Intellectualdiot

@altarity: And THAT'S why I'm excited about it... pending the price, of course.

I'd love to get excited about this, but it just feel like I'd be setting myself up for disappointment down the road. It'd really be nice to have something like this as a plaything.

What price will the market dictate for such devices?

When's Palm's press conference again? It'd be nice to see whether or not they've got a new, upper echelon WebOS device to reveal. I'm definitely a fan of their software, but the hardware has been lacking thus far.

Please be the Courier, please be the Courier.

This is EXCEEDINGLY interesting. I'm very much looking forward to hearing more about the port compliment and extended specs.

A price point at or around $1000 would lend credence to the murmurings that Apple intends to replace the low-end Macbook with this tablet and would, to my mind, also insinuate that the OS in question is closer to a "conventional" computer operating system than the pared-down interface of the iPhone/iPod Touch family. Of course, all of this is based upon conjecture at this point so... I guess I'll sit by quietly until a proper reveal.

Sigh. When are we going to see a Palm device with these sort of stats? I'm quite enamored with Android, but WebOS has a certain elegance that hasn't been matched just yet. The Pre's weakest element lies in its hardware.

@CallDon:

For what it's worth, they seem to have gotten better. I live on the south side of Downtown Dallas (in Desoto) and a couple years ago, when I had them, I couldn't even really get coverage in my house. That's not the case anymore. I even get 3G. I still wouldn't sign a CONTRACT with T-Mobile, but I explicitly chose them again because I didn't want to sign a cell phone contract again at all.

And, of course, their coverage seems to work very well in downtown Dallas itself, where I spend every weekend.

@Toby: The phrase "cock tease" comes to mind. It'll be dripped it according to what brings them the most attention. Why? I haven't a clue. Especially since their "website" seems ill-equipped for any substantial exposure.

@Uncontrol

I don't know what's nerdier: that you made this reference at all, or that I got it and lulled. Or used the term "lulled".