Comments on: Palm Pre review http://www.electricpig.co.uk/2009/10/08/palm-pre-review/ The only tech you need Fri, 10 Feb 2012 23:10:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Guest http://www.electricpig.co.uk/2009/10/08/palm-pre-review/comment-page-1/#comment-175186 Guest Tue, 05 Apr 2011 03:35:00 +0000 http://www.electricpig.co.uk/?p=44119#comment-175186 To use the Palm Pre, the very first thing you are forced to do is to register/create a Palm account, but without a dataplan from your carrier, you are stuck with that activation screen, Chances are you can't even even use your brand new Pre to make a call. A huge draw back when customers only want to use the device just as a cell phone without any data service. To use the Palm Pre, the very first thing you are forced to do is to register/create a Palm account, but without a dataplan from your carrier, you are stuck with that activation screen, Chances are you can’t even even use your brand new Pre to make a call. A huge draw back when customers only want to use the device just as a cell phone without any data service.

]]> By: kingcobra2010 http://www.electricpig.co.uk/2009/10/08/palm-pre-review/comment-page-1/#comment-41704 kingcobra2010 Fri, 30 Oct 2009 20:17:55 +0000 http://www.electricpig.co.uk/?p=44119#comment-41704 Before you buy any phone think long and hard. Do you want a phone that is old tech (iphone) and the only reason you buy it because your friends have one. Or do you want to be the first phone that will impress your friends and will than likely be the standard after people realize its functionality. When the palm pre was released, it was only meant for business persons. The main reason there were complaints because the phone was bought by people who did not need the pre's functionality and expected a iphone feel. Do not get me wrong. Iphone made the scene and they brought a lot to the table. Now, however, they have not progressed & they have locked out possible functionality because of greed. It reminds me when I was a pc guy (ever since I finished with the vic 20 and commodore 64) but then I changed to mac. Win 7 was the last windows operating system I used because it is just crap (even though more people use windows does not mean it is good - mac is definitely better now). I still use xp for some of my older programs. Just like the iphone was good then but now it just does not meet the standard (more like a teenagers phone now). If you are still using the iphone, then your just letting life pass you by. Once the palm pre gets the flash 10 working on the phone, then it will be more of a dual purpose professional/teenager phone. I can see teenagers playing flash games on the pre while also listening to music, looking at flash trailers of movies while there out with there friends to see what they will watch after a test/dinner, etc. I speculate that once flash hits the mobile pda/netbook/phone market, palm pre will surely be the winner. The droid will run flash just like the winmo phones -> very very slow if your multitasking flash. See example http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a47Z-A81HOU. If they used the droid phone to show off flash the same way -> the film would have been laughable (droid does semi multitasking and definitely can not multitask resource hog programs like flash). Droid definitely would have either crashed or your system would start to look like it is in slow mo. If you have a winmo phone you probably know what I mean when i say slow mo. If you want a very good phone, then get a palm pre because in the near future I suspect everyone else will be using the pre if they can weather the misinformation about the phone. PS Do not look at megapixels when you are deciding on your phone pic. 3 vs 5 megapixels will not produce a difference. If you want great pictures then get an slr camera not a camera phone. And if you want great video get an hd camcorder instead of using your phone. Soon palm pre will be able to get vid recording for your youtube pages. Android is just winmo with a different name (hefty, slow and truly untested on its multitasking statement but we will see it fall flat when tested with flash this year).  The only reason that iphone has been around is because it is a phone built around teenager habits with a little business function in it. If you look at webos, then you will see that it is a better match for netbooks. Once flash comes out the battery drain that it will produce on the google os will make it a weaker candidate for the netbook market versus webos. Also once flash comes out for the palm pre, we will see that palm will be able to take a good piece of the teenager iphone market with free flash games instead of paid for iphone apps. The future is here and webos is definitely the winner. Like i said android is just winmo with a different name. You guys need to test the true power comparison of the phone. i am no talking about processor power. Everybody knows that mac can startup, shutdown faster than the comparable pc with similar hdd, ram, vid card, processor. The os is the true decider of speed and functionality. Please test flash running in multiple applications (pre vs droid vs winmo). That will give you true insight. Flash dominates the media market and if the advertising market wants more viewer time then they need to push for more flash on phones. Especially the palm pre phone since it is the best suited phone for the demands of flash currently. But lets see what the test show.  PS If you guys are truly at the tech forefront then you will see that this as a definite task that needs to be performed. Before you buy any phone think long and hard. Do you want a phone that is old tech (iphone) and the only reason you buy it because your friends have one. Or do you want to be the first phone that will impress your friends and will than likely be the standard after people realize its functionality. When the palm pre was released, it was only meant for business persons. The main reason there were complaints because the phone was bought by people who did not need the pre’s functionality and expected a iphone feel. Do not get me wrong. Iphone made the scene and they brought a lot to the table. Now, however, they have not progressed & they have locked out possible functionality because of greed. It reminds me when I was a pc guy (ever since I finished with the vic 20 and commodore 64) but then I changed to mac. Win 7 was the last windows operating system I used because it is just crap (even though more people use windows does not mean it is good – mac is definitely better now). I still use xp for some of my older programs. Just like the iphone was good then but now it just does not meet the standard (more like a teenagers phone now). If you are still using the iphone, then your just letting life pass you by. Once the palm pre gets the flash 10 working on the phone, then it will be more of a dual purpose professional/teenager phone. I can see teenagers playing flash games on the pre while also listening to music, looking at flash trailers of movies while there out with there friends to see what they will watch after a test/dinner, etc. I speculate that once flash hits the mobile pda/netbook/phone market, palm pre will surely be the winner. The droid will run flash just like the winmo phones -> very very slow if your multitasking flash. See example http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a47Z-A81HOU. If they used the droid phone to show off flash the same way -> the film would have been laughable (droid does semi multitasking and definitely can not multitask resource hog programs like flash). Droid definitely would have either crashed or your system would start to look like it is in slow mo. If you have a winmo phone you probably know what I mean when i say slow mo. If you want a very good phone, then get a palm pre because in the near future I suspect everyone else will be using the pre if they can weather the misinformation about the phone. PS Do not look at megapixels when you are deciding on your phone pic. 3 vs 5 megapixels will not produce a difference. If you want great pictures then get an slr camera not a camera phone. And if you want great video get an hd camcorder instead of using your phone. Soon palm pre will be able to get vid recording for your youtube pages. Android is just winmo with a different name (hefty, slow and truly untested on its multitasking statement but we will see it fall flat when tested with flash this year). 

