Comments on: Review: Palm Pre

By: Mark

Mark — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 04:30:36 +0000

LOL, Iphone zombies and palm zombies are funny including this review. I have 3 pre’s in my family and in no way could they cut through skin. I laugh everytime I hear that line. They are both great phones that will continue to evolve for the betterment of all of us. Most of you are biased one way or the other. Sprint is great for me. I have 5 phones unlimited data, text, sprint tv, navigation, locator to locate my kids 1500 min family plan and a 205 a month bill. I dont know of a better plan, but I love my phone as does my wife and son. So you zombies keep battling, its funny.

By: barry rutherford

barry rutherford — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 15:38:57 +0000

Ive had an Apple Iphone 3G (32GB) for three weeks now. Hard to believe a celphone can hold 32 gigabites. ten years ago most would have never predicted it. Anyway ive been very happy so far except the carrier here in Australia Telstra I belive is charging way too much for downloads Ive alread clocked up over $100 in downloads mainly pocasting radio shows. I get the bit about calls dropping out ithink Apple should really address that apparent faoult other than that the application are so easy to handle, the keyboard is great even for my big fingers…

By: pj

pj — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 23:35:09 +0000

Open letter to Palm Pre product manager:

I am a palm user since inception.
I think you did a huge mistake by not including
Palm Desktop and local sync. for Palm Pre.

As a hardcore fan I suggest changing your plan and commit to support
a desktop sync. mechanism for Pre (ideally with Palm Desktop).

Then announce the plan and quickly allocation resources
to get that done as soon as possible.

It will cost you losing the battle to rivals if you don’t act quickly.

- A disappointed fan!

By: Daryll

Daryll — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 08:48:26 +0000

What a beautiful review of the iPhone 3G.

By: stevo101

stevo101 — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 05:00:28 +0000

i dont know about spring but i get a lot better service with sprint in my area!!

By: stevo101

stevo101 — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 03:44:22 +0000

i don’t get why there is a cult following when it comes to apple, i haven’t seen this many groupies for a single company before!! anything apple poops out they love!!

i have apple products mac book, ipod, i wont get the iphone because it is locked down to whatever apple wants you to have so they don’t lose out on revenue for example not allowing flash! if they had flash then people might not buy as many apps/games so they feel that should be off limits!!(just my theory apples fan boy back off me)

i hate company’s like that if it has the capability then let it be!! its not like flash is this bad thing for the phone that apple is keeping it off limits! (that’s also why i hate Verizon they are always locking down there phones!!) its really sad to see these apple fan boys i sometimes wonder if they are all there upstairs O_0!!!

i have a friend that works at apple eats drink apple he talks about apples non stop!!! apple can not make a mistake every thing they do is for the good of the apple followers can you say cult!?!?!! bunch of morons if you ask me!

moral of the story im getting a pre!! f#$@ iphone! not apple i like some of there stuff!!

By: Matt Dewey

Matt Dewey — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 15:46:44 +0000

I have been seriously thinking about the Pre and it’s based more on the price of service than anything else. I currently have a T-Mobile Dash (almost three years old) and a 32 GB iPod Touch.

I love the full keyboard of the Dash and I would be completely satisfied with the Dash 3G, however the device is $169 (they apparently dropped the one year contract option for $50 more) and now require a data plan with all smartphones.

My current calling plan is the loyalty unlimited that runs $50 a month and I pay $15 for unlimited texting, I rely on WiFi for my data consumption so I get by for about $73 a month with all of the taxes and fees. To get the new Dash 3G would run me $169 plus replacing the $15 texting plan with a $35 unlimited data/texting plan so I would be looking at around $92 a month all said.

For me breaking $75 a month for my cell phone is a pretty tough barrier to get past, this is what has kept me from getting an iPhone as a comparable plan would likely push me over $100.

The Pre at $70 a month for 450 minutes plus unlimited data/text/nav seems like an awesome deal especially since the majority of my minutes are used after 6 p.m. and apparently Sprint nights and weekends start at 7.

