It’s tough to think of another smartphone, bar the iPhone, that’s considered to have such mainstream appeal so as to feature on a non-tech show. Right now it’s unclear who pulled which strings to arrange the appearance, but it’s certainly a PR coup for Palm.
Palm now need to concentrate on maintaining their momentum until the Pre launches. There’s a sneaking suspicion among us here at My Pre that the company wouldn’t cash in a mainstream publicity stunt like this with too long to go before they could get a return; could it mean that the Pre is set for release sooner rather than later?