Copy and Paste & MMS are what we call "Joke Features".
They are features which, for some reason, very whiny people have clung too and insisted are "missing" from the iphone. Fact is, they are so incredibly useless that when you think about it for long enough, you realize it must be joke that people can't live without these things. I mean after all there are 20 ways to send a picture to someone with the iPhone, and....copy and paste....seriously? what novel are you typing...and then suddenly realizing you're in notes instead of mail?
I've thought it over and over and you'd have to be a total moron to "need" either of these features on the iPhone. If these are the "features" of this new Palm that set it apart from the iPhone, that make it better than the iPhone, then that is a hilarious joke.
And Street View is a very,
very useful feature that I have used
never. I guess I dont need MMS, just like I dont need anything other than something that will place calls, but considering how much the iPhone costs, why is Apple being so stubborn and not putting in fscking MMS? That feature would have been useful
for me (and other people, as this thread proves)
multiple times, unlike Street View, which has
never been useful for me.
If the iPhone is so beautiful why are there so many covers, cases and skins so readily available? I can't see non-iphone users buying these cases so that lends me to believe that iphone users are buying such items.
Just a thought.
Because people will put a case on anything, especially when its expensive.
Web apps return!
Um, no. Theyre not running off a web server. Theyre more like widgets, actually.
This Palm Pre, while it may be able to claim similar features, is simply an attempt to "catch up" to the iPhone, and it still falls far short. Consumers rightfully should be annoyed by products that attempt to "catch up" to another because its obviously a ham-handed attempt at money grabbing.
There is no attempt at greatness here. Just an attempt to mimic well enough to covert some sales. That in itself is recognizable and "insulting" to users who understand the difference between real innovation and mockery.
Right, and the iPhone
isnt a ham-handed attempt at money grabbing. Thats why Apple lowered the price and now theyre making money hand-over-fist. Its called capitalism: the point is to make money.
Had you paid attention to some of the coverage, you would have seen that unlike RIM, which rushed the BB Storm to get an iPhone competitor out, Palm is actually tweaking and paying close attention to user-experience on the Pre.
But I guess according to you, car companies are also at fault since they copy the same basic design ideas from each other.
Much like what a Mac user is missing in computer tech these days.
And as a pro multimedia producer/journalist, the new 17" MBP is a bit upsetting when comparing price and features. But that's going off topic, so I apologize for bringing it up.
Mmm, Im (genuinely) curious as to what a Mac user is missing in computer tech, and what youd expect/want in the 17" MBP for its current price.
Palm pre sucks because it's just another knock off that has the features the iphone hasn't incorporated and people want.
Um... what? The Pre sucks because it does what the iPhone does
plus the features people want?
