As a long-time Treo 700p user that switched to an iPhone at the beginning of 2008... I'm seriously impressed. Palm seems to have actually looked at the iPhone

As a long-time Treo 700p user that switched to an iPhone at the beginning of 2008... I'm seriously impressed. Palm seems to have actually looked at the iPhone interface, taken what it does right to heart and attempted to improve upon Apple's rough edges. The fact that it's not just another "mini desktop OS" ala Android or Windows Mobile, but is actually built for mobile usage from the ground up is fantastic, and few other players in the mobile market seem to have understood this. That being said - I have no idea how you compete against the iPhone. Palm used to have brand-recognition and goodwill, but I don't know how much of that is left after grinding out chunky Treos and above-average Windows Mobile smartphones for years. My gut feeling is at best, it's going to be a distant second or third under the iPhone - but it seems equally likely it will have middling sales and do nothing to rescue Palm as a company. Time will tell, I suppose.