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At the end of CES every year there is an award given out for “Best In Show” which is a very coveted award.  With so many new products at CES it can be a very difficult task to even get attention let alone the Best In Show award.  There were many competitors this year such as Windows 7 and the Sony Vaio P Netbook but the one that stole the show and the award was Palm Pre and it’s webOS.  Winning the Best In Show is a huge accomplishment for Palm but to sweeten the deal they also won the CES People’s Voice Award.

This marks the first time any mobile phone has won the Best in Show award and it was a boost that Palm desperately needed.  Without a good showing at CES their hard times were going to get a lot harder.  The Palm Pre has received a tremendous amount of positive feedback due to the phone’s operating system called webOS and it’s intelligent design.  Now competitors instead of searching for the iPhone killer are talking about a Palm Pre killer.

There are several things that really set the phone apart from the crowd

  1. It has a REAL keyboard: Sorry iPhone lovers but a pretty touchscreen keyboard can’t compare to actual buttons.
  2. Choice of network providers: Sprint is the debuting provider but due to the Palm Pre’s design it will easily be ported to other networks which will only increase their popularity.  With the iPhone being carrier locked it will make it substantially more difficult for it to compete with the Pre.
  3. Beats iPhone features: Ummm can we say “Copy & Paste”?  Replaceable battery! Better camera!  Same size display screen but a bigger touchscreen for a gestures section.
  4. Social Networking: Has the capability to grab contact information from social networking sites to broaden contact information.
  5. Multitasking: iPhone is terrible at multi-tasking and the user struggles to perform multiple tasks at the same time.  The G1 is much better at this but the Pre takes it much more seriously and does it with grace.

As more and more reviewers get to check out the Palm Pre it is becoming more and more clear that Palm is still in the game and the smartphone market just got better for consumers.

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