Telstra has revealed the addition of almost one million new mobile services in the six months to December 2011, but Sensis revenues plummeted 24 percent in 12 months.
The Linux based
operating system is multi-tasking, allowing users to keep multiple
applications open on the phone's desktop at once - unlike the iPhone.
According
to many visual reviews I've seen, the Pre web browser, built on the
open source WebKit browser, is excellent and very responsive.
As
one review put it, the Pre doesn't have iTunes but it has a pretty
dmaned good substitute in the Amazon MP3 music store, which enables
downloads over WiFi.
Add in direct Google, Google Maps and
Wikipedia searches without having to enter the web browser, a 3
megapixel camera and a slide out QWERTY keyboard and you have a pretty
compelling competitor to the iPhone.
There are a couple of pretty big provisos to the above, however.
The first thing is that having vast gobs of functionality is one thing
but providing a compelling user experience is quite another. We know
the iPhone user experience is first rate but without rigorous testing
it's hard to give the Pre a usability rating.
The other big proviso is dependent on Apple. The question is whether
Apple will simply stand still with the current generation iPhone or
come June 29 wow the world with yet another iteration of its very fine
product.
McNamee is obviously prepared to bet hunndreds of millions that the Pre
will put the iPhone off the air and Apple back in its basket.
David Bass
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