Palm Pre review - part 1 of 5

[lexusES350h]

I absolutley hated my prē! I had it for a year and i upgraded to a blackberry torch. Much better than a shitty ass pre! Bell doesnt even endorse them anymore! They took them off the shelves lol!

[StickmanShinobi]

this phone pretty much kinda sucks.... there is NO apps, i've had to take my battery out and clean it multiple times, the speaker is soo hard to hear when you have it in your pockets and you can't feel the vibrate. any thoughts?

[Seclusiion]

@StickmanShinobi lmfao, i'm 13, and i have this phone. I'm not careful with things but this has been a good phone for me :p

[policemofo]

i want to get this phone but the keyboard looks so bad...

should i get this or a blackberry curve 8530?

[guitardude996]

@policemofo blackberry curve=shit :)

[twisterspin24]

@policemofo keyboard u get used to it in a couple days i tried it out i fricken hated it but then i fell in love with it =)

[jazzmusicplayer]

so would any of you people say that this phone is fragile? and is this phone still good or is it outdated now?

[xAsianCloudx]

doesnt verizon have this phone too?

[kristofferpence]

does the new back and magnetic charger come with it?

[AlanJKarp]

@kristofferpence Only comes with the Pre Plus on Verizon not the Sprint version. Sprint is talking about getting a Plus version but it's unclear if it would have all the same features or boosted ones etc.

Personally, the Sprint Pre fails when compared to it's Verizon counterpart. Touchstone is also only $39 and no need for a back plate as it's stock to the phone.

[TheKermitthefrog1]

on my phone the key bored is really small so ill be use to that im thinking of getting this phone not sure im scared that during school if my packpack or something will tuch it and it will turn on but i think its a good phone

[katykat1515]

i noticed that you said the keyboard was really small, but i accually love it, i dont have the pre, but i have the centro, and its almost exaclty the same, i cant stand big bulky keyboards, im really hoping to get this for christmas(:

[Freshsource209]

CHECKOUT MY PRE' REVIEW

[whos56]

takin out the usb hole i put a lil pieace of string in and pull it out to open it :D

[kRAz13StAt1C]

does any one know if this phone has picture mail or do you have to get pictures the email like the gay ass iphone

[eloyADAN]

@kRAz13StAt1C this phone gets normal picture messages but only with mms i think (i mean you have to get a picture TEXT you cant get a picture with anything else in synergy i think lol) but yeah you get pics im pretty sure

[kRAz13StAt1C]

okay.. thats wat i needed to know thanks

[eloyADAN]

lol that seemed sarcrastic but if your not than your welcome

[fierwall5]

it gets picture mail because you have to get the simply everything plane or data plane to get the phone so ya you do get picture mail

[MriBackup]

It's not GSM it's CDMA

[ANGELC20]

i need help ima get a new phone for christmas and i am deciding on this phone the sidekick lx 09 and the lg env touch can someone help

[imtastybxtch]

.qet this one, im qettin the pixi

[fierwall5]

how about the touch pro 2 it is a good phone and if you plane on leaving the country then you can use it any were in the world it is a world phone hope this helps and also the htc hero very very very good phone

[prayfawind]

when is the unlocked version work with any GSM carrier coming out? i don't live in the US

[brainmangv]

it´s CDMA.

[fluffythedestroyer14]

does the email have push notifictation?

[FRESHKIDD215]

Damn u desribe the phone like a sexy women lol

"Soft curves''

[southsidefasho]

"Smooth Lines And Very Attractive Looking" lol

[SuperNoypii]

iPhone better

[dupasisme]

i actually work for apple and i own a iphone and a just got the pre and i have to own up to it.. the pre is better the iphone has more apps but shit its been out for years now...just give the pre some time...i honestly think that all of the iphone users are mad cuz the spent so much money on their phone and something better is out

[endospores]

there's lots of phones better than the iphone in many aspects, especially price. iPhone is a lifestyle device, not a business device. The pre is almost a business device but doesn't quite do it. You want a real business smartphone other than the blackberry, as much as it sucks you have to go windows mobile... the new treo pro, HTC tytn, etc.

[twiistedfatee13]

Lmao, I agree with you <333

[moviesunrated]

@dupasisme I'm not sure someone with grammar as shit as yours would work for Apple -_-

[icekillez]

@dupasisme not today because your comment has been around for 2 years

[Krauser4312]

haha he said he was def not a small guy lol thats kinda funny haha

[shadowmannnnn]

doesnt look like an iphone killer at all..

[back2schoolfool]

I like it more than my iPhone, just wish it was glass and had more apps.

[MsYolaK]

If I purchase a rubberised protective cover or Pre will I still be able to use the Touchstone w/ the protective cover on my Pre

[kmmaran]

the form factor does not appealing, the ID guys must come with different types of ideas..

[twssfilms007]

Nice editing at 5:12...

[Ksport07]

small keyboards aren't a big prob cuz it means the time moving frm one key to another is shorter like tht. but the keys shud take up as much space as available and fill in the gaps between them so tht they r big enuf.

[jellotime91]

Yeah and that's why the Pre's keyboard is lacking... honestly the on-screen keyboard on my iPhone is BIGGER and easier to use O_O not to mention the Pre lacks a large library of auto-corrections. The iPhone knows almost every word I am typing even names in art history that are hundreds of years old.

[iye0]

think about how long the iPhone has been around compared to the Pre....iPhone has been out for a good 3 years compared to the Pre which is a week old...

[jellotime91]

the iPhone hasn't even been out for 2 years yet.