On my iPod Touch I only use a handful of apps and they are all from companies that will likely release their app on all of the major app stores (Facebook, Yelp, Bloomberg, Twitter, Livestrong, Yahoo, Evernote and Public Radio).

If there are even 1 million webOS devices out there it seems like it would greatly benefit you to be one of the first developers as you can probably get your app on the majority of the devices as opposed to the iPhone that has incredible competition.

Does anyone have any comments about Spring service?

By: fb533909135

Mon, 06 Jul 2009 18:19:31 +0000

Before any of you leave your iPhones, check this article out!!!!

This alone would keep me from ever buying a Pre!!!

What can it do when not connected to the internet, nothing!!!!

http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/news/2009/07/taking-flight-why-the-iphone-still-beats-pre-for-air-travel.ars

By: Rick

Rick — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 21:15:38 +0000

I touch the contacts with my tongue and it kinda felt like 1 amp :) …. Thnx for the info kP

By: Bryan

Bryan — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 19:01:03 +0000

But do realize Apple isn’t stupid, they will see this and nip it in the butt. Especially with Steve back behind the wheel!!!!

By: Bryan

Bryan — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 18:59:26 +0000

Multitasking is the the ONLY advantage I have seen with the pre, unless u need to have a physical keyboard, but if you give the virtual one a chance, you will never go back to a regular one.

By: Jason W

Jason W — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 18:49:46 +0000

Yes, you can. Think of the Pre as being more computer-like (multiple applications, multiple windows) than traditional single-task-phone-like.

By: c4rlob

c4rlob — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 18:47:31 +0000

Saw your post about streaming radio. Thanks – that makes sense. Can you run multiple text message windows at the same time on the Pre? or multiple email windows at the same time? that would seem to be useful multi-tasking.

By: Bryan

Bryan — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 18:18:34 +0000

If your in the middle of an email and u get a text, you have to leave the email and go to text screen. Also having a streaming audio app in the background is nice. I agree, the iphone needs multitasking.

By: c4rlob

c4rlob — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 17:28:46 +0000

The Pre’s ability to swipe the touchscreen to advance tracks sounds cool.
But actually the iPhone has that beat in user-friendliness and cool factor. You can advance or rewind tracks just by clicking the mic on the iPhone earbuds! And that’s been around since 2007.
Do the Pre earbuds even include a mic for phone calls or volume control? Hmmm.

By: c4rlob

c4rlob — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 17:08:29 +0000

Everyone keeps saying the Pre multi-tasking is awesome. But I’ve yet to hear one person ever describe HOW multi-tasking is awesome?
What are these multiple apps that you’re running simultaneously?
In what way has multi-tasking made life easier for you?
What particular problem has multi-tasking solved for you?

By: Bryan

Bryan — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 12:04:52 +0000

OK, so i went to the sprint store and played with a Pre. Here are my thoughts:

Pre’s only plus is multitasking. However, the only use I found for that was streaming music. Also, the device is slow in opening applications, especially to the iPhone 3GS.

Manufacturing Quality – The pre feels cheap, the iphone feels solid. It is very clear, what I mena go pick up both device you can tell the difference.

Touchscreen – The Pre’s touchscreen is made of plastic, the iPhones is made of glass. The quality difference is HUGE!!! The model I used of the Pre at a scratch on the screen already, it very easily scratchable whereas the iPhone is not. Also, the touchscreen is not very responsive to your finger. The Pre always felt it was behind what my finger was telling it to do by a second or two. With the iphone it is super responsive.

Apps – There where only a few apps available.

Overall – I think the Pre has potential, but it is not up to par with the iPhone yet. I will be very interested in seeing what happens in the next year!!! Good Luck trying to one-up Apple. Anyone who does not think that Apple will allow multitasking in the next release of the software is dumb. They know its the one thing that palm can tout it can do and the the iPhone can’t. I’d be shocked if they don’t kill that thought very quickly in a 3.1 or 3.2 release. 4.0 i predict will bring big changes to the iPhone UI.

