June 13, 2009 11:42 PM

This was a jam packed week for all of you portable gadget enthusiasts. Following E3, Apple had their World Wide Developers Conference (WWDC), where they introduced an updated set of Macbook Pros, Snow Leopard, iPhone 3.0 software, and the new iPhone 3GS. Also, the Palm Pre was also available for purchase. Finally, Archos introduced their additional entries into the laptop/netboook space.

First, let’s recap Apple. The new Macbook Pros look awesome. They brought back the Firewire ports on the 15“ and added a SD Card Slot to the 15” and 17“. They also rebranded the 13” Unibody Macbook into a Macbook Pro. This unit also has a SD Card Slot. The new units can also take up to 8GB of RAM!!! It’s a great line, and I have my eye out on the 13“ MBPro. Snow Leopard was released, and it mostly is about the apps being rewritten to 64 bit. Also, they removed all of the PowerPC back-porting so the OS is about 6GB smaller. The iPhone 3GS looks really cool. They didn’t surprise us with anything not speculated in the rumors. The new phone is faster, has a 3.2 MP camera, and will be able to take advantage of all the 3.0 upgrades. It also has video and voice control. There are a couple of other small features. You can go to http://events.apple.com.edgesuite.net/0906paowdnv/event/index.html?internal=ijalrmacu for more info.

The Palm Pre was also introduced this week. Palm has done very well for themselves. The stock was under $1.50 in January, and 6 months later, Palm closed at over $14. I was able to get a small piece of the action, but I wish I bought some back in January…

Archos released a 9 inch tablet running Windows 7 on Thursday!!! This is a great device. I’ve been running Windows 7 in a VM and it is pretty fast. I’m sure the experience on this tablet is awesome. I’ve been wanting either an Archos 5 or a Nokia 810, but have been holding off. We just got a Dell Mini 9 and it runs great, but it would be nice to have an Archos 5 to carry in my pocket.

Anyway, I finally did order my Pre. I hope to have it this week to play with. I will also be installing Mac OS X on the Dell Mini 9. I’ll share how that goes later in the week.

~rb