Palm Pre
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- steed
- N7A
- 31 Oct 2009
shirwan72, 27 Oct 2009It's a WebOS Palm phone, what the hell has this got to do w... moreamazing that is why this is an android base os
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- mobin
- qb1
- 31 Oct 2009
it sucks iPhone is much better.
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- kingcobra2010
- 4wm
- 30 Oct 2009
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.
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- Michael
- mEk
- 30 Oct 2009
When is gsmarena going review this phone?.
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- Anonymous
- MSR
- 30 Oct 2009
!!!!BEWARE BEWARE BUGS !!!!! Hit mine big style it got to be sent away for repair now ITs lucky i kept my iphone 3gs i will stay away from this now soon as i get it back i will sell it
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- Ed
- nEs
- 29 Oct 2009
ian, 22 Oct 2009now that the pre is on sale in uk. i finally got chance to ... moreIt's been available for around 3 weeks in Europe now and STILL NO REVIEW.
This is one of the most heavily trailed and most interesting phones since the arrival of the first iphone and GSM Arena seems to want to ignore it.
What's the issue with Palm phones, GSMArena? You do reviews on much smaller limited appeal brands such as Mobiado, so it can't be size. You seem to manage to provide full reviews on less exciting and ordinary phones within minutes of them being released, so availability would seem not to be a problem - let me guess....did they turn down your proposals for advertising on your site?
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- Sunny
- S35
- 28 Oct 2009
I can see that a lot us are not aware of this new WEBOS on the Palm Pre, I have to say though its a lot more responsive than an iPhone on apps as well as Internet.
The best feature is the keypad that has been missing on most of the touch screen handsets.
This handset has a nice feel to it and is very good with keeping all your contacts updated automaticaly, how good is that.
I think there is some serious competition now for iPhone users or for people looking to upgrade to the iPhone.
Thanks for reading.
I hope you enjoy this handset as much as i did.
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- Anonymous
- pKK
- 28 Oct 2009
when you can pick up two superior phones being the Nokia N900 or the HTC HD 2 for around £600 for 18 months unlimited txt and web plus 700 mins, why would anyone pay nearly £800 for this on O2 with the same package?
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- shirwan72
- pJj
- 27 Oct 2009
Fabrizio Smooth, 24 Oct 2009A huge dissapointment. 1) the keyboard is far too small, 2)... moreIt's a WebOS Palm phone, what the hell has this got to do with WinMo 7?? Some people are clueless about phones and just make dumbFk3K comments.
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- Anonymous
- 3JY
- 26 Oct 2009
Had a long hard play with one of these and while I have to admit it has its charms I still think my HTC Hero beats it in every department. I've seen nothing on the market so far that'd tempt me to change.
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- Anonymous
- 4A{
- 25 Oct 2009
This phone kinda feels weird when holding it to type. The buttons are a bit small, but has a good feel to it. The touch screen is better than many phones already.
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- Peter Thomas
- mEk
- 24 Oct 2009
Looks a nice phone but i think it's not going to out sell the iPhone...
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- Fabrizio Smooth
- M3s
- 24 Oct 2009
A huge dissapointment. 1) the keyboard is far too small, 2) half of the applications require windows mbile 7 which is not available yet, 3) you can only access about 5 websites.
Rubbish
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- Anonymous
- n$C
- 24 Oct 2009
ade3001, 22 Oct 2009can anyone tell me if the phone will play avi. files?? or i... moreyea u can con vert from a software called videora
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- Anonymous
- Ac3
- 23 Oct 2009
ade3001, 22 Oct 2009can anyone tell me if the phone will play avi. files?? or i... moreidk if it supports avi but if u need converting, any video converter will do a gr8 job of it. u can choose several inputs and outputs, several sizes, no marks on the converted file, even download from utube and other sites, and its free.
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- goolem
- nma
- 23 Oct 2009
I allready have one from O2 germany . A great great device .
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- ade3001
- S35
- 22 Oct 2009
can anyone tell me if the phone will play avi. files?? or if it comes with converting software?????? or silly question?
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- ian
- nEV
- 22 Oct 2009
now that the pre is on sale in uk. i finally got chance to play with one in an o2 store. i can see where the comparisons to iphone are and thefact that just like the iphone, they are holing back on the features such as voice dialling , video recording. So i will wait until the next firmware release and see what happens. As for you GSM Arena, when are you going to do a full review of the Pre. As someone else wrote, there seems to be a bit of a bias towards reviewing Palm phones. Apart from that, love the website, witty and informative.
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- Anonymous
- m77
- 22 Oct 2009
Its on show in 02 stores in the UK. Its a good looking phone but the lack of any ability to record video is a big let down. I was considering getting the Pre as my contract is up for renewal . . but no way now . . Think I'll wait for the offers from Orange on the Iphone 3GS (",)