By: Jason W

Jason W — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 16:33:00 +0000

Yes, they will give you 30 days to use and return the phone and cancel your contract if you don’t like the phone.

By: Bryan

Bryan — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 16:30:02 +0000

Once you get use to the virtual keyboard, its hard to go back to real ones. The iphone is soo good at fixing your mistypes it is unreal. You have to have this trust that it will fix a mistype.

The MLB app is awesome. You also have a greta app called sportstacular that is awesome for sports store. The iPhone 3GS speed is unreal. As for multitasking, for IM’s you can use the push notifications. and now in the new version if your in the middle of something in a app and call comes in, it brings u right back to the point in the app you were in.

I also truly believe that Apple will allow background apps on the 3gs. I am only using like 128-135 MB of RAM, with 100+ free. So I think they will give you the opportunity to run certain apps in the background eventually. And if you really want to run background apps, you can jailbreak the iphone 3gs ;-)

You can always go get a iphone 3gs, but dont port your number, u have 14 days to return and cancel the service without a penalty.

By: fb503036434

Fri, 26 Jun 2009 16:19:27 +0000

Very tempted to early adopt a Pre (in fact, I put myself on the waiting list, one is in with my name on it). Here’s the dilemma – Sprint contract is up this August freeing me to go iPhone 3Gs… but I’m not sold on touchscreen typing (but like everything else about the iPhone). iPhone supports MLB.TV (will the Pre? unknown). But Pre has a keyboard (even if inferior to my existing Treo and BBs). Most interesting Pre is multitasking – and after playing with one in a Sprint store for about 30 minutes I get it and like it… but battery life concerns seem to be real. But Sprint all-in data/voice/messaging is much cheaper than AT&T. Tough tradeoffs.

So it comes down to this – if Sprint will let me go for a Pre with the ability to return AND not be stuck with 2 years of Sprint if I do return I’ll likely go for it… otherwise I’m going into a holding pattern.

By: Matt Burns Weed

Matt Burns Weed — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 17:49:48 +0000

“high profile blogger”? I haven’t laughed that hard in years. Wake up, dude. You can barely pass as a high school news paper half asses hack writer. Your shit is jumbled and schitzoid. Try proofreading and editing, the stream of conscienceness crap just doesn’t cut it. I give it a low profile D-.

By: Bryan

Bryan — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 21:04:04 +0000

Let’s have this discussion in a year when the Pre2 is out and the 4th Gen iPhone. Pre will be lucky to have 1M units and iPhones will have over 20M, Apple must be doing something right without MMS, FLASH, and being on AT&T.

And the speed on the iPhone 3GS blows away any smart phone on the market!!!

By: Mike

Mike — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 20:09:15 +0000

What kind of logic is that?

When the very first iPhone came out, how many other app stores were already out?

How many other smartphones were as easy and intuitive to use as the iPhone? Android wasn’t released. Windows mobile is a joke.

You can’t compare the marketplace two years ago to the marketplace now. That’s ridiculous.

Its the same thing some people say, you can’t compare the Pre to the iPhone because the iPhone has a 2 year head start. Righhhtttt… customers will say, hmm… I won’t buy what I think is the best out there right now I will see compare the iPhone from 2 years ago to the Pre now and then decide which is better. LOL.

By: Matty

Matty — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 19:03:43 +0000

I love this review. It speaks to me. I get it.

It may be cool to own everything first, but as most of my friends and I agree – I’ll wait for the 2nd or 3rd gen before I drop some change, and of course change carriers since no one in their right minds uses anything other than Verizon.

By: Jason W

Jason W — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 19:02:15 +0000

Nothing is an iPhone killer. And this phone isn’t being advertised as such (unlike the failure that was the Instinct, which was explicitly compared to the iPhone — stupid marketing). It’s being advertised as a totally different animal.

The iPhone has its place. Blackberry has its place. WinMo as well. Android (may) have a place. And Pre has the potential to have its place too. One will not kill the others. And competition and diversity — a good thing for the market in the end.

Even though there are some idiots who think everyone should use only Apple products… that would in the end be a disaster for everyone.