Big breakthrough on a topic of interest to nobody besides me.
You might have seen my previous blog post detailing why the iPhone calendar is useless, and my boycotting iPhone until they improve it.
Well, I just learned that the upcoming Palm Pre, in addition to looking generally awesome, meets all my requirements for a useful phone. So Palm wins, Apple loses, and I'm still the only person who cares.
See 8 minutes into this video to see why the Palm Pre wins the calendar war. They call it the "pen and paper" approach. Entering an appointment takes about 10% of the time it would take on an iPhone:
