Official Palm Pre User Review Thread

[ldostang]

Originally Posted by Drybonz

To bring my initial review full circle, I returned my Pre today and cancelled my contract upgrade.

As reasons for this I am citing poor manufacturing and hardware on the device, as well as (but not as much of a factor) a lack of momentum in the new apps, and non-existant communication from Palm. I was on my third unit.

Things I will miss on the device:

1. SMS interface. I don't think anything else on the market can touch the SMS interface on the Pre. It is great.
2. Web browser.
3. Capacitive screen, multitouch zoom and gesture controls.

Just sayin.

well it sux that ur leaving. im sure u would have done something good for the webos community. im sure ur tp2 bonz roms will be amazing.

with that being said ive only had my pre for a week but im in love with it. i understand the lack of new apps but the homebrew community is bringing in some good stuff with only a week of the leaked sdk. also as far as hardware, i guess i still havent had the major problems, but since i have the tep insurance, im hoping palm fixes those issues and maybe i can exchange it for free at my local sprint tech support (did it with my touch) or pay $100 for a replacement. im just not going back to win mo until i see what msoft does with wm7.

enjoy the tp2 bonz when u get it. im sure the users with love ur roms.

Originally Posted by Drybonz

To bring my initial review full circle, I returned my Pre today and cancelled my contract upgrade.

As reasons for this I am citing poor manufacturing and hardware on the device, as well as (but not as much of a factor) a lack of momentum in the new apps, and non-existant communication from Palm. I was on my third unit.

Things I will miss on the device:

1. SMS interface. I don't think anything else on the market can touch the SMS interface on the Pre. It is great.
2. Web browser.
3. Capacitive screen, multitouch zoom and gesture controls.

Just sayin.

wow that sux man.... i heard a lot about build quality. i hope that if i choose the Pre over the Hero (come september) the build quality from those batches to be a little bit more sturdy (guy can dream rite? lol)

[Drybonz]

Originally Posted by ldostang

well it sux that ur leaving. im sure u would have done something good for the webos community.

Even given the hardware problems that I had... I had to mull it over for a while before I finally took it back. I wasn't sure if I wanted to give it up. Ultimately, I decided I couldn't settle for the inferior quality of the hardware after never having hardware problems with a phone for years (Since a Blackjack, back in the day).

[klubhead]

anyone know how to wipe out all texts from the inbox?

[Drybonz]

Originally Posted by klubhead

anyone know how to wipe out all texts from the inbox?

You can delete them pretty quickly by swiping the conversations off the screen to get rid of them a conversation at a time.

[Big D5]

Bonz we are sorry to see ya go mabey the next generation webos devices will be better. Now go get to cooking something the PPCGeeks needs ya

[spiritcrusher33]

well count me in on the pre!! just got one at best buy today for 199.00!! now i think i hae the perfect combo. pre and diamond. sucks cause my diamond is a $30 sero.. and my pre is like $69. I guess not to bad. 100 a month for imo the rock solid phones!!! try that on att or verizon!!! lol

[scrambler7]

Originally Posted by Drybonz

I'm currently using my Diamond.

as good as the pre is, i'm getting a little bored with it too since the 3rd party app scene is so bad at this moment. i went back to my diamond just to play around with it but after using the pre, i realized how superior the pre's touchscreen is. it was a bit frustrating to use the diamond again, so looks like i'll be holding on to the pre. but that touch pro2 looks enticing enough to bring me back to WM because of the hardware alone.

[alan7467]

Thought I'd post some fresh impressions from a non Pre owner since they've made a few updates now.

Went back to the sprint store today and played with a Pre running 1.1 for about an hour. The demo phone had seen a lot of abuse but was holding up really well. Definitely some "oreo" effect with the phone closed, but I found it minimal and totally tolerable (for me at least). Also noticed some blochiness on the bottom of the display. Again, very hard to notice and didn't bother me.

I found the phone to be much snappier than I remember (played with it on launch day before). Apps were loading faster than before, and most menus seemed to scroll a little smoother. Still really like the whole cards setup for multitasking. I opened up youtube, starting playing a trailer for the latest star trek movie (found the playback quality to be quite good), backed out (with it auto pausing) and starting surfing PPCgeeks, changing settings and looking at photos without much of a noticable slowdown. One thing I ended up getting really aggravated with though was backing up within an app or "card". I flat out couldn't figure out how to do it. Once I got home I read up and it all made sense. Just needed to do a half swipe back in the gesture area. Duh.

Checked out the app store, downloaded Tweed and found it similar to Twikini on WM though with considerably more polish. That's the thing that stands out so much to me with this phone vs. WM. Menus in apps have a consistent look, feel and polish. Apps don't feel half backed like most WM apps I try. It just feels like a breath of fresh air in that regard.

Still on the fence on this phone, but if the HTC Hero continues to look like it's gonna be slow (which will be likely since it's running old hardware, damn you HTC) I'll likely be jumping ship to WebOS and the Pre.

[gadgetman99]

I have had my Pre for about a week now and love it. Coming from a Touch Diamond, I find the pre to be fast and more polished. I,ve always felt WM would be my favorite, but now Palm has really stepped up. Even with different roms flashed on the Touch Diamond, the pre blows it away. As far as comparing to the iPhone, the Pre will become a great compeditor. The Pre has a keyboard, removable battery, Touchstone and tethering (with homebrew app), so it is going to quickly overtake all but the iPhone (and even then, shake it up a bit). Just an amazing little phone.