Nokia set to Dampen Palm's mood

Just as people in the industry thought Palm had finally created a mobile device that was worth talking about, Nokia have come along and blown the touch screen mobile phone industry out of the water. Nokia's new installment the N97 out on the 27th of June is sure to dent Palms chances of an unprecedented level of success in Apples domain.

The fact that the Palm Pre still does not have a confirmed release date in Europe and also the fact that Nokia has always seemed to dominate the European market should be listed amongst some of the concerns that Palm should have.

On looks alone I personally believe that the N97 wins hands down, this coming from a person who held out on buying a iPhone after seeing the Pre at CES. Again I seem to have changed my mind and at the moment I expect to get myself a N97 when my contract eventually roll overs.

The most favorable thing about Nokia is it generally provides its mobile phones to all UK network operators, so it will also be a hassle free device. This compared to Apples allegiance to O2 and and Palms agreement to provide the Pre exclusively to Vodaphone...

As each day passes the mobile industry provides us the consumer with an ever increasing number of exciting products, the only let down in the industry now remains the problem of exclusivity, why can't Apple, Palm and any other manufacturer who only provides to certain networks provide freely so that customers may shout rejoice!!