Palm Pre Review

http://www.boygeniusreport.com/2009/05/29/palm-pre-review/

by mshafrir • 17 years ago

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jpwagner• 17 years ago

I really like the keyboard!

The future of the developer network and app-store is the real question here. How are they going to build that?

mdasen• 17 years ago

The only problem with this is, Palm’s never been a hardware company that anyone’s really cared about. They have been the furthest thing from innovative since circa-2003 — their hardware has always been second rate at best and it doesn’t seem to be changing now. Couple that with the nation’s underdog carrier at a $299 price-point (before rebate), and we’re not sure how many people are going to be lined up overnight, yet we’re pretty confident once people are able to play a real unit themselves, there will be more than a lot of happy Palm Pre customers.

That's kinda the feeling I'm getting too. As a Sprint customer who is eligible to upgrade, I'm really excited - finally a WebKit based browser in a Sprint phone! However, I wish Palm could have been more competitive - on price, on applications, and on hardware. Not that it's terrible or anything on any of those fronts. It's just that it would be nicer if it were a tad more competitive when compared with the iPhone. Would a glass screen have killed them? Maybe a preliminary SDK for games? Maybe not require the rebate?

Well, I'm excited! New phone!

brightscreamer• 17 years ago

If you go to Best Buy, you don't need the rebate. You just buy it for $199.

bazookaaa• 17 years ago

Yep, and don't forget: Sprint themselves are contemplating dropping the mail-in rebate in favor of an instant one (according to Gizmodo).

lurkinggrue• 17 years ago

I am with sprint and eligible for an upgrade as well. I am running out on Saturday and buying one to replace my palm centro. I have and love the everything plan so I don't even need to change plans.

So I am extremely excited to have a webkit based phone that can multitask.

The price doesn't bother me, if I could get it for sure on Saturday I would pay an extra $100.

farmerbuzz• 17 years ago

I was excited that maybe there would be a phone with the PalmOS calendar/todo/notes I still wish I could use (really REALLY don't care about physics engine based UIs) and a 3g data connection. Instead it looks to be another shoddy knockoff of the iPhone. About the only thing it has going for it is the form factor, but even then I wish it wasn't a slider. Android at the very least has hardware independence in mind, where exactly is Palm headed?

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