simplicity

I have slowly caught up the various announcements made at this years Consumer Electronic Show (CES), besides the ‘Powermat charger’ and a few other things such as the 1-inch TV the Palm Pre seems to be the most interesting of the bunch. I will hold my real gushing until a few months later when it has been reviewed, but so far all the information has seemed to be positive. The WebOS is what seems to be the most interesting:

I think this phone’s biggest appeal will be the central role the internet plays in the OS. The way it pulls data from various web services, and melds it into its own framework is top notch. I think being able to text, and gChat and send IMs over AIM all from the same window is such a benefit to the user to not have to switch windows for 3 different apps for messaging. And obviously, you won’t be talking to someone on a bunch of different messengers at once, but over a period of a week, you might have convos over these different services, and it’s good to keep track of all these interactions in one place.

Source – Palm Pre Preview: Simply Amazing