I can’t believe that I am outside of the United States when what in my estimation is the best cell phone in the history of cell phones has come out in the US only. I am so upset but as soon as I get off of the airplane in the US I am going to find a sprint store and buy one that is guaranteed.
But the release of the palm pre has gotten me thinking about cell phones in general. When I was on my way out here I had the preconception that in Asia all of the cell phones would fantastically better than anything that was ever released in the US. I was wrong.
The phones out here are extremely advanced but not in any way that the typical American cell phone user would appreciate. When I went to Japan I saw 4 iPhones and maybe 10 phones with touch screens or full keyboards for the entire trip. In Taipei these phones are similarly rare. Due to the way that Asian languages are written (Chinese characters, Japan uses Chinese characters also) it is somehow easier to type on the normal cell phone touchpad. Therefore there is no demand for Qwerty keyboards and touch screens. What I did see were phones that were advanced in ways that I did not care about in any way shape or form. When I was in Japan I went to a cell phone store and looked around. I saw two phones of interest. There was a Sony Cybershot phone and a Casio Exilim phone. In case you do not follow electronics the way that I do Cybershot and Exilim are the camera brand names for Sony and Casio. Both of these phones had 8 megapixel cameras integrated into the phone. Or wait no, both of these 8 megapixel camera’s had cell phones integrated into them. They were basically cameras that you could talk on. But guess what I didn’t care! I want my touch screen I want my palm pre!
So yeah, phones in Japan and Taiwan are advanced but I don’t give a crap about a super high powered camera on my phone or a phone on my camera. I want my keyboard I want my touch screen I want my Palm Pre. But I can’t get my Palm Pre until I am back in the US at the end of August. Can you believe that I am currently living in Taiwan, where the Palm Pre is manufactured, and I still cannot get one? This is ludicrous! The Sprint store will be my FIRST stop after I land in the US, no eating, no sleeping, no going home, I am going to be at the sprint store!
To all my friends who already have gotten their Palm Pre’s I envy you. I hope that you are enjoying your itunes-less cell smart phone experiences (god I hate itunes). I wish I could be doing the same… =(
Anyways, that’s all folks. Peace out.
