Ever since I first heard of the Palm Pre, I knew I had to have one. Unfortunately, I just wasn't willing to change my plan to get one. I had gotten extremely lucky with Sprint when I signed up and it just wasn't worth paying more every month just so I could have the Pre. When they introduced Any Mobile Anytime, I figured I might as well. Most of the numbers I call are cells anyways.
I had already had 3 previous Palm phones; Treo 650, Treo 755p, and the Treo Pro, and I was addicted to the touch screen feature. Hell, I couldn't even use my computer without being compelled to touch the screen to get it to do something. I didn't like the Windows Mobile on the Treo Pro, so as soon I was eligible for a 2 year upgrade, I placed my order for the Pre.
I'm completely in love. Sure, the WebOS is brand new so there are some bugs that need to be worked out, but so far it seems like Palm is really listening to what the Palm Pre owners want. They've been releasing updates pretty regularly and they just make the phone better and better. I love being able to run multiple apps at the same time.
I've run into a few problems with the Pre, but most of them are minor and if you want to read here: Totally Palmed there are some pretty easy fixes for them. I find actual Palm Pre owners can help you in fixing problems more than Sprint tech support.
I definitely recommend giving the Pre a shot. It may take a little bit of learning to figure out how to use all the features, but its a fun phone once you get the hang of it.
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ReplyDeleteI used a Treo 600 from early '04 till early '08. I loved it. It died. It was its time.
Had a Centro for a few months. I've had a 755P since September '08. Aside from a few too many occasions where I've needed to soft-reset, I've loved it. Great design and technology features.
I love the keyboard more than anything else.
I tried the Pre. While I've had trouble with its keyboard, there's one thing I really dislike, and another I really hate:
My understanding is that you lose the timestamp feature for text messages. Is that correct? Does that not bother you?
What I hate is that to edit something you've already typed, you have to ever-so-carefully place your finger or fingernail just so in the right position on the screen ... There's no navigation feature as on the 755P.
I don't get it! How can you deal with that? What am I missing?! ;-)
I was really looking forward to the Pixi with its improved keyboard, including without the Pre's ridge interfering with typing, using the top row. Then I saw firsthand how the Pixi's slow processor basically made it garbage.
I'm really looking forward to Palm's January 7th news conference, at which it will announce the new WebOS 1.3.5 for Pre and Pixi.
I'd much appreciate your reaction. Thanks for blogging. Feel free to respond to my email addy if you can see it. But I'll be glad to come right back here to see if you had the opportunity to respond.
Thanks,
Dennis