You may know we are about to see a couple of hot phones hit the market, the iPhone 3.0 and the Palm Pre, but there is also a hot handset already released, the T-Mobile Sidekick LX of course.
This shows us 2009 is going to be a good year for the smartphone.
The Palm Pre is hoped to be the smartphone that saves Palm, and it does have a chance of competing with its less box style design and smaller than both rivals the Apple iPhone and the T-Mobile Sidekick LX.
Then there is of course the Pre webOS to consider which is claimed to work faster than the Apple iPhone’s UI. Furthermore incorporating a physical keyboard is always a good move for the text fans. Not having had my hands on the Palm Pre I can’t say it is better than the iPhone, but is probably on par when it comes to web browsing speed.
Then we have the T-Mobile Sidekick LX with its 3G speed, and plays nice on Twitter and Facebook, but will the T-Mobile Sidekick LX be able to hold its own against the iPhone and Pre?
Of course the other handset which we haven’t yet discussed is the Apple iPhone 3.0, but no doubt when that particular smartphone drops it will surely grab all the limelight. The Palm Pre and T-Mobile Sidekick LX may be good smartphones but as no one really knows what to expect with iPhone 3.0 anything can happen.
What do you think?
James.