The Pre is here. . .
Over the weekend Sprint and Palm launched the eagerly anticipated Pre. It was a crazy weekend of queues and first impressions. The excitement even saw one elderly lady drive her car through the window of a Sprint store and some heated drama between Tech Crunch’s Mike Arrington and veteran tech journalist Leo Laporte over review units.
Over the last 48 hours, Pre owners have been discovering all the nasty and nice things about their new toy: the edges of the the slidedown keyboard are a little sharp (making it a tad uncomfortable to hold), keyboard edges aside, it feels great in your hand, it still syncs with the new version of iTunes, the keypad is a bit small, Sprint’s 3G is pretty snappy (with equal amounts of “Sprint’s 3G is pretty crappy”) and so on and so forth.
What we want to know, is which of you went out and bought a Pre and what you think of it? Did you wait in line only to be disappointed or did you hand over your hard earned cash, take the unit home and live happily ever after? Leave your thoughts below!
Don’t forget (as if the internet would let you), Apple is apparently all set to launch a brand spanking new iPhone this morning. Rumor has it we could see more than one. Stay tuned and we’ll post about the new Apple hardware as soon as we know anything.
Jobs = Capone
I'm guessing she got her license taken away.
I can't imagine the prissy people that must have reviewed this phone. My job involves no manual labor, so it isn't like I have hands of steel. The only callouses I have are from golfing.
As for the rest of the phone, I can't attest much as I was just trying to get a feel for it. It's smaller than I felt like it was when looking at it in pictures but the screen is nice and it's comfortable enough to use one handed. I didn't try out any multi-tasking or phone calls or anything, so I'm not going to throw another opinion out there about those. I just wanted to know if I could type with it and how it looked for real.
I agree, sharp edge on the keyboard? CMON! If that's all you have to complain about in an article then can it. I could say the same crap about AT&T's network in my area about it being completely crappy too (I know because my blackberry for work is at&t).
Jobs = Capone
wrong. this would be considered to be singling out seniors and an uproar would ensure. they don't work so have ample time to protest and no one wants to hear a bunch of whiny old people as it is... that's the reason why retirement homes are so profitable and prevalent.
Conversely, if you don't like Sprint and are trying to switch, switch to AT&T and get the iPhone.
Countering that, if you don't like either carrier, switch to Verizon and get a Blackberry Storm. Won't have iTunes but meh.
I have normal size hands and my Treo 755p which has a small keyboard beats trying to press a standard phone pad three times for each letter. Plus the tactile feel of it is better than a larger button touch screen. If you use an iPhone (I had one for 2 wks), you will realize that a small tactile button keypad is more efficient than a larger button touch screen.
I'd buy an iPhone if it had a slide-out keyboard. It's thin already and adding an 1/8 inch slide-out keyboard wouldn't severely hurt its overall packaging. At least make an option.
Better than the iPhone? While not identical, the features are comparable. The real proof will be the apps that are released in the next few months.