And the Pre had the iPhone's entire life cycle to learn from it, not to mention head iPhone engineers working on the Pre. :/

[jellotime91]

And for what I mentioned iPhone has had that since day one. I don't see why 2 years later the Palm Pre can't put that in their software or UI.

[justclick29]

uhh the pre dosent need auto-corrections cuz you wont make mistakes because it has an actual keyboard dam fanboy its like people hate when something new comes out and its better than the one they have-grow up people and I use to like the iphone

[jellotime91]

Really? You won't make mistakes? I find that incredibly hard to believe and completely untrue. And what I am referring to is the fact that when I am typing a very long word the iPhone suggests the word it thinks it is and I can just press space instead of finishing typing the word. It also remembers the words I use often and suggests them while I am typing which delivers a quicker typing experience than any keyboard without that feature.

[mobileburn]

The keyboard corrects common mistakes, but as has been said, far less auto correction is needed for a hardware based keyboard than for a capacitive touchscreen based virtual keyboard. Capacitive touchscreens just aren't accurate enough to work well without auto-correction (though resistive works fine).

[jellotime91]

I think that's very biased. I find typing on the iPhone's screen to be a breeze because of less committment.And I'm willing to bet that the Palm Pre doesn't predict what you're going to type and allow you to press the space bar instead of finishing typing a really long word. iPhone (especially in 3.0) has a HUGE library of words and like I said even in a complicated field such as art history where most dictionaries even in desktop OSs don't even know the word, iPhone knows the words I am using.

[zorkor]

Typing on iPhone sucks man. I find the physical keyboard to be much much better than any virtual or software keyboard. Thats the main reason I went and bought a Nokia E71 and that will be the main reason I will buy a Palm Pre. Also the main reason I sold my iPhone after using it for few months.

Seems like Palm has got the right formula now, they just need to market it a little more.

[jellotime91]

good thing in your second reply you said "in my opinion" or at least "imo".

What I meant by bias is that everyone has a bias and it is their own opinions. Saying "you make less mistakes on a physical keyboard" doesn't make sense because not everyone is the same.

[mobileburn]

You should look up the word bias then. Opinion does not equal bias. I test tons of phones, use far more. I don't even own a Pre, though I have an iPod touch. I don't have an anti-touchscreen or anti-Apple agenda. My statement about hardware keyboards does make sense. Again, not agreeing with something doesn't mean it doesn't make sense. My opinion is based on 7.5 years of reviewing phones, and the actual use of hundreds of them - as well as discussing them with many other phone reviewers.

[mobileburn]

Apple's on-screen keyboard is probably state of the art for capacitive touchscreens, but a virtual-keyboard on an equally large resistive touchscreen (ie. HTC Touch HD) is still easier for most people to use. And a physical keyboard is, once again, much easier for most people to use - in spite of the fact that you personally might prefer the virtual keyboard.

[jellotime91]

I prefer the capacitive keyboard only because Apple has an amazing word dictionary in the iPhone that other phones just can't match for some stupid reason. Also I like how every key is not such a commitment to press. And as of now there are no multi-touch pressure sensitive screens on any phone in the market, so typing fast on a pressure-sensitive screen would be like trying to type fast on the Storm's click screen. Doesn't work.

I just prefer a soft touch to a hard press.

[pinkfloyddwc]

3.0 iphone software has the horizontal keyboard making it much easier to type... MUCH easier...

I like palm but as cool as this may have been before the iphone it's just lagging behind now .... i'm curious to see if it has proper multitouch or not... I'll watch on :)

[lolsa123]

i dont think it do have a "good" multitouch

that works so smoth as iphone/ipod

[pinkfloyddwc]

yeah that's what i'm worried about... i develop apps for the iphone and i know how extremely responsive the screen is... even with 5 fingers on the screen at the same time.

[lolsa123]

sounds kinda fun to develop apps for iphone =)

[pinkfloyddwc]

oh it's a blast...

:)

got some videos on my profile

[evilhugbear]

supposedly it has just as good, if not better multitouch

[lolsa123]

problary not, no

[back2schoolfool]

Eh I own both. I wouldn't say better at all. Sensitivity is just as good but the plastic display makes it worse than the iPhone's glass display. I like not worrying about scratches with my iPhone.

[bigwood212]

it looks small because they dont use the top of the screen they put a black bar there with a status indicator for the battery and signal. I would rather they make the picture go under the indicators

[NiceTubeAccount]

sorry, I don't like it... but the power supply is interesting idea overall...

[Kid0Heat]

pretty good phone

[Plau85]

Hope the pre will come soon to Europe!

[mobileburn]

I expect you will hear an announcement fairly soon. Seems likely headed to O2/Telefonica.

[Plau85]

Have heard same, but I live up north :) No O2 and so on.

[mrcraggle]

I've been waiting on the Pre since its announcement at CES and if O2 get it then I guess that'd kill any hype for me. I get terrible reception from them in my area plus they area very expensive. They're cheapest Tarriff for the iPhone 3GS(chose this because roughtly same production cost) on 18 months is £29.38 a month, 75 mins and 125 texts and you have to pay £184.98 16GB or £274.23 for 32GB. O2 is the UK equivalant to AT&T so if they had both I just think it'd be unfair.

[KoukiFC3S]

When the slider is open you can press the space bar instead of the power button.

[mobileburn]

Right, but you can't press the space bar to turn it off or to place the phone into airplane mode.

[haaaaaaaaaaaaamza]

WOW .. But the problem like the Nokia E71 and E72 ... Small buttons!!!

[crumcon]

i wish the the screen was 3'3 - 3'5

[mobileburn]

I agree, while 3.1" is not particularly small, it *feels* small on the Pre for some reason.

[rmappita]

Very Nice!

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