Based on some of the earliest reviews the Palm Pre could be the iPhone killer.   I think we all know that the iPhone has its faults e.g. not been able to run multiple applications at the one time and the poor quality of its camera and no video capability.

Looks like the Palm Pre is very cool and functional.  I like access to a QWERTY keyboard on a smartphone and in my opinion is the big let down of the iPhone, especially for the corporate user.  Have you ever tried to write an email while walking or on a bus with an iPhone or to do it one handed?  Good luck.

Interesting that the Pre runs Palm's new webOS and not MS for mobile, which has the recent trend for Palm.  I carent wait to get my hands on one.

Here  are some first reviews of the Pre:

Walt Mossberg, Wall
Street Journal:

"It’s a beautiful, innovative and versatile hand-held
computer that’s fully in the iPhone’s class. It’s
called the Pre, and it comes from Palm, the company that pioneered
the hand-held computer in the 1990s."

David Pogue, New
York Times:

"The Pre, which goes on sale Saturday, is an elegant, joyous,
multitouch smartphone; it’s the iPhone remixed. "

Sinead Carew, Reuters:

"Pre is an attractive alternative but it remains to be seen if
consumers have enough patience for its quirks."

 Joshua Topolsky, Engadget:

"To put it simply, the Pre is a great phone,
and we don't feel any hesitation saying that. Is it a perfect
phone? Hell no. Does its OS need work? Definitely. But are any of
the detracting factors here big enough to not recommend it?
Absolutely not."