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- Jhorra, on 06/12/2009, -7/+24Dugg for the effort, but I have no intention of look through all those pictures.
- cweave, on 06/12/2009, -6/+21You really don't get this phone unless you have actually used it. And by that I mean, synch your facebook, gmail, exchange and other social apps. Let it import contacts for you.
The multitasking with all the alert features and such make the experience very different than an iPhone or Blackberry. Make no mistake this phone is as much about personal messaging as the blackberry is about business messaging and the iPod is media playback.
I've had my Pre for a week, and honestly can't imagine going to any other device right now... - Retnuh730, on 06/12/2009, -1/+15Sprint has the best reception where I live, its reputation as a '*****' network is probably fueled by the hive mind of people not willing to give it a chance.
- DBeta, on 06/12/2009, -1/+13I've yet to see that. Perhaps the area you live in isn't the same as everyone else. Sprint is, by a very large margin, the best cell network where I live. Sure, their customer service sucks, but that's true for most cell carriers.
- Retnuh730, on 06/12/2009, -0/+11While sprint is third, they still have something like 50 million subscribers. Plenty of people to have a successful phone launch.
- recruz, on 06/12/2009, -1/+8it's not. it's actually very easy to use and intuitive. to be honest, i love the way it works- the cards are super slick. you find yourself opening and closing apps just like you would a computer, only it's a phone and it's easy to use. closing an app is fun, you just put your finger on the card and slide your finger up and it flies away- it looks cool, it's fun and is functionally useful.
it's just the actual shape of the phone and the way the keyboard slides out that i don't really like - jam3p, on 06/12/2009, -0/+7Additionally, I'm in Memphis, TN and the Sprint service is amazing here. But I think ATT, etc is just as good service-wise too.
- etx313, on 06/12/2009, -0/+6Dude. It came out less than a WEEK ago. The iPhone had 0 apps for over a year after launch so the pre is doing pretty damn good out of the gate. Plus, you can use any of the thousands of legacy palm apps which I think is pretty bad ass.
- kent1146, on 06/12/2009, -0/+6@Dagr8tim:
I think that the iPhone proved that people are willing to switch carriers because of the devices. 40% of all iPhone subscribers are new subscribers to AT&T, despite the fact that they are rated below Verizon Wireless in national polls based on higher customer satisfaction and fewer dropped calls. What this tells me is that having a cool new phone is more important to buyers than the cellular network.
Source: http://arstechnica.com/apple/news/2009/05/more-evi ...
People are going to buy the Pre because they want the Pre. They'll deal with the fact that it runs on Sprint, because they care about having a cool new phone more than they care about it running on a particular cell network. - techradar, on 06/12/2009, -0/+5Oops. The SDK will be available soon; the Classic emulator is free to try (but $30 to own). Thanks for the heads up - article corrected.
- jn1167, on 06/12/2009, -0/+5I love sprint. I have no coverage problem what so ever. Been with them over 8 years and cant even remember the last dropped call. Customer service sucks ass but I really dont ever need them so who really cares.
Sounds to me like youre basing your comments on something you heard or read. Or maybe you live somewhere that sprint doesnt cover. Like Russia. :)
Or you could just be another Apple fanboy who thinks that AT&T rocks. **rolls eyes** - digitizit, on 06/12/2009, -1/+6I wonder if the phone numbers that aren't blurred out are real. We should all call and see.
- harajukukei, on 06/12/2009, -0/+4in certain areas, sprint has the best service (fastest 3g speeds and strongest connection)
in other areas, it is absolutely abysmal. it's probably smart to consult other sprint owners in your area before signing that 2-year agreement. - kingofthisnight, on 06/12/2009, -0/+4So you are saying the iPhone looks like straight ass then too?
- PRlME, on 06/12/2009, -0/+4Your right dmark, they did copy the dial pad. Just as the iPhone copy their dial pad from the PRADA phone by LG (KE850).
Image- http://www.slashphone.com/media/data/904/ke850-1.j ...
