Palm Pre

[GenoG]

Re: Palm Pre

Going to wait until it goes to Verizon. When it does $199 will be well worth it!

[Heelfan71]

Re: Palm Pre

like the phone but only 8gb.

[Pared]

Re: Palm Pre

Tons of glowing reviews aside for:

-Battery Life
-Keyboard (love it or hate it, keys are too small)
-Much touted universal search can't search email
-Slow at times. Apparently no indication the phone is working on a user request so it looks like it just freezes.
-Need a google account for desktop sync (this one sounds fishy)

Overall, people love the size of the phone, the multi-tasking/notifications are brilliant and the synergy of information is well done.

No flash and no video recording. App Catalog apparently sucks too, but that should get better over time.

[TheMatrix31]

Re: Palm Pre

Flash and video recording should be out by the end of the year. Latter is speculation, but they've pretty much confirmed that Flash will be available at some point.

Precentral.net has their EXTENSIVE review up, pretty unbiased actually, very fair in criticism.

http://www.precentral.net/palm-pre-review

The forums (http://discussion.treocentral.com/palm-pre/) are an amazing wealth of information.

Cannot wait til Saturday!

[Acid]

Re: Palm Pre

I'm actually getting this for free through a connection, but I'll just have to wait a few weeks.

Can't wait.

[TheMatrix31]

Re: Palm Pre

What a bitch, John!

Hopefully I can get my hands on one tomorrow.

[stiffarmleft]

Re: Palm Pre

What a bitch, John!

Hopefully I can get my hands on one tomorrow.

Are you going to Best Buy or going through Sprint. If I can get it at midnight through Sprint.com, I may go that route, I can't be at Best Buy when it opens because of a soccer game.

[RoyalBoyle78]

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sucky looking keyboard, my fingers and hands are huge, this would never work.

[TheMatrix31]

Re: Palm Pre

Are you going to Best Buy or going through Sprint. If I can get it at midnight through Sprint.com, I may go that route, I can't be at Best Buy when it opens because of a soccer game.

My bro wants to go to Best Buy because that's where we got our Instincts last year. I don't know though. I'm worried about inventory, plus the fact that if we don't get one at BB, Sprint stores open two hours earlier and might be completely wiped out by then.

[Pared]

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[Pared]

Re: Palm Pre

http://www.precentral.net/lining-pre

LOL

[Pared]

Re: Palm Pre

http://www.crazyhawt.com/2009/06/06/palm-pre-waiting-in-line-first-impressions/

Some great first impressions for you guys. Coming from an ex-iPhone user too.

Synergy seems to be all or nothing, meaning everyone you have ever emailed (GMail) will become a contact. That's pretty damn scary.

[loccdogg26]

Re: Palm Pre

It looks nice but I may hold out. Since I work at Target you get 20% off through Verizon and Sprint services. 10% from T-Mobile (which I currently have) Just have to keep my options open for the time being.

[TheMatrix31]

Re: Palm Pre

I'm sure that'll be fixed, the contacts issue I mean.

I'm really pissed at the supply disparity from Palm/Sprint.

I didn't get one.

[stiffarmleft]

Re: Palm Pre

I'm sure that'll be fixed, the contacts issue I mean.

I'm really pissed at the supply disparity from Palm/Sprint.

I didn't get one.

I didn't get one either, I wasn't about to wait in line for a phone, i'll wait. I think they are intentionally holding back stock to build demand, bastards!