According to Jum Suva, market analyst at Citi, the recently announced Palm Pré, based on the new webOS, could be highly successful. Although analysts say that Palm will have to face serious difficulties in the coming years, they are still very optimistic about expected sales, as according to research about one and a half million Prés will be sold this year. The new model could produce a much larger profit fort the company than the highly successful Centro or Treo models, as although these could keep the company alive, but in Q4 2008 they still had a loss of 506 million dollars and the sales have dropped by 39% to 171 million dollars. Palm Pré, although it seems rather pleasant both on the inside and the outside, might have a couple of difficulties due to its high price and limited developers' kit. According to the original plans the price of Palm Pré, launching in the United States, would be about 399 dollars with a 2-year subscription, which is the double of the Apple iPhone 3G's price.
Translated by Szaszati
