I found my next phone: take 3?

You might expect me to select a different title for this post, but considering that twice now I’ve said that “I’ve found my next phone:, I thought that if I continue to say that each time I find a phone I like, it might be funny.

Buzz about the Palm Pre is not hard to come by. Although Windows 7 stole a lot of early thunder at CES 2009 – I think the clear buzz winner was the Palm Pre cell phone.

I dismissed the Palm Pre as an option for my next cell phone, then I saw this Palm Pre Video on engadget.com. I am very impressed and love that it has both a touch screen and a slide out keyboard. The number one feature of any phone to make my “next phone” list (besides having to be offered in a CDMA/Verizon flavor) is that it supports Microsoft ActiveSync with Exchange.

The Palm Pre website says that it supports Exchange ActiveSync (YAY!) and its release will be exclusive to Sprint which is a CDMA based network.

That means it is only a matter of time (hopefully) before Verizon has a version available.

It is speculated that the release date will be March 15, 2009. According to Palm, the release will be in the first half of 2009. My fingers are crossed.