The Palm Pre

[Kasracer]

I want one. NOW.

[Arrow_Raider]

Ugly.

[dclamp]

Ugly.

Agreeed.

[BillGeek]

Pre- what?

[mendhak]

It's Pré. As in pray tell, does it have a snake game?

[shakti5385]

Nice image

[zaza]

[Kasracer]

Too bad the Pre beats the iPhone. It's faster, has copy & paste, bluetooth audio, programs running in the background, etc. Check out the interface; it's so much more intuitive than the iPhone. Oh and you can actually scroll in the web browser on the Pre. It's annoying on the iPhone as every little bit you scroll, it shows a checkered pattern and has to render that part. The Pre already has the entire page cached. Not to mention that the Pre has multi-touch and the accelerometer works better than the iPhones as when it rotates, it does it immediately even on large web pages (I've never seen a phone do that).

[kregg]

Athough admittedly I do want the G1.

[Kasracer]

Ugly.

Sorry if you're confused but I did not post a picture of you in this thread.

[Kasracer]

Athough admittedly I do want the G1.

I did too... until I saw this. I think I've become an instant fan[-boy] of the Palm Pre when it was announced. It just seems so much better than anything else out there. Too bad it probably won't come out for almost 6 more months .

[kregg]

Fair enough I suppose. I just like the idea that even I can write programs for it, and not just simple basic programs like "Oh hai wurlz lol <insert lolcat here on the G1>", but when I get more experienced then I'll be able to write replacement home screens and other applications, etc.

Following on from what you say, despite what people say, I really don't care about the interface as long as I can get to the application, no matter how long winded it is. Since I'll still be stuck on my Pay-As-You-Go sim that I've had since the stone age, I'll probably not use the internet that frequently since it'll cost me. Accelerometers are nothing but a lame overly-expensive gimmick whose features could be replaced by the simple rotate command in an app, and the multi-touch screen feature is nice, but I do want to be able to buy the phone, so I'm not too fussed about multi-touch screens, unless the phone is cheap; then I'm very suspicious about the phone.

[wossname]

That thing looks like a giant suppository.

[zaza]

Too bad the Pre beats the iPhone. It's faster, has copy & paste, bluetooth audio, programs running in the background, etc. Check out the interface; it's so much more intuitive than the iPhone. Oh and you can actually scroll in the web browser on the Pre. It's annoying on the iPhone as every little bit you scroll, it shows a checkered pattern and has to render that part. The Pre already has the entire page cached. Not to mention that the Pre has multi-touch and the accelerometer works better than the iPhones as when it rotates, it does it immediately even on large web pages (I've never seen a phone do that).

Yes, but I have mine right now.







Also (and you can check with mendhaktard if you like), there is only one thing worse than an Apple product and that is a Palm product.

[wossname]

iPalm

[mendhak]

Yes, but I have mine right now.







Also (and you can check with mendhaktard if you like), there is only one thing worse than an Apple product and that is a Palm product.

The only thing worse than an Apple product is its user.

[Arrow_Raider]

Palm => Facepalm.

[soso3]

Accelerometers are nothing but a lame overly-expensive gimmick whose features could be replaced by the simple rotate command

I have to disagree with you here. It's like the scroll wheel on a mouse. I thought is was just a lazy feature....until you use it and realize how much time you waste clicking the little scroll arrows.

The rotate on my LG Dare works great - as fast as I can turn it, it rotates. It's very nice to go from a T9 (word guesser) in portrait mode to a full QWERTY layout in landscape.

Edit: The Dare also runs apps in the background. I can listen to music on it while I surf the web.