Comments on: UPDATED: Palm Pre – 112 days later – a review

By: Rick

Rick — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 04:43:29 +0000

Mr. Adam. I think your memory of the first iPhone is a little skewed. Battery life has never been stellar, but even version 1.0 lasted a full day easily unless a person used wi-fi constantly or kept the scree on almost continuously. And it did support SMS…just not MMS (until just last week). It was a much more compelling device at release to me except for 2 things: lack of high speed cellular (only had EVDO), and no add-on programs. A year later, the 3G added both of those functions and their add-on applications (although too many fart and beer games in my opinion) library is tremendous.

I DO hope that Palm succeeds in the long run, but it doesn’t look good. Even Verizon doesn’t seem to want to pick up the slow selling Pre.

By: admin

admin — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 03:40:10 +0000

Thanks for your comment Ibedaboss.

I hope that Palm will learn a lot from this phone and we see drastic improvements with each new generation of hardware and software. The Pre 1.0 is still far better than the iPhone 1.0 was when it came out. If you’ll remember, the iPhone didn’t support apps, SMS, or true GPS. The battery often needed recharged three times per day with average business use.

I think people are ignoring the first paragraph or two of this article. I don’t mind, it is getting the comments flowing and I love a heated discussion.

By: Dell Ibedaboss

Dell Ibedaboss — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 03:00:59 +0000

I have to first say Thank You for this article, and for those complaining about this… I agree with Adam’s approach. You can find all the ‘wows’ from any other site, but many overlook some of these key shortcomings. I have a Pre, and I notice all of this. He felt that he needed to point out some things that are Very important…. how is the almost-worst-in-the-smartphone-category battery not important?! That would be a dealbreaker for some. With all that is lacking, I feel that the good outweigh the bads, and you can’t beat the Awesome plan pricing.

Most, if not all will be remedied in due time, so I’m enthusiastic about staying along for the ride. With the homebrew app community, ease of hacking and and customizable themes, you just can’t beat having endless possibilities with this phone. WebOS is only, barely 4 months old, and What I’ve been seeing as far as improvements are astonishing. With 1.2.1 coming soon, things will only get better, and it’s still within 4 months. Give it a year, webOS will be the best mobile OS to date.

By: Matthew Kettlewell

Matthew Kettlewell — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 21:01:12 +0000

I agree with Rick – I tie myself to the technology not the brand. Like several that mentioned it, I’d like to see what the Android has to offer…I’m just not ready to switch carriers over toT-Mobile quite yet… Unless maybe they bring back the Zeta-Jones commercials again

Great job of not sugar coating.

By: Rick

Rick — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 02:48:28 +0000

As a former Palm “almost” fan boy, I just think the negatives you listed are too great for any amount of positives to overcome. True, Sprint has dropped the price of plans faster than anyone, but that should also drive down the competition price. The Pre sounds like too much of a compromise to consider. Like you, however, I do watch with eagerness to see what the Android brings. It is hard to overcome the juggernaut that is the iPhone though…especially if it ever gets over to Verizon.

By: Tiffany

Tiffany — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 00:52:39 +0000

I cannot wait to upgrade to a Pre! I just had to downgrade from my Centro to my 700p because my screen broke, it has been torture, but better than no Palm. I appreciate finding out the downsides from someone who is honest enough to tell me what “problems” I might have as well as the good things. Maybe when I upgrade some of these issues will have been resolved.

By: admin

admin — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 23:43:52 +0000

Good point. But it was never intended to be a fair review. It was meant to be a review on the negative points of the Palm Pre. I have done several reviews on the positives of the phone too if you read through the link that I posted in the original post.

By: pimpinpimpin

pimpinpimpin — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 22:48:37 +0000

any review that refuses to mention positives is not a fair review. it’s not a review at all. most of these things are not important.

By: admin

admin — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 22:13:04 +0000

That’s an easy one to answer – I labeled it a review so that people would read it. And so the link would show up in searches for “palm pre review.”

By: bdhu2001

bdhu2001 — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 20:58:56 +0000

It’s easy to recommend. He stated up front that he wouldn’t mention any of the positives. Thus, it’s not a review. It’s a list of any issues. I don’t understand why it was labeled a review with the caveat that no positives would be mentioned.