The only reason that iphone has been around is because it is a phone built around teenager habits with a little business function in it. If you look at webos, then you will see that it is a better match for netbooks. Once flash comes out the battery drain that it will produce on the google os will make it a weaker candidate for the netbook market versus webos. Also once flash comes out for the palm pre, we will see that palm will be able to take a good piece of the teenager iphone market with free flash games instead of paid for iphone apps. The future is here and webos is definitely the winner. Like i said android is just winmo with a different name. You guys need to test the true power comparison of the phone. i am no talking about processor power. Everybody knows that mac can startup, shutdown faster than the comparable pc with similar hdd, ram, vid card, processor. The os is the true decider of speed and functionality. Please test flash running in multiple applications (pre vs droid vs winmo). That will give you true insight. Flash dominates the media market and if the advertising market wants more viewer time then they need to push for more flash on phones. Especially the palm pre phone since it is the best suited phone for the demands of flash currently. But lets see what the test show. 
PS If you guys are truly at the tech forefront then you will see that this as a definite task that needs to be performed.

]]> By: Steve0203 http://www.electricpig.co.uk/2009/10/08/palm-pre-review/comment-page-1/#comment-38736 Steve0203 Mon, 19 Oct 2009 20:05:55 +0000 http://www.electricpig.co.uk/?p=44119#comment-38736 Go for the Pre... its a Blackberry beater too... infact sling an onscreen keyboard app at it and you have your virtual Pixi with wifi. Sorry but I'm a "I want it and i want it now" type. O2 in the UK are sending me the Pre on 14 day approval. My only problem is... If i don't get on with and it has to go back, the only choice I have is to dig deep and get the Samsung i7500 android. The other phone choices are somewhat dismal. The thing is, I just need phone, sms, email, camera and the ability to surf the net, so I'm sure the Pre will be well capable. Go for the Pre… its a Blackberry beater too… infact sling an onscreen keyboard app at it and you have your virtual Pixi with wifi.
Sorry but I’m a “I want it and i want it now” type. O2 in the UK are sending me the Pre on 14 day approval. My only problem is… If i don’t get on with and it has to go back, the only choice I have is to dig deep and get the Samsung i7500 android. The other phone choices are somewhat dismal. The thing is, I just need phone, sms, email, camera and the ability to surf the net, so I’m sure the Pre will be well capable.

]]> By: Ben Sillis http://www.electricpig.co.uk/2009/10/08/palm-pre-review/comment-page-1/#comment-38722 Ben Sillis Mon, 19 Oct 2009 17:58:00 +0000 http://www.electricpig.co.uk/?p=44119#comment-38722 Good to hear it's still holding up. Good to hear it’s still holding up.

]]> By: Chad http://www.electricpig.co.uk/2009/10/08/palm-pre-review/comment-page-1/#comment-38715 Chad Mon, 19 Oct 2009 17:28:33 +0000 http://www.electricpig.co.uk/?p=44119#comment-38715 I have seen small hints of it, but I am a pretty heavy user of a phone I got the opening week and it is still ok. I have seen small hints of it, but I am a pretty heavy user of a phone I got the opening week and it is still ok.

]]> By: Ben Sillis http://www.electricpig.co.uk/2009/10/08/palm-pre-review/comment-page-1/#comment-38598 Ben Sillis Mon, 19 Oct 2009 07:40:54 +0000 http://www.electricpig.co.uk/?p=44119#comment-38598 The more I look at it the more I'm getting excited about the Pixi. WebOS, QWERTY keyboard, no creaking slider...it has the makings of an absolutely BlackBerry beater, other than the missing Wi-Fi. The more I look at it the more I’m getting excited about the Pixi. WebOS, QWERTY keyboard, no creaking slider…it has the makings of an absolutely BlackBerry beater, other than the missing Wi-Fi.

