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Palm Pre or iPhone? Which to Get?
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I wouldn't get either because one is on AT&T and the other is on Sprint. I'm with T-mobile and so is my entire family. If we were all on AT&T or Sprint, then that would be a different story.
But from what I've seen, I'd get the iPhone over the Palm Pre. It just looks so much entertaining and when I had it, it was so easy to use that a 10 year old could figure it out.
But from what I've seen, I'd get the iPhone over the Palm Pre. It just looks so much entertaining and when I had it, it was so easy to use that a 10 year old could figure it out.
It may be tough to buy a Pre. I think Palm is fighting to get it out the door before they have to file for bankruptcy.
Jessica Alba- well, that might make me get the Pre! I started this question and I think the more I look at Sprint the more convinced I am that the iPhone is the place to stay. I don't think, at least where I live, AT&T is bad at all and has a great network. Plus, I'm impressed with the potential being added for developers to the iPhone's OS 3.0- not cut and paste and things like that- the under the hood capabilities.
Finally, buying the Pre is a bet on Palm's surviving and thriving, something that is not by any means a sure thing right now. Plus, Palm lacks the huge cash resources and OS talent to continue to fund and foster innovation to a fraction of the degree as does Apple. It all adds up to a huge advantage for the iPhone going forward.
I hate to say it, but I will probably be standing in line there at 6:30 am to get a new one (even if AT&T doesn't give current 3G owners a break from full price) when it comes out just like I did with the 3G and the 2G. I can't resist a new toy.
Well too long to post here, but here is the report.
http://ces.cnet.com/8301-19167_1-10137746-100.html?tag=blogFeed
Oh yeah, even David Pogue thinks the Pre is awesome.
Even without the software, I can see the appeal of a physical keyboard. I like the iPhone touchscreen, but I could easily handle a real keyboard. The only thing, though, is I'd like to not have to always slide it out and have the option to use a touchscreen.
If that's does speak volumes as to the worth of that award i don't think anything does.
Pre:
Give us the award! but you can't touch it, or use it or fondle it or run the apps or......oh yeah and it ain't shipping yet and it does not have a price yet and its only going to run on Sprint...
Oh and it uses HTML <suck javascript> for its SDK..
Positively PRE-posterous is what i say to those award "judges"...
Oh and read this thread about one of their previous picks:
http://www.gsmarena.com/newscomm-685.php
The comments are great.
Well...that's probably because Apple never attends CES, they have in the past always opted to go to macworld instead.
I believe they plan to attend CES in 2010.
In any case, it's ridiculous to compare a not-yet-released device to a released device...we'll see when reviewers can hold them side by side.
Yeah, Team Sarah says go with the Pre and McCaine/Palin for the win in 2008.... lol
The Zero uses a blackberry.
Actually, if you'll review this thread you'll see a fair number of iphone users picked the pre. I don't blame them. Unless iPhone 3.0 has something we aren't seeing, i'd say that Apple has lost its best mobile engineers to Palm.
Saying it as someone who has no regrets over his iPhone 3G, I'd say the Palm Pre is a good looking device, so in terms of upgrading from the iPhone 2G I'd say its a hard choice. If you wouldn't mind switching carriers, I'd say give the Pre a go - but Sprint has fairly terrible coverage (where I've been).
In the South East and Mid Atlantic, sprint has great coverage but lousy costumer service.
The Pre looks nice, but the iPhone is the original, the one everyone else is trying to copy and with 3.0 coming out and rumors of new hardware I would wait to see what the iPhone looks like this summer before deciding.
Plus Pre is with Sprint, before I got my current BlackJack2 I was with Sprint and it was terrible. As much as some of you guys do not like ATT its leagues ahead of Sprint.
Plus Pre is with Sprint, before I got my current BlackJack2 I was with Sprint and it was terrible. As much as some of you guys do not like ATT its leagues ahead of Sprint.
A fair number of iPhone owners picked the Pre in a hypothetical question, reality may be different. We've seen this trend of PhoneXYZ is better in the threads before, none have yet to hold up to their hype. I'm glad to see phones like the Pre which will bring more innovation to the market. But I haven't seen anything stand out on the Pre. Multitasking has been one of the big hypes, but I haven't seen anything interesting or intensive multitasked in any demo. And I'd have to see javascript apps to know if Palm's app store will beat Apple's.
I've watched every Pre video I can find from CES -> late night talk shows -> phone reviews sites -> the usual tech sites - but I haven't seen anything impressive. Add that fact to the Sprint network and I'm not sure Pre will sustain any of its potential initial momentum.
Could someone who says "Choose Pre" please list why they think the Pre is better.