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why would anybody get a pre now?
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Agreed, most users aren't concerned with runnng 10 applications at once on a 3 inch screen like some people want us to believe. The iPhone can multitask, it just can't multitask with 3rd party apps. If I need to run 10 apps, I would rather do it on my laptop. Running 1 or 2 apps at a time is good for most people. Marketing your whole phone basiaclly on multitasking isn't that big. Most of the Pre buyers are existing Sprit buyers, the Pre doesn't have as big of a cachet to attract other customers from other carriers. The only reason it's getting this much attention is because it's bring compared to the iPhone. On the news one sprint buyer buyin t said main reason he
wants one is because Sprint have an iPhone killer of their own. The iPhone ecosystem is too entreched for most iPhone owners to even consider switching.
Perhaps multitasking is as important to some as having a gazillion foreign langauages built into your phone's os is to others . . . 
The iPhone didn't have most of the things on your list for years. And yet people still bought it, even though other phones had (and have) better specs. People also continued to buy Blackberries, Windows Mobile, Android and other devices.
Some reasons to get a Pre?
Well, you can save money with Sprint, up to $1200 if you need unlimited talk. And Navigation is included free, as are TV shows.
You get a phone that not every metrosexual or teen girl is carrying around.
You get background multitasking, great with Pandora.
If you're a fan of vertical sliders, and/or need a keyboard, it's a good choice.
Just as with the iPhone for at least a year, the Pre will take time to gain apps. I have no doubt some slick and useful ones are on the way.
The phone will also end up on ATT and Verizon. This bodes well for accessories and future apps.
I picked up a Pre today in the store and have you ever seen those plastic kids toy cell phones? That's what the Pre reminds me of. And I thought the reviews were joking about the edge being sharp. That thing is ridiculous, as soon as you push up the keyboard that bottom edge will slice your finger off if you aren't careful.
I think the Pre has a good OS, but it is hampered by bad hardware design personally.
If the Pre was designed more like a Nokia N97, I would seriously consider it. I like the Nokia's form factor, just not Symbian OS.
I think the Pre has a good OS, but it is hampered by bad hardware design personally.
If the Pre was designed more like a Nokia N97, I would seriously consider it. I like the Nokia's form factor, just not Symbian OS.
If what you say is not exaggeration or hyperbole, then it will be a plaintiff lawyers dream come true.
You and Palm Pimp should just PM each other endlessly instead of posting this **** on the boards.
Your obsessions with the phones that people purchase is beyond sane.
Good phone or not, I believe Palm should seriously consider hiring a new hardware designer. Pre just does not look attractive. Maybe the former Pontiac designer who designed Aztec is now with Palm.
Ha, oh that's mean
I love its pebble shape... very comfortable in the hand. But yeah, it sure needs a slightly different design for the slider. Make it feel luxurious like the Samsung i730 vertical slider did. It was a joy opening that one.
Good phone or not, I believe Palm should seriously consider hiring a new hardware designer. Pre just does not look attractive. Maybe the former Pontiac designer who designed Aztec is now with Palm.
Nope, the Aztec designer would have made it angular . . . the Pre smacks of Chris Bangle, formerly of BMW . . but it lacks the iDrive knob.
Oh the irony.
It's no different than buying an iPhone because it's popular. You'd be making a purchasing decision based on what other people are doing in either case.
Funny we bring up money with the purchase of the phone but immediately dismiss away the close to 2000 dollars we spend extra over a two year period(yes i've done the math).
I pray the iphone goes to Sprint so i can get on a real 3G network and save some serious cash in the process.
Have you seen the math with the unlimited plans?
You'd save 1200 in a two year period with their simply everything plan over the ATT plan and close to 2000 with the family plans. It's not even close man. I could care less about purchase price, it's all about the monthly dollars that we all spend where we get screwed.
You'd save 1200 in a two year period with their simply everything plan over the ATT plan and close to 2000 with the family plans. It's not even close man. I could care less about purchase price, it's all about the monthly dollars that we all spend where we get screwed.
iPhone w/ ATT would cost me about $1000 more over the 2 year contract. I'm considering the Pre b/c I'm on Sprint and have great service with them. Also because there are a lot of positive reviews out for it. After a couple software updates from Palm it'll be very close to the iPhone in terms of functionality. I also prefer the form factor of the Pre - it seems to fit in your pocket better.
My cousin had the HTC Touch for a while and she just updated to the Palm Pre. Last week she was so excited as she was telling me that she would be purchasing the Pre soon. Yesterday she came over and I saw that she had purchased the Pre so I asked her what she thought about it. She didn't seem to excited; she actually kind of missed her HTC Touch, but she said she just needed time to get used to it. I played around with it for a while, and I like the interface, but it's just so sluggish!
