Palm Pre to Launch June 6th Priced at $199.99

It's all about the (lack of) a robust App Store

Um, after any whiz-bang stuff the Pre has to offer, I then must ask...

App Store supported by the iTunes platform/audience???!!

Good luck with that, Palm.
 
kajitox said:
I'm pretty excited to see it released. I happen to agree that it will probably push innovation;
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"push innovation" :) Yes actually in the area of push specifically I think it will innovate, and I don't mean that jokingly. If the Pre can do background processes without hurting the battery too much and is at least a bit popular, I'm sure the iPhone will follow, or push technology will expand in some meaningful, competitive way.
 
Warbrain said:
No, we cannot all agree that Verizon has the best coverage. It sucks in Chicago.

at&t is great in Chicago.

Sprint is awful in Chicago.

The only correct part of your post is the last sentence. It all depends on where you live and travel. You cannot just assume that Verizon has the best coverage because it doesn't.
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Sprint is great in chicago. Check your cell phone, as that makes a big difference. I have never had one dropped call or coverage problem in chicago.
 
Gakusei said:
AT&T has good coverage here, but then again, AT&T is headquartered in Dallas. :p
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I'm less than a mile from a huge AT&T building in Sacramento but I get only okay reception ... weird, huh? What's even weirder is that the AT&T building is at least 6 stories tall and has no windows ... :/
 
cthielen said:
They probably can't double the money exactly, but they make up for it with all the rebates that aren't mailed in or lack eligibility (people mailing them in too late, etc.)
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Ah, so a high yield account plus the money they keep from unclaimed (or "dishonored") rebates and they get closer to 100% return? Interesting.
 
Warbrain said:
I never said anything about people not talking about the Pre when the iPhone is released and 3.0 is out to the masses. What I said is that Palm and Sprint will die and the Pre will be a failure. People will talk about it...but it'll be about how badly this whole thing was executed.

I think you're getting me mixed up with someone else.
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Yup, I am. My bad. I don't think the Pre will be a failure. Look at the Storm, its not a great phone and sits right behind the iPhone in quarterly sales. Same goes for the G-1. People talk about how badly the iPhone was executed, though its only bad for the consumer and absolutely fantastic for Apple.;)
 
zelet said:
It stores the data locally but syncs with Google, Exchange, and Facebook plus the API allows for other companies to produce sync ability. The Pre combines all your data logically while keeping the data separate on the respective services. So you don't get a bunch of crap from Facebook mixed in with your Exchange contacts. So you see them together but sync them separately.
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Right, which is utterly useless to me since all my contacts are stored on my Mac. While I do have a Facebook account, I have zero interest in putting my real contacts and calendar info into "the cloud". Unless I can sync the Pre with my Mac, it's useless to me.
 
WannaGoMac said:
Sprint is great in chicago. Check your cell phone, as that makes a big difference. I have never had one dropped call or coverage problem in chicago.
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Brand new BlackBerrys have this issue. All our Sprint phones are terrible, both new and old.
 
iPhone killer?

Wake me up when it has the sheer amount of apps (games/utilities...etc etc) the iPhone has. So for the time being, a big fat yaaaaaaaaawn.
 
thetexan said:
I'm a current iPhone 3G user who will be switching to the Pre on release day. My main reason for the switch is AT&T, and their lack of a 3G signal when their coverage map says I'm in the middle of 3G coverage. Oh, and the countless dropped calls too. Dog Sprint all you want, their network at least where I live is one of the best in my opinion. Not to mention I get 450 minutes with unlimited text, data, navigation, MMS, and nights that start at 7pm for a little less than $55 a month.

The Pre is simply the first WebOS phone being released, there are rumors of two more slated for release before the end of the year in two different form factors. The Palm "Pixie" will be released on Sprint and AT&T this fall.

Look you insecure fanboys, nothing will kill the iPhone, nothing. However nothing will kill RIM, nothing will kill WM devices, and nothing will kill Symbian. They're still around and doing very great two almost three years after the iPhone's release. With as great as the iPhone is, they weren't able to put a single phone platform out of business. Palm never touted WebOS as an iPhone killer, they are simply going after the fast growing market of smart phone users.
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Gotta love the way you start with a perfect reasonable stance (AT&T coverage doesn't work well for me, so I'll try the Pre), and build to the typical (idiotic) ad-hominem attack ('fanboys' is soooooo old, dude).
Stick to your first approach and someone may take you seriously.

(ps... when Palm comes out with an app dev environment that is more than web-enabled Hypercard, call me.)
 
TheSlush said:
Um, after any whiz-bang stuff the Pre has to offer, I then must ask...

App Store supported by the iTunes platform/audience???!!

Good luck with that, Palm.
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There used to be a ton of apps for Palm OS, and unless it's difficult to develop for, I imagine a lot of them will return. Looks like they already have Documents to Go up and running on webOS. I imagine they'll have fewer gimmick apps than the iPhone (iFart or whatever), and will mainly have the more useful apps that also appear on iPhone (SplashID, Pandora, Fandango, etc).

cthielen said:
I'm less than a mile from a huge AT&T building in Sacramento but I get only okay reception ... weird, huh? What's even weirder is that the AT&T building is at least 6 stories tall and has no windows ... :/
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That building's a central office. That's where all the local landlines are switched. :)
 
diamond.g said:
Wont happen. Especially since AT&T has no reason to.
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I guess I'll have to wait 1 more year for my AT&T contract to expire. Tell them I'm going to Sprint's Palm Pre because I get unlimited texting for the same $69.99 and then have them give me the same deal on my AT&T account :)
 
Gakusei said:
There used to be a ton of apps for Palm OS, and unless it's difficult to develop for, I imagine a lot of them will return. Looks like they already have Documents to Go up and running on webOS. I imagine they'll have fewer gimmick apps than the iPhone (iFart or whatever), and will mainly have the more useful apps that also appear on iPhone (SplashID, Pandora, Fandango, etc).


That building's a central office. That's where all the local landlines are switched. :)
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And you know they will have less of the so called "gimmick apps" because?
 
bruinsrme said:
Built-in compass isn't their an app for that?
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A true compass requires hardware support that the current iPhones don't have, but apparently the new iPhones will. What you're probably thinking of are apps which use the location information from the GPS to show you which direction you're moving in, by tracking your changing location. That only works though if you're moving, and even then it only tells you which direction you're moving in, not which direction the iPhone is pointing. If you stand still, then you have no compass functionality at all.
 
JMax1 said:
Some people never mail in the rebate to claim their money back. This way they can say they sell it for less, but often pocket the difference. Kind of smart.
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Sly is more like it! Like a weasel--))) Also, one here pays the full amount and Tax on the total which you never get back and then one has the pleasure of waiting months for their rebate check to arrive. In the interim IM sure they collect interest on the large pool of money in their rebate fund.
 
Sigh... My AT&T contract comes up this June and I really don't know what to do. I LOVE my iPhone (1st gen) and would love a new one, but I really don't like AT&T's pricing.
I need maybe 150MB a month, unlimited texts, and 300 minutes
if I could get that for 50.00 a month I would be peachy happy to buy a new phone and sign a two year contract.

but if the Pre can do 'enough' of what I want, that may be the ticket.
I don't really care about the cost of the device itself, it's the monthly cost that I care about
 
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