very good and high quality.so i will try purchase it.pasta boat
I cringe every time I see Rubinstein in an interview. I hate what this guy did to Palm. I was a long-time fan and user of Palm Pilots and Treo phones since they were first released. But this iPod guy came in and delivered a hardware device that was so bad and nothing in spirit like the old Palm devices I loved. And now he's touting this iPod nano-like phone like it's something special? A mobile phone/PDA is not an iPod. I want a bigger screen to see more information about my schedule and contacts. I have no idea where this guy's head is at but I hate the products he is delivering. Seems to me that the only way we're going to get devices with better form factors is to show Mr. iPod Guy the door. I want the old Palm back.
Uhm... you seem to have forgotten that with the 'Old Palm' display sizes ranged from 2.25 inches for their popular Centro to 2.5 inches for most of their entire Treo line......
My Palm TX has a 4-inch screen.
Can you make phone calls with it?
But that's the point. An ancient PDA like the Palm TX has a great looking 4-inch screen, something that many users want and which no modern webOS device has. At a time when there are dozens of 4-inch Android devices, it's hard to believe that HP/Palm has made no effort to go after that market.
+1 and thank you for saying this. I have felt the same way. Se my post above. Is he getting kickbacks from Apple to secretly doom palm!!! It easier to believe that then to figure out why one of the the people that made the Ipod so successfull can't figure out what Palm needs
Why can't there be touch-to-share of pictures, songs, files, videos, and contacts(for easy sharing with other webOS users)? The more things webOS devices can do with touch-to-share the better chance of competting agains the other phones and tablets.
Hopefully there will be. First they have to get that technology into their phones and work out the bugs. And then they can expend it to other areas.
well what im wondering is if it uses bluetooth tech. why cant it have a way right now to transfer files and such without the touch to share gimmick?
also how is this guy still employed in hp? with all the scale of hp this guy still cant get it right and keeps with the old practices that brought the palm brand down.
Sprint Pre day one adopter, and as my Pre hangs on to its last breath the "coming soon" reports are starting to get real old. I am going to get an Evo 3d when it comes out (which will probably still be before HP decides to drop a Sprint device)
i'm in the same situation. I bought the Pre with Sprint on day 1, and im barely hanging on. the past two years have been **** towards Sprint, and not even the simple webOS 2.0 update that was promised, was delivered. the custom patches/kernals and programs give more love than HP/Palm themselves.
my contract expires on the 8th, and i'm renewing with the Arrive or the Epic. I love webOS, and the Pre, but the company did a remarkably terrible job with tis relations with Sprint, and I cant see their attitude changing.
DUDE.... If you want WP7 then go ahead and get the arrive, but FOR HEAVEN'S SAKE DON'T get the Epic! You've waited this long. Wait for the Evo3D this summer if you're going to get an Android phone. You won't be sorry. The Epic is a nice phone, but it's nothing compared to what HTC is coming out with, plus you'd have Samsung build quality (barely a notch above Palm build quality, if even above it).
I miss WebOS, but I don't miss the bugs, frustrations, limitations, and lack of apps. :(
"...that feature will be release as an over-the-air update."
Sorry, I'm not falling for that line EVER again from HPalm.
Oh, promise a later update!
Heard that before, won't fool me again.
Why be with a company that states something and don't deliver? Sorry new phones and better updates should have came out last year! Why the heck would I want to wait for a tablet from HP? I'm quite glad I bought my iPad 2! IF the Pre comes to Sprint I MIGHT get it, otherwise I'm getting an iPhone 5. More or less tired of the waiting game from HPalm. Will not get any Andriod device, never liked their OS. I like iOS and WebOS - thee best two OS's out there!
The Veer is way to small of a device - not for me! Pre 3 should be released first! HP is doing the exact same stupidity as Palm, this will be a disaster!
"I'm quite glad I bought my iPad 2! IF the Pre comes to Sprint I MIGHT get it, otherwise I'm getting an iPhone 5"
Baaahhh :-)
Wow, touch to share....you mean like you have been able to do with iOS for two years. Bump has been doing touch to share on iOS forever now, and HP touts this feature like it is the second coming of christ. I finally quit listening to Ruby and WebOS when they said 2.0 never came, and realized that the iPad, iPhone, and iOS ALREADY do all the "great new things" HP is promising in coming months.
Seriously, go get yourself an iPhone and an iPad and start having fun again with your devices. The difference in build quality and apps alone is worth it. I was an apple hater and never thought I would leave WebOS.....then I realized iOS already does everything WebOS WANTS to do. Yeah, their multitasking solution isn't the greatest currently, but I would bet it will be greatly improved before HP ever even releases the PRE3.......and Apple will have released the iPhone5 by then, which will render the Pre3 obsolete at launch.
Way to go Ruby and HP.......you killed Palm. Should be proud of yourselves.