This weekend was the launch date for the new Palm Pre, so I walked over to my nearest Sprint store to check out the phone and vblogged it (note: this vblog wasn’t intended to be technical or a walkthrough of all the features, just a down and dirty here’s what it looks like).

Yes, this phone has received a lot of hype. I’ll admit, I was skeptical. But after using it- it’s a worthy iPhone competitor. However, I do think this phone would have done MUCH better if was released in February. Other touchscreen phones will have their place in the market share, this might be the phone to do just that. Or maybe not. We’ll just have to see. Judge for yourself and watch the video blog to evaluate it for yourself.