Article- http://www.mobilewire.co.uk/23-01-2007-worlds-firs ...
So now that you know Apply copied Prada/LG, I want you to go to every iPhone article and tell them how the iPhone copied the LG as you did here with the Pre. Cool? cool... - inactive, on 06/12/2009, -0/+3I've read that phones like these (iphone, Android as well), with contracts included, can cost upwards of $1,500 year, sometimes more. What the ***** are are people doing with their phones that's worth that sort of price tag?
- zachtib, on 06/12/2009, -0/+3Wow... It "may" be better than the Instinct?
The Instinct is utter *****. If you're considering one, do yourself a favor and don't. It was Sprint's first attempt to get into the Touchscreen Phone game and they failed pretty miserably. I wouldn't even consider it a smartphone by any stretch of the imagination, it's just a regular phone with a touchscreen interface.
I was waiting outside my local Sprint store on June 6th, and around 2/3 of the people there were there to dump their Instincts.
/rant - kingofthisnight, on 06/12/2009, -3/+6Are we looking at the same phone?
The desktop of the Pre has no icons on it except the quick launch icons at the bottom.
The desktop of the iPhone has icons all over the background.
As for the dial screen... well both phones have to have numbers and a contact button... - jedinate, on 06/12/2009, -0/+3That is true and you can't delete FB contacts from the phone either. You can delete Gmail contacts that sync'd if you don't want them, however.
- cweave, on 06/12/2009, -1/+4Single official store, iPhone style. Right now this is the achilles heal of the webOS platform. (nowhere near 40,000 apps like the iPhone).
A few more of my initial impressions can be found here: http://blog.chadweaver.com/my-first-palm-pre-impre ... - seks03, on 06/12/2009, -0/+2Hmm, Apple icon, bashing non apple products, comparing to apple product... sir, I believe you are what they call a apple fanboy, that or either a apple troll
- colorme, on 06/12/2009, -0/+2Seriously, how on earth did the Instinct even end up in the list in the description? I have the AT&T version (Samsung Eternity) and AT&T doesn't even consider it a smartphone, so my data plan is like $15 instead of $30.
- anexanhume, on 06/12/2009, -1/+3It is my understanding you have no control over contacts. So, whether you like it or not, all those obscure people from facebook you never actually talk to will be hogging up space in your contacts list. Is this true?
- FXNGLAS, on 06/12/2009, -0/+2Looks like an awesome phone.. Too bad its on the worst network ever.
- Giac, on 06/12/2009, -0/+2then why are you here?
- tgc1, on 06/12/2009, -1/+3Don't knock it 'till you've tried it.
- DBeta, on 06/12/2009, -1/+2Yup, it varies from place to place. Sprint has a pretty good network on the east coast, but going west they get pretty *****.
- ldog, on 06/12/2009, -0/+1The pre looks cool, but what does this have over android phones?
Can you install any pre app on it you'd like, or is there only a single official store like on the iPhone? - cthellis, on 06/13/2009, -0/+1The tech media was fawning all over the Storm until it came out sucked (THE SCREEN CLIX!!!), despite the juggernaut that was Firmware 2.0. The tech media pretty much itches for and seeks out conflict; and will make it up when it has to.
The 3Gs (and some of 3.0) closes most of the big complaints the tech media has been leveling against the iPhone for years, and while they still have breathing room to mock at&t's manhandling of MMS and tethering (among other things), what happens when the extra App push from 3.0 really hits its stride? Other than the physical keyboard, there's pretty much nothing hardware-wise the Pre has on the 3Gs (which is the same-price-without-the-rebate-hassle), and while they're rolling out apps slowly and have a "real SDK" (well, the tech media complained about that before, didn't they?) coming out slowly, slooooowly, at some point... the App Store's is mature, momentum is still building, and the capability just kinda went through the roof with 3.0. The Pre may not look good next to Android (thousands of apps, reasonably well handled, and with many more models coming out in short order), either.
