Palm CEO can’t stop talking about Apple iPhone "CEO Ed Colligan was interviewed by Swiss newspaper Sonntagszeitung at the 3GSM conference in Barcelona regarding Apple's upcoming (June 2007) iPhone.

“In my opinion it looks rather like a highly developed media player, which happens to include a phone," Colligan said.

"The iPhone could be interesting for people who like music and films with occasional phone use, but for businesspeople the touch-sensitive screen without a physical button keyboard will be a challenge."

Apple has supplied "nothing at all" regarding iPhone to date, according to Colligan. There's a huge difference between giving a keynote speech and actually developing and shipping the devices, Colligan said.

Colligan said, " I have great respect for Apple, but won't be easy to create a good smartphone that will functions on networks worldwide. Nokia, Motorola, and Samsung have worked on this for for 25 years and have only partially succeeded today. Our Palm Treo already has 90% of Apple's iPhone features at a much lower price... By the way, if this is an interview about the iPhone, you should talk with the Apple people instead." Via MacDailyNews .

I agree with Ed Colligan, the iPhone is not going to replace devices like the Treo. I wouldn't give up the keyboard on my Treo, it's one of the most important features. People aren't going to be able to type as fast on the iPhone's on-screen keyboard as you can on the Treo's keyboard. They're 2 different devices, so hold on to your Treo.

Labels: iphone, palm, treo

  ¶ posted by Jimmie Geddes, Editor @ 2/20/2007 09:23:00 AM