Tired of palm pro... hows the PRE?
 

Hey so I had a touch pro that got stolen outta my house and so I got the palm pro for free... to put it lightly... I HATE THIS PHONE! so... without getting into details about why I was just wondering how you guys like your palm PRE's? I wanted the evo.. that was untill I found out I couldint get it on my employee plan... damn I hate that! Thanks!

Re: Tired of palm pro... hows the PRE?
 

The Pre is the best phone I've ever owned hands down. I have tweaked it and added the patches I wanted. My Evo is sitting in the box while the pre rox.

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I liked my Pre quite a bit, but the build quality and the fact I drop my phone at least every other day didn't work out well for me.

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Carla I will admit the first Pre (early build) I had was less than desired as far as the build but the replacement has been solid.

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hp/palm need to release another phone soon. the pre fanbase is pretty much dead.

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lol i loved the pre.. but like most. the build quality sucked... went to the hero. and never looked back til last week,lol my wifes bb tour started going out.. so me being the nice guy i am.. I said here honey take my hero... and just activated my old tp2..cause dec 1st I get my upgrade.. wife is happy. and now cant say no cause i gave her my hero,lol

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The lack of even the rumor of a new WebOS device drove me to my first Andriod phone and I upgraded to an Evo. Haven't looked back yet. With that being said, although the Pre was did not have the best hardware quality, I felt that WebOS was the best mobile OS around. Maybe HPalm will come up come next year and I might be back on WebOS. For now I'm really enjoying android.

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I am with sanmanc, I loved WebOS, but the quality of the two phones I had was sub-par. Others may have received stronger builds I guess, but I didn't for either of mine.

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I have been using my Pre since it came out. So far it is by far the best phone I have used for ease but there are some bad points:

Quality of the phone, it seems cheap and cracks and breaks fairly easy. So far I have cracks on the back and front as well as the little thing that covers the usb connection has fallen off even thought I use the touchstone.

Type of apps are very limited. It seems like there are nothing but hot babe pictures and soundboards, and just useless things. I want a phone that can let me do my work stuff as well as have some fun. I guess if I wanted to spend all day looking at girls I'll never have or listening to Stewie go Mom Mom Mom, Mommy it is great.

Last but not least I agree with the post above it seems as though the Pre craze is slowly dying. Not much activity as far as something new. The Pre has been out for over a year by now you would think there would be a lot of buzz about the next great Pre thing but a few rumors here ant there doean't show much promise.

Again I love the phone it's ease of use and syncing with Google is a great feature but the fact I can't easily sync with my computer kinda of bothers me.

Just my opinion

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I'm gonna chime in as well....

Pros:
1. WebOS is rock solid. Rarely have to soft reset the phone and the swipe/gesture aspect of navigating around the OS is pure genius.
2. Hard keyboard.
3. Screen brightness and clarity are both wonderful. Very readable outside.
4. Touchstone....enough said.
5. True hardware mute switch. I love being able to kill all sounds with one flick of the switch.
6. Email and messaging integration. The Pre handles all types of email accounts. I also love having all types of messaging (IM, SMS, Chat, etc.) all consolidated under one thread for that specific person. I can be IM'ing my wife via Windows Messenger and then seamlessly start SMS'ing her.
7. Patches and the WebOS community. Amazing stuff coming out of that community. Don't look at patching as a con either...given the ease and openness of WebOS you can tweak your phone to your liking with very little effort. Who new I'd want a patch that automatically turns on my GPS when I open Google Maps and then turns off GPS when I close Google Maps?
8. HP buying Palm. Opens the door to WebOS finding its way onto more devices, systems, etc.
9. Synergy. Love having all of my contacts, etc. seamlessly sync, etc.

Cons:
1. WebOS. While it's rock solid and Palm has been good about updates....it seems to have stalled.
2. Hardware. While the Pre was a solid effort we need a new handset from HP/Palm. Would love to see WebOS on the EVO.
3. Hard keyboard. It's cramped and hard to use.
4. HP buying Palm. Unsure how HP will deploy WebOS or if they will continue to support mobile phones.
5. App Catalog. While stuff is always being developed...it's pretty limited in scope.

That's just a few things off the top of my head.

late,
Coz

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Ditto!

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I second the ditto. WebOS is just incredible. More apps might be nice, but I have found all I need so far, and think I could never finish searching the 10,000 or 100,000 Android/iPhone variations of the most useful apps... would I even remember which I liked best before a 100 more popped up?

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id wait until 2011 to see if another palm pre or webos2 will be available. if the specs are good enough i may come back from android as well.

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wtf are you serious?

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webos is very slow, hardware is behind the curve and the device has many hardware issues.

webos is pretty but it needs alot of work. Windows phone 7 is around the corner, I don't think webos will last.

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That hasn't been the case for me I'm happy to report. Sorry you've had a bad experience with WebOS and the hardware. My original Pre has some build issues but the replacement has been sturdy for over a year. I'm running one of the overclocked kernels at a little over 1gig so speed isn't an issue either for me.

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I still have love for Windows, but it would be my guess that WP7 will flop. While some WinMo die hards will use it, I doubt the main stream will give a shit.
I also have my Pre OC'd, but I mostly run it at 800mhz. It's super fast and smooth.

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I Love my Pre.

It is getting harder to defend it as there are sooooooo many new shiny Androids coming out, but I really don't see myself switching any time soon.

That said: If you don't want to patch/overclock/homebrew, I'd stay away from the phone. With my 30+ patched and running at an overclocked 1ghz, my Pre is awesome. Check out Preware and webOS internals over at Precentral.net. It really is easy.

Since you can pick one up really cheap now, I'd get it...but I'd save my upgrade until new hardware comes out.

Nb

One caveat that NEEDS mentioning: Pre Battery life sucks. There are enough ways to help you last longer, but I find myself wondering what I am going to do if I am away from the outlet for more than 8 hours.

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With the Pre being $50 with Sprint now, I picked one up for my son, who had been using my old Mogul. While I haven't had much opportunity to play with it, I have to say that the OS is, at first glance, far better than any other I have used. It is so intuitive, glossy, and smooth.

Wen I had the pre I loved it, my TP1 broke so they gave me one for free as a replacement. If I didn't have the Evo that's probably Wut I would have

Sent from Canadian Jigsaw's barn cuz he got all the Rush records.

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Nokia hired several of the key top Palm folks when they bailed post merger. 90% of the Palm engineers are gone (I know one who's still there post merger.) As a former HP employee, I expect they'll kill what's left of it in no time.

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good to know palm still has users dedicated to their os and it will suck to see them go if that ever happens completely. companies can do a turnaround very quickly so my fingers are crossed that something works out to palms advantage!!!

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not looking good for palm or webos IMO.