The internet was painfully slow on it as well, but I'm assuming it's just the coverage in my area. I don't understand why she won't just get an iPhone. She seems pretty anti-Apple though. She's always justifying her Windows machine and trying to tell how her HTC Touch could MMS and Copy and Paste while my iPhone couldn't.
The internet was painfully slow on it as well, but I'm assuming it's just the coverage in my area. I don't understand why she won't just get an iPhone. She seems pretty anti-Apple though. She's always justifying her Windows machine and trying to tell how her HTC Touch could MMS and Copy and Paste while my iPhone couldn't.
More like mehtitasking. I seriously couldn't care less about multitasking. Especially now that we have push notification.
Palm has a longer history than Apple in corporate sales. So I think that is where Palm will get most of their sales. More people will be issues a Pre at work, but more people will buy an iphone for themselves.
Actually its BB devices that are replacing Palm devices. Palm is losing big time in the corporate market.
I think that the Pre is a better fit for certain people. Not all networks work well in all places. In some places Sprint might have the best coverage while AT&T or Verizon are better in other places.
For me, I haven't gotten an iPhone because where I live AT&T has awful coverage and it wouldn't be worth it for me. If it were on Verizon, I'd probably have it already. So for people with better coverage from Sprint, the Pre makes sense.
And of course there are the people with this pure hatred for Apple for whatever reason who are desperately hoping for a phone truly better than the iPhone to surface. I think that if you were to go phone vs. phone, the iPhone wins. It has the iTunes integration, which includes the 50,000 apps. It just does so much more. Now it has video as well as more memory at the same price point.
The iPhone spurred a big change in the way phones are made. The Pre, Storm, G1 and Instinct don't exist without the iPhone.
For me, I haven't gotten an iPhone because where I live AT&T has awful coverage and it wouldn't be worth it for me. If it were on Verizon, I'd probably have it already. So for people with better coverage from Sprint, the Pre makes sense.
And of course there are the people with this pure hatred for Apple for whatever reason who are desperately hoping for a phone truly better than the iPhone to surface. I think that if you were to go phone vs. phone, the iPhone wins. It has the iTunes integration, which includes the 50,000 apps. It just does so much more. Now it has video as well as more memory at the same price point.
The iPhone spurred a big change in the way phones are made. The Pre, Storm, G1 and Instinct don't exist without the iPhone.
I know several people who already have gotten the Pre and I've messed around with one of them pretty extensively. As some have already mentioned, I am biased for my iPhone, but the Pre isn't all that bad.
It has a nice touch screen that is very responsive, the touchstone is cool, ..., ..., and... hmm those are about the only things I've found to be intriguing. The webOS does look nice, but it's nothing special to me. The iPhone OS is much easier to use and in most cases you don't have to use a lame Help function to figure out how to do something.
The camera+flash is pretty lousy from my experience and the overall build quality isn't up to par. I'm not a fan of the very small "gel"-like keys on the keyboard and how it's kind of "sunken" into the frame. It makes typing pretty uncomfortable for me, and I don't even have massive hands.
These are just a few things of the many that I've noticed. I understand that people who are on Sprint finally have a phone that is worth investing in and that's completely fine. The device is perfectly fine. Everyone has their own opinions on things and these are just mine
It has a nice touch screen that is very responsive, the touchstone is cool, ..., ..., and... hmm those are about the only things I've found to be intriguing. The webOS does look nice, but it's nothing special to me. The iPhone OS is much easier to use and in most cases you don't have to use a lame Help function to figure out how to do something.
The camera+flash is pretty lousy from my experience and the overall build quality isn't up to par. I'm not a fan of the very small "gel"-like keys on the keyboard and how it's kind of "sunken" into the frame. It makes typing pretty uncomfortable for me, and I don't even have massive hands.
These are just a few things of the many that I've noticed. I understand that people who are on Sprint finally have a phone that is worth investing in and that's completely fine. The device is perfectly fine. Everyone has their own opinions on things and these are just mine
The Main reason that the Pre, Instinct, Blackberry, G1, and so forth will Never outdue the iPhone is because the iPhone has something that none of those others have ...
The entire world is already on iTunes, and iTunes has THE APP STORE.
The iTunes APP Store does not work for any of the other phones. The Pre will dock to iTunes for music, but not for Apps. If you are a developer and you want to make money, then you want to reach the largest number of potential customers - would you want to develop Apps for the iPhone or the Pre ? Do you understand?
The entire world is already on iTunes, and iTunes has THE APP STORE.
The iTunes APP Store does not work for any of the other phones. The Pre will dock to iTunes for music, but not for Apps. If you are a developer and you want to make money, then you want to reach the largest number of potential customers - would you want to develop Apps for the iPhone or the Pre ? Do you understand?