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Porn producers are getting very excited about the impending launch of the Pre, the new "Jesus" phone that could save Palm (remember them?) from extinction. Kim Kysar, brand manager Pink Visual, told AVN that while porn companies have generally been thrilled with the iPhone because it's actually allowed them to develop some mobile content in North America, they're really jazzed about the upcoming Pre, which will launch in the U.S. through Sprint any time now, and with Bell in Canada in the second half of this year. Kysar says:

The iPhone single-handedly opened up new horizons for American mobile porn, and we positioned ourselves to take advantage of the opportunity by keeping our eyes and ears open when the iPhone was still in development. We heard some of the buzz that was floating around prior to the iPhone’s release and thought to ourselves, ‘This is going to be big.' ... We’re by no means losing sight of the iPhone market, but we are definitely looking ahead to the impact of the Palm Pre, and ensuring that our sites are compatible with the Pre and other new devices that are soon to be released.

Pink Visual, you may remember, is experimenting with 3D porn on the iPhone in conjunction with a technology made by Toronto-based Spatial View. So why are they so excited about the Pre? Well, when it comes to the iPhone, porn companies have been relegated to simply designing websites or video that works well with its web browser - but they've been completely shut out of designing special downloadable software for its app store. In fact, never mind porn - Apple's iron-fisted lording over of its app store has ticked off countless developers, including Nine Inch Nails' Trent Reznor.

The Pre, as its product manager told me back in January, will have a two-tiered app store - one that will feature Palm-approved downloadable software, and another one that will be wide open, which means the porn folks will finally have an outlet for specialized apps. The only question is: how long will it last before someone - probably Sprint or Bell - clamps down from the controversy this is guaranteed to cause? Or will the Pre once and for all establish that our cellphones are our own personal property and we should be allowed to put whatever we want on them, regardless of what the cellphone carriers and manufacturers think?