After Palm announced the Pre last month, I gathered reactions from prominent tech blogs and Pinoy techies, particularly Apple fans. I never got to complete it.
Still, here are some comments that I managed to dump on a WordPress draft, as well as those I recently saved while browsing old blog entries:
“I like the hardware, the new OS looks pretty solid and the demo of the integrated contacts/phonebook thing that looks like they actually got syncing right! It looks really sweet. The only gripe I have is I dont like the way they designed the icons. Hahaha.”
-Jeff of Teknostik.com
“Nope! Not an iPhone killer! Hahaha.”
– Angel, Steve Job’s no. 1 fan in Manila 😀
“Think iPhone, but flashier.”
“As a proud card carrying member of the iPhone club, I pride myself on being ahead of the curve in mobile device land. Well, this little gleaming slickster, might give me a bit of competition with the Palm users.”
“There are no downsides to this phone!”
— Cris, an Engadget reader

Ederic Eder
Ederic is a Filipino communications worker in the telecom, media, and technology industry. He writes about K-dramas and Korean celebrities for Hallyudorama.
He used to be a social media manager for news at GMA Network, where he also headed YouScoop, GMA News and Public Affairs’ citizen journalism arm.
He was with Yahoo! Philippines for more than three years before returning to GMA Network, where he was also previously part of the News Research section.
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@Prudence, Not yet po. It will be available in the US before the first half of 2009 ends. Price estimates range from $199 to $499. Excited na nga ako. I hope it comes to Pinas soon after the US release. 🙂
@Jeff, I was recently invited to try Xobni, an Outlook plugin which has a similar contacts integration method. It automatically gets a contact’s public details from Facebook and LinkedIn. You should try it if you haven’t yet. As for the header, I’ll probably use a Centro image first, since it’s what I’m using now. 🙂
@Prudence, Not yet po. It will be available in the US before the first half of 2009 ends. Price estimates range from $199 to $499. Excited na nga ako. I hope it comes to Pinas soon after the US release. 🙂
@Jeff, I was recently invited to try Xobni, an Outlook plugin which has a similar contacts integration method. It automatically gets a contact’s public details from Facebook and LinkedIn. You should try it if you haven’t yet. As for the header, I’ll probably use a Centro image first, since it’s what I’m using now. 🙂
Is this already available in the country? How much?
Is this already available in the country? How much?