Palm Pre
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- junulrik
- Mb7
- 23 Aug 2010
i have this phone for a year now, although palm busines had sunked, but this unit is really a real thumbs up.. webos rocks.. i have compared ios 4 and android 2.1 with webos, all i can say webos does not defeat android and ios 4 but it still palm opre with latest webos still not left behind.. in fact is much better than any nokia, windows mobile or blackberry touch screen OS... all negative point i always feel about this unit is the built with cheap plastic, no matter how you take care of it, scratches appear due to sliding up and down..
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- Anonymous
- wY5
- 19 Aug 2010
love all Palm products...
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- mitch sux
- kMn
- 09 Aug 2010
worst phone i have ever used. give the hardware a 2 out of 10 only because i can touch the phone and not feel all that to worried about it breaking in my hand. give the software a 9 out of 10 i like how i can run multiple apps at once. battery life is poor at best.
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- Sim Narula
- D8X
- 08 Aug 2010
How many email accounts you can have on palm pre ?????
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- Anonymous
- fws
- 27 Jul 2010
This is definitely my best phone ive tested. i've tried Nokia most versions including their touch screen devices, i've tried Apple iphone 3gs, i've tried BlackBerry (all their models) and to me this phone has the best OS and the best graphics. I love it
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- Claire
- Yhu
- 27 Jul 2010
I was wondering if you have to pay extra for wifi?As I was planning on getting the palm pre. Any reasons why I should not either would help.
Thanks.
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- Anonymous
- kav
- 26 Jul 2010
Owned this phone since the day that it came out. My opinion, I love it! The phone design is nice, the camera and video recorder is above par, but WebOS is what separates this phone from the rest. I have played with many android os phones, as well as the new iphone 4. The card system in webos and its use of gestures simply blows these other os's away. Having owned this phone for a year now, I will not upgrade to any phone that does not run webos. Hp is going to start backing up this with better hardware, so if you like this phone there will be an even better experience to come!
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- cory
- xxJ
- 17 Jul 2010
john, 20 May 2010Battery life was horrible..construction as well..went thru ... morei have the same headphone issue, simple answer and fix ITS NOT AN MP3 PLAYER! fix, BUY AN MP3 PLAYER... glitches from apps, is the developers fault NOT THE PHONE, the chassis of the body is crap i know that, and battery life is terribe, solution, buy a second battery, turn brightness down, AND DONT BELIEVE WHAT PPL TELL U ABOUT TURNING WIFI OFF, if u can get wifi, USE IT, go war walking/driving, finding all the wireless networks in ur neighborhood, usual route to work, and connect to every one of them ONCE, and everytime u get in range of that hotspot the phone will automaticly connect to them, wifi runs alot faster than 3g, and ur not pumping out data at higher rates, in turn using more power. turn vibration off, you really dont need it, i cant even feel it in my pocket going off, turn gps off unless u need it though, also turn background data off in location servises, palm uses it to "trac kur movements" and get feedback from ur phone, using ur 3g connection not only using battery life but ur monthly bandwidth (not much at all but still its UR MONEY)to all those having problems with the phone slowing down, close some apps, restart the phone every now and again, sure it WAS meant to be on all the time, but its basicly a computer. clear ur history, and texts, freeing up ram, and a lil bit of storage space. check ur phone for updates, 1.4.5 was just released on the 15th of july, and flash should be in august with the release of the previously know "froyo" os, now known as android 2.2. another is uninstall any useless apps( c'mon, you know half of the ones u have are pointless, do u really need fart factory lol)... hopefully this helps some of u ppl, i'm overall dissapointed with this phone myself, but love it at the same time, webos is an amazing platform, and am GREATLY looking forward to buying a webos tablet.... ANY ISSUES U HAVE WITH THE PHONE THANK HEWLETT PACKARD they bought palm, and have butchered its ideas... glad i got this over the iphone though, iphones too overrated, friends who own iphones are jealous :P
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- cory
- xxJ
- 17 Jul 2010
Anonymous, 15 Jul 2010worst phone ever...same goes for the pixi..damn all this p... moreyeah theres way better phones, best thing about the palm phones is the webos, you can thank hp for that one, they bought palm, the ONLY THING ACTUALLY MADE ORIGIONALLY BY PALM is the os
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- Anonymous
- sxr
- 15 Jul 2010
worst phone ever...same goes for the pixi..damn all this phones..caused so much issues..they're all rubbish...
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- palm pre user
- pxk
- 13 Jul 2010
Dear all.
I have had 5 Palm Treo's before the Palm Pre.
One of them I still carry as well, because the Pre is just very unreliable.
I work with this phone and use for email, sms and calls.
No games installed.....
What is mainly very disturbing is that you can only do things when connected to the internet.