Certainly Apple's rollout will be tarred by some factors (most especially the confusion that is the current App Store incarnation with that many apps fighting for attention), but after a few frenzied months of propping each side up for jousting sessions, where will each of them be? - danwallace, on 06/12/2009, -0/+1Those two are one in the same.
- ftx437, on 06/12/2009, -1/+2the os looks like a cross between iphone and blackberry.
Blackberry layout and iphone styles. - PRlME, on 06/12/2009, -2/+3looks detailed to me.
- typolad, on 06/12/2009, -1/+2Sprint has lower rates than some of them, but there are some of us who have to be constantly connected.
- danwallace, on 06/12/2009, -0/+1It's a phone. Expect some similarities to other phones.
- dagr8tim, on 06/12/2009, -2/+3@kent1146
I'm not disagreeing. I highly doubt the Pre has the star power of the iPhone. I'm guessing Apple stole all of Palm's thunder with the reduced prices and the next gen iPhone.
It will be interesting to see, but I think all the Pre is, is a Palm killer. - StinkyTool, on 06/12/2009, -1/+2Because you touch yourself at night.
- BrynF, on 06/12/2009, -1/+2The achilles' heel is the SDK which is built on JavaScript (the "simulator" for the apps is just a web browser). It's similar to Apple's first attempt with web apps that had access to some iPhone APIs. However, it wasn't until Apple released a proper, native SDK that the number of iPhone apps exploded.
- cthellis, on 06/13/2009, -0/+1Palm would be dead without it, dagr8tim. It's one helluva last-ditch effort, all told.
- kaosethema, on 06/13/2009, -1/+2steve will not come over and award you with his little penis so you can stop the ass-kissing...
- kaosethema, on 06/13/2009, -0/+1been with sprint 9 years now.
ONE call dropped.
gonna pay $20 for the Pre. - ChildeRoland420, on 06/12/2009, -2/+3There are a lot of inaccuracies in the article. Two that really struck me are when it says that an SDK is available, which it isn't, and when they say that the Classic emulator is free (I believe it costs $30).
- dagr8tim, on 06/12/2009, -4/+5How that thing going to compete with Blackberry or iPhone when Sprint is at best, the #3 carrier in the US?
- CaffinatedOne, on 06/12/2009, -0/+1Funny, I've been using it since it came out and have been on 2 trips and have never seen that. I've been with sprint for years now, travel quite a bit, and haven't noted any significant coverage problems in the places that I go (and heck, I have 5 bars at home so have lucked out there I suppose). So, I'd suspect that this isn't a general problem with sprint so much as perhaps that you happen to be in a poor coverage area specifically.
- zephc, on 06/12/2009, -1/+2Anything your heart desires!
- jedinate, on 06/12/2009, -0/+1Hhmmm, I've had Sprint for 5 years and never seen that screen. I've dropped a few calls over the years, but nothing major.
- etx313, on 06/12/2009, -0/+1Haven't seen that yet and I've have mine for a while. As a matter of fact, I've had sprint for 2 years now and haven't seen that ONCE. But they do have great coverage in MI, I dunno about other locations. I remember driving to NYC from home and my phone had service the whole way and never went into roaming.
- cthellis, on 06/13/2009, -0/+1With EVERY network, "it depends." My friend had to move off Sprint because they never put a tower close enough to his apartment (and it's never been thrilling up in my area, either). I got more dependable dropped calls on Verizon than I have with at&t. My friend moved from Sprint TO Verizon, and during his various convention-hopping up and down the eastern seaboard, my at&t connection was always better than his Verizon at the centers and hotels, while his was almost always better on the road.
It depends entirely on geographic region. - kaosethema, on 06/13/2009, -1/+2go choke on your iphone
- zephc, on 06/12/2009, -1/+1I'm keeping my iPhone, but I'm glad they copied some of the iPhone's better UI ideas - this makes things better one everyone in the long run. They might way to reduce the radius of the rounding on things though - it's a bit overstated IMO.
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