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

 

I don't know, but I wonder what this might do to the rest of the computing industry...

 

whether or not you think the instinct sucks, i'm with darksithcl in that i think it helped sprint. seems like 1 out of 2 sprint users have one.

but i wonder how much money they made (if any at all) because i remember reading they spent a ton on marketing it.

 

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

 

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.

 

Anyone have any news on the release date? I still haven't heard anything about it.

 

oooooooooooooooo... any more news?

 

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

 

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.

 

 

...thanks for the update!

my wife is rockin a centro and the Pre might be our next electronic friend....lol

 

I hear the rumored release date is sometime in March? Anyone have any info?

 

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!

 

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.

 

ill probably get one to replace my 755p. go Palm!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UiQzCd2OnoM

 

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...

 

Danke!

 

Last I heard it got pushed to May; it's a bit behind now. I'm just glad Sprint isn't doing the normal rush it out the door tactic... like they had in the past.

 

May 17th or something like that

One month to go!

 

I don't have sprint anymore so

Also I see this phone as a different class phone than the iPhone.

 

just signed up to be a Palm Pre reviewer... LOL...hopefully I will get chosen...

 

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

 

I guess I am a NO GO ......never heard a thing... kinda a waste of precious time... I coulda been on AZ!

 

Rick, has sprint posted a release date yet?

 

...nothing official from Sprint or Palm, but there's supposed to be an announcement on 5/19 in the WSJ and a possible release on 6/7

 

Rick....I am gonna go to Sprintusers.com where I am a member and scout around... there seems to be alot of Sprint insiders over there...

Will hollar back. R.

 

....LOL, but I really need to buy a new camera!

 

Dayuum worse case of blueballs LOL. 2 years with my 755 is too much hehe.

 

Sounds more like Pre-blueballs, to me.

 

rofl

 

LOL... youre not even there yet hommie... I was by my 650 for 3 whole years and now beat up by my TP...

 

true true lol

 

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.

 

LOL i'm excited about the press conference date to announce the "actual" Pre release date

 

....we are lost in electrophonebrainfartland... and we are both freakin doctors...

 

I want this phone..

 

...so does my wife... she has a Palm Centro

I sure it performs better than the much hyped but kinda not so great TP I am rockin... Palm really needs to score with this phone...

 

Haha

 

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

 

You hit the nail on the head. I'm so looking forward to being able to reply to a text without having to drop my net connection ala 755.