Great when you stay at home, or always in range of a cell network, which isn't always the case.
No way that you can sync with outlook, unless doing it by having a web account that stores all your contacts and agenda data, like google.
You actually buy a phone, and the rest has to be sorted out by yourself with third party software.
Great.....when you have a factory unlocked palm Pre like me. Through my country and network provider I am stopped to go to the App catalog to get the software needed.
I had to install through developer mode and other tricks that most users are not able to do.
So...even the third party software isn't available to users like me.
batterie life is extremely bad....less then 8 hours..while my old treo's did 24 hours.
You always run out of power every day, unless you carry your charger with you next to the phone.
Backups can only be made through Palm website....
May I choose myself please? Am I the owner of the phone? Or did I rent it from Palm?
Do not use it on the charger and surf the net.....you will eventually burn your hands on the batterie.
Handy for cooking an egg, but i want a "smart" phone.
This phone is the baddest one I ever had, the developers of it do not use phones themselves i reckon.
Smart phones should be developed by "smart" guys...
It looks fancy....that is it..useless for the rest.
My Treo's were fine, especially at the days past when smart phones were rare.
I believed that Palm would use the experience and made the Treo even better with the Pre.
In fact, they lost it completely...
Mine is for sale...although I would feel guilty to put someone up with this thing. probably use it in the kitchen for cooking..
Don't buy the palm pre.
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- Anonymous
- 3pa
- 05 Jul 2010
Best phone I've had, WebOS do a better job than iPhone's OS. Don't listen to the other reviews, you'd love it if you know how to use a phone, there are also update releases every now and then unlike other phones you wait half a year, so bugs are fixed instantly. Flash 10.1 will also be coming to the Pre soon which supports the GPU accelerator the Pre has so you'd be getting the best out of mobile browsing. I really have a softspot for Palm as they've made an amazing job on the WebOS platform but not many people know about it, I just love WOWing my friends, it's a great piece of hardware and software although the screen build isn't as great (get's scratched easily although it's glass) so get a screen protector.
Overall amazing phone, I love the gestures it's simply unique as no other phones have them, Apple love bumping their customers as they couldn't care less due to the amount of demand they get because of mindless people who only go for the company that seems popular. Palm Pre is like an iPhone 5G, it's just a shame the company kind of went downhill, I hope the coalition with HP changes that.
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- rab
- MVg
- 01 Jul 2010
the worst phone i have ever had. had an iphone before this and shud have stuck with it. the battery life is extremely poor and now it is starting to slow down even tho i still have 5gb of memory left. the apps are also very boring and the fone freezes all the time. i also find that i have to restart the fone to get txt messages to come through to my inbox. extremely ppor fone and no wonder palm has went bust
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- Tina
- ja}
- 16 Jun 2010
I have my palm pre for 6mnths now and have more problems with this phone than I ever did with my rant. I am on my 2nd refrub and I am very disgusted with it. Sprint wants to do a hard set but I run a business with my phone so therefor I can't lose any of my stuff. They told me to back it up but we have tried several times to do that and the only thing that is kept is my pictures and e-mails. I am at the point I hate this phone. I liked it for the first 3months but it has been nothing but problems
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- katie
- msi
- 13 Jun 2010
I bought this phone in december 09 and it was the worst purchase ive ever made in my life! Endless faults and haing to b sent back to the manufacturer and i was with out a phone for 3 - 4 weeks at a time. The reception is rubbish, turns itself off when it wants, cuts calls off, freezes etc. Just awful. PLEASE TAKE MY ADVICE AND DO NOT BUY THIS PHONE, ONCE YOUVE SIGNED INTO A CONTRACT YOUR STUCK WITH IT! I wouldnt even give it a 1 out of 10!
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- Yianni
- nIn
- 06 Jun 2010
lokizz, 14 May 2010i love this phone the only prob i had was the baterry woul... moreThe Pre simply needs to have the brightness in its settings moved to the absolute minimum as they made a super bright screen which eats the battery.I saw this mentioned somewhere else and I have done it.ONLY doing this has meant that the battery is comparable if not BETTER than an iphone 3GS's.Try it - apart from that it is a lovely little good looking and much more different than anything else in the market. I truly love mine.
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- rebecca
- 011
- 30 May 2010
palm pre no longer available...
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- sa
- m58
- 29 May 2010
hi all is it possible to make a video call on the palm pre. i've got my pre for 5months now and i'm loving it.
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- john
- kbI
- 20 May 2010
Battery life was horrible..construction as well..went thru 6 pre phones in six month period.. always had headphone jack issues or glitches due to apps. Rep told me its not really designed to be an app phone and would not tell you which app was causing problems. This thing was horrible.
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- lokizz
- 4By
- 14 May 2010
i love this phone the only prob i had was the baterry would last me 2 to 3 hours