Thought about the new Palm pre?
01-28-2009, 01:28 AM
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i wonder what palm is going to do now that apple patented multi-touch.
http://blogs.barrons.com/techtraderd...ent-suit-grow/
http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-P...AND+multitouch
http://blogs.barrons.com/techtraderd...ent-suit-grow/
http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-P...AND+multitouch
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01-28-2009, 02:03 AM
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i wonder what palm is going to do now that apple patented multi-touch.
http://blogs.barrons.com/techtraderd...ent-suit-grow/
http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-P...AND+multitouch
http://blogs.barrons.com/techtraderd...ent-suit-grow/
http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-P...AND+multitouch
01-28-2009, 09:42 AM
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Tried to be like iPhone and failed miserably.
the pre is nice.but i wonder how much money they made (if any at all) because i remember reading they spent a ton on marketing it.
01-28-2009, 11:14 AM
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Yes it did become a popular phone....but in comparison to the iPhone which it tried to compete against, it was
01-28-2009, 11:17 AM
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What Would Don Draper Do?
They spent a ton on marketing and charged $99 for the phone. Granted they got a lot of 2 year contracts out of the deal but they couldn't have really profited that much.
Yes it did become a popular phone....but in comparison to the iPhone which it tried to compete against, it was
Yes it did become a popular phone....but in comparison to the iPhone which it tried to compete against, it was
on both counts.but around the time the instinct was released, sprint was losing a lot of customers so i guess it was a success to hold onto and bring in new customers.
anyways, i'm still meh on the design of the pre, but i still want to check it out when it's released.
02-15-2009, 11:03 PM
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Prolly will get some more news here in the next couple day. There's a big Mobile conference officially starting tomorrow. That's where MS is unveiling Win Mo 6.5 and every company is unleashing new phones with like 80megepixel cameras in them, it's the new thing. Other than that, this was released yesterday
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qBe9fCWoD7g
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qBe9fCWoD7g
02-16-2009, 10:48 AM
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They announced that Palm is joining Adobe's Open Screen Project and the Palm Pre will support Flash!! So you may be able to make flash apps/games for the phone.
02-16-2009, 05:20 PM
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03-02-2009, 11:26 AM
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I actually had an apple employee scoff at the notion of flash and ask rhetorically "why would you want flash on your iphone?" me = flabbergasted
Can't wait for a pre!
Can't wait for a pre!
03-02-2009, 01:01 PM
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the pre looks like a next-gen iphone. i love my iphone but i can see this being better, the advantage being that the pre is basically an iphone with improvements so it's not as hard to design whereas the iphone design was pretty revolutionary. they're all moving towards being a full fledged mini-pc one step at a time.
i'm not surprised the 3G iphone only limits 1 app at a time. having an iphone for 6 months, you can tell where the processor hits its limit and the phone gets sluggish for a second or two. now pre is probably able to take advantage of newer and cheaper processors.
i'm not surprised the 3G iphone only limits 1 app at a time. having an iphone for 6 months, you can tell where the processor hits its limit and the phone gets sluggish for a second or two. now pre is probably able to take advantage of newer and cheaper processors.
03-27-2009, 01:02 AM
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It's right here siggy. Yea the search on this website sucks donkey nuts, I liked the search they had after the server moved, but they changed it again...
04-17-2009, 02:19 PM
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I don't have sprint anymore so 
Also I see this phone as a different class phone than the iPhone.
Also I see this phone as a different class phone than the iPhone.
05-12-2009, 02:10 AM
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i wonder if palm is going to ship this with a plug that can switch voltages, i assume it would, but my palm TX i bought in 2004-2005ish came with a plug that only takes 120v.
freaking fried the thing when i plugged it in, in hong kong. :thumbsdow
freaking fried the thing when i plugged it in, in hong kong. :thumbsdow
...never heard a thing... kinda a waste of precious time... I coulda been on AZ!
by my 650 for 3 whole years and now beat up by my TP...
05-13-2009, 11:12 AM
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Got this from Sprintusers from the 11th...
We just got a tip from a very proven tipster who informed us that Palm and Sprint were set to make a big announcement in the Wall Street Journal on May 19th. They said that there’s a very good chance of Palm and Sprint announcing the Pre release date then. Confusing, eh? Well, if we were betting boys, our money would be on Tuesday the 19th. We will soon see!
Looks like we might be finally getting a release date.
We just got a tip from a very proven tipster who informed us that Palm and Sprint were set to make a big announcement in the Wall Street Journal on May 19th. They said that there’s a very good chance of Palm and Sprint announcing the Pre release date then. Confusing, eh? Well, if we were betting boys, our money would be on Tuesday the 19th. We will soon see!
Looks like we might be finally getting a release date.
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05-14-2009, 03:19 AM
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I want this phone..
05-15-2009, 07:12 PM
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i had a treo 650 and it was cool, just too big. Then got a Centro and I really like it. I was going to leave Palm but now with the Pre, I am most likely going to get it. I have been with Sprint for over 8 years now and I love the fast data network and I love the $15 a month unlimited data plan. Actually did a download speedtest and got a 1.6mbps reading..i did three tests to be sure..not bad at all!! The Pre looks really nice and I love how you can keep multiple apps open at the same time, unlike the Centro
05-15-2009, 07:37 PM
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i had a treo 650 and it was cool, just too big. Then got a Centro and I really like it. I was going to leave Palm but now with the Pre, I am most likely going to get it. I have been with Sprint for over 8 years now and I love the fast data network and I love the $15 a month unlimited data plan. Actually did a download speedtest and got a 1.6mbps reading..i did three tests to be sure..not bad at all!! The Pre looks really nice and I love how you can keep multiple apps open at the same time, unlike the Centro