]]> By: Steve0203 http://www.electricpig.co.uk/2009/10/08/palm-pre-review/comment-page-1/#comment-38564 Steve0203 Sun, 18 Oct 2009 19:38:02 +0000 http://www.electricpig.co.uk/?p=44119#comment-38564 Well.... I've just ordered the Palm Pre as an upgrade on my business tariff. The Pre is likely to be the best of a bad bunch, what with O2's limited choice in business upgrades (okay if you want a Blackberry or a bottom end Apple) The plasticky Fisher Price looking 5800 was one of the choices; the Samsung Tocco Lite the other free upgrade option. The awesome i7500 Android was offered, but required 128 quid thrown at it. Anyway I'm migrating from a Nokia N95 4gb and the way I see it, remove the 5mp camera and it becomes as run of the mill as the rest. So, with that in mind, Im looking forward to the Pre's arrival. Lets face it, with some many people wanting different things out of every product on the market, I basically want a touchscreen phone... yes phone! Just as long as I can press a few buttons and connect to the right number, the cheap build quality won't be recognised by the person at the other end. Well…. I’ve just ordered the Palm Pre as an upgrade on my business tariff. The Pre is likely to be the best of a bad bunch, what with O2′s limited choice in business upgrades (okay if you want a Blackberry or a bottom end Apple) The plasticky Fisher Price looking 5800 was one of the choices; the Samsung Tocco Lite the other free upgrade option. The awesome i7500 Android was offered, but required 128 quid thrown at it.
Anyway I’m migrating from a Nokia N95 4gb and the way I see it, remove the 5mp camera and it becomes as run of the mill as the rest. So, with that in mind, Im looking forward to the Pre’s arrival. Lets face it, with some many people wanting different things out of every product on the market, I basically want a touchscreen phone… yes phone! Just as long as I can press a few buttons and connect to the right number, the cheap build quality won’t be recognised by the person at the other end.

]]> By: Ben Sillis http://www.electricpig.co.uk/2009/10/08/palm-pre-review/comment-page-1/#comment-37010 Ben Sillis Mon, 12 Oct 2009 11:44:26 +0000 http://www.electricpig.co.uk/?p=44119#comment-37010 I think it worked for the Pre, as it kept it a secret until unveiling, really did build buzz for the best part of half a year and boosted Palm's stock price up massively (We're talking tenfold). But yes, it's risky if they do it again, as they won't get as much buzz and the phone will quickly get outdated in the meantime. Even the Pre's 8GB of storage seems a bit measly now. I think it worked for the Pre, as it kept it a secret until unveiling, really did build buzz for the best part of half a year and boosted Palm’s stock price up massively (We’re talking tenfold). But yes, it’s risky if they do it again, as they won’t get as much buzz and the phone will quickly get outdated in the meantime. Even the Pre’s 8GB of storage seems a bit measly now.

]]> By: James Holland http://www.electricpig.co.uk/2009/10/08/palm-pre-review/comment-page-1/#comment-37000 James Holland Mon, 12 Oct 2009 11:29:26 +0000 http://www.electricpig.co.uk/?p=44119#comment-37000 Oooh, I'm not so sure! I had a Palm IIIc, way before the iPaq lumbered into view. It did its job wonderfully and I loved it. Yeah, some of their less successful phones have failed for a reason, but the Pre is different. It's all new, it's built from the ground up to run apps (whereas the iPhone had the ability grafted on afterwards, hence the lack of cut-and-paste support for a long time) and has come at just the right time to capitalise on apps going mainstream. What Palm needs to do is hurry up and get developers creating apps to satisfy demand. Oh, and make sure there's less than a six month gap between announcing the product and putting it on sale - by then the hype has dimmed significantly, along with interest in the device. Oooh, I’m not so sure! I had a Palm IIIc, way before the iPaq lumbered into view. It did its job wonderfully and I loved it. Yeah, some of their less successful phones have failed for a reason, but the Pre is different. It’s all new, it’s built from the ground up to run apps (whereas the iPhone had the ability grafted on afterwards, hence the lack of cut-and-paste support for a long time) and has come at just the right time to capitalise on apps going mainstream.

What Palm needs to do is hurry up and get developers creating apps to satisfy demand. Oh, and make sure there’s less than a six month gap between announcing the product and putting it on sale – by then the hype has dimmed significantly, along with interest in the device.

]]> By: Ben Sillis http://www.electricpig.co.uk/2009/10/08/palm-pre-review/comment-page-1/#comment-36960 Ben Sillis Mon, 12 Oct 2009 08:47:23 +0000 http://www.electricpig.co.uk/?p=44119#comment-36960 It's a fair point, and I think Palm has gone a long way shaking off its stigma with webOS, which looks beautiful. Is it the cheaper Pixi that will help re-establish it in the UK though? Or a webOS phone after that? It’s a fair point, and I think Palm has gone a long way shaking off its stigma with webOS, which looks beautiful. Is it the cheaper Pixi that will help re-establish it in the UK though? Or a webOS phone after that?

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