Crazy for the Palm Pre

Today the most important news for Palm followers and haters alike was probably that Palm shipped a total of 823,000 smartphone units during the quarter, representing a 134 percent increase from the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2009. But even though sales of the Pre were strong, Palm still ended up losing $164.5 million, or $1.17 per share in its fiscal first quarter, which ended Aug.

Below are excerpts from an article I read a few days ago about why mobile developers should drop the iPhone and switch to the new Palm Pre…