5 Reasons Why Pre Won't Replace The iPhone For O2

(2) App Store

The iPhone owes much of its current success to the Apps store which has clocked more than one billion apps up to April 2009.

This is certainly more than all the mobile downloads ever performed on all other platforms combined and that number is growing at an average rate of around 100 million per month.

Palm will have a similar store sometimes in the future but given the rate at which it is executing the launch of the Pre, I wouldn't bet on a Palm Application Market (PAM) until late 2010.

(3) Pre is not perfect

Even if the Palm has got a few unique features like wireless induction charging or a slide out keyboard, it still lacks some fundamental characteristics that make it vulnerable especially as experts agree that "The second half of 2009 will prove to be the most competitive smartphone market ever".

There is no HSPA version yet (should be out later this year), it has 8GB internal memory only and there are claims that you won't be able to answer to calls while surfing the web.