I explained what you called a "retarded" comment, rather clearly.

 

You retarded comment pertained to the remark about your lack of calls meaning my phone was a dud because I experienced....especially considering we live in two totally different areas of coverage.

 

ok - this is my last post about this - I was never talking about YOUR phone, obviously I know nothing about YOUR experience with YOUR phone. I said it was a friend's iphone.

 

I am glad the people you know have had good luck.

Mine however, was bad. Besides from the obvious hardware issues I addressed, the poor service I have been getting with sprint and the battery life, which is not limited to my device but the Pres as whole is why I will be returning it. I also know two people with the phone, and although they are not having the same screen problem (shutting off) I am, they are having some other hardware issues. The slide becomes extremely loose and the dead pixels. Coming from a guy who has had ALOT of cell phones, I can say the build quality in this one, IMHO, is sub par.

 

I can't really knock on Palm, I liked my treo 700. No issues with it.


but comparing Apple v Palm is apple to oranges if you ask me.

Good Choice

 

My friend complained about the slide being loose as well.

I have no issues with the screen, slide, or battery life now that I've turned off GPS and in spite of always running bluetooth. Guess I'm lucky?

 

the only problem im having is the screen not turning on when i press the button, i have to hit it a second time then if flashes on off then the third time it goes on, it happens sporadically though

 

Brotha! Whatz up? How's that Pre treating you mang?

 

Has anyone put any ringtones on it yet? The site i used to go get them from for my BB i cant get them with the Pre..

My battery life is ok I have to charge it every night but thats because I talk and text on it all day thinking about picking up another battery for it plus that touchstone too.

 

Hey Rick! So far so good. Like i mentioned earlier only gripes were data transfer from my treo (only was able to transfer contacts, no aps), having to set up gmail account for wireless backing up of data (calendar, contacts, etc) and lack of USB sync. I'm getting used to the keyboard and the pre is hella small which I like. The Cards feature which allows for multiple apps being open simultaneously (like Windows) is very cool. Interweb is blazing fast compared to Treo. Speakerphone works decent and battery life is good (yesterday I left for work at 7:30 am and when I came home at 8 pm I still had about 75% battery life despite few short calls).

Epocrates not available for pre yet. Do you use epocrates or mobilePDR?

 

I don't have that problem but some of my texts are not going through. I just hit the little icon in the lower right corner.

 

1.0.3 update is now out, there comin out with these real quick

http://kb.palm.com/wps/portal/kb/na/.../50607_en.html

 

wow that was fast. looks like it fixed a considerable amount of things concerning Gmail.

p100eww?

they couldn't think of a better name for the update? lol

 

doing that update right now

 

 

Just commenting about the palm pre....I have used it for about two weeks now and would have to say its a really good phone.

Cons: Battery life is horrible and it lags sometimes, but I guess that is all electronic devices after using is alot and putting more software on it. I will be happy once a new battery comes out.

 

I used to be a big mobile epocrates user, but not anymore...my practice has changed so much! I am so glad ur new rig is working out for u... be glad u skipped the Touch Pro fiasco! yall will have all the bugs worked out pretty soon! ...and thats great battery life!

 

Thanks mang. Turning off the GPS saves sooo much battery life.

 

Changed my plan on Saturday and now on the waiting list to get the Pre. Getting pretty excited.

 

Is it constantly on? How do you turn it off? I've had the pre for 2 days now - LOVE the phone, battery life is not too good but considering that I can't put it down, it's okay.

I think you had the Treo before too, right? I feel like I haven't even had a phone when going from the 700 to the Pre

Any other tips on preserving battery life?

 

Go to the launcher>>> Location Services>>> Use GPS>>> Off

 

^ Done, hopefully that will help! I also changed some settings, less light, shut down sooner, etc. Hopefully that'll make a large impact.

 

the battery life is a lot better since the updates came out and im starting to put it down once in a while lol

 

they fixed sudoku!!!! no need to tap a box 265323938 times in order for it to be selected

 

I did the update last night, haven't seen too much of a difference yet.

 

Hey. I'm so glad i'm not lugging around my treo 755 in my front pant pocket like a 2nd schlong. The size of the pre is awesome. Got a couple hard cases and screen protector so i'm good. Still deciding on the touchstone.

Yep, turn light down. Turn off bluetooth and wifi as well.

There is supposed to be a firmware update allowing texts to be forwarded. I got splashID last week which is a godsend, hopefully they don't charge since this app is just the beta.

Evernote kicks ass too. Text, photo, or other memos uploaded via the web to your evernote account so you can store all kinds of info that is maintained even if you lose your phone.

"Where" app worked great when i was in chitown last weekend for a conference. Location is automatically updated so within 10 seconds i was able to identify the closest theater to my hotel showing transformers.

The pre forums are helpful but it's time consuming sorting through all the replies LOL. The synching with gmail is working much smoother, i only have my emails updated to my pre every 6 hours. I disabled the google calendar notifications to my gmail account. I figured out how to load my photos from desktop onto wallpaper.

Did you try the Classic app? I couldn't get my palm desktop app to transfer over to Classic. Plus it's 29.95 after the 7 day trial period. The only 2 apps I really needed from my Treo were splashID and epocrates.

Still bummed I can't use epocrates (prescription drug info) for the pre. I even tried downloading epocrates as an iphone app but it wouldn't work on the pre.

 

still debating on changing out from my 800w...

 

Stop debating and do it!

I had the Treo 600, 650 and 700's, gf's brother has the 800. I don't even consider them being phones after getting the Pre.

I don't even use my laptop anymore

 

Dr Brotha Rick!

Check out this link mang! Hit them with your email so you can get the 411 straight from the epoc peeps

http://www.epocrates.com/products/rx/palm.html

Peace!

Otha Dr Brotha Rick

 

What buisness are yall in DarkSith and Rick?

 

Rick is a Dermatologist and I do Radiology...my name is Rick and I am a doctor too, that's why we always tease back and forth about being brothers...he's my doctor brotha from anotha motha...LOL

 

Gotcha!

Me and the wifey just moved down to the Land of Sugar. She is an APN running a pain clinic in the Sharpstown Area. I am going to the epoc on her cell phone for quick reference...

 

I think that is all that I needed. I will probably wait a month or so and try to catch one on ebay. It seems they are going between $290- $348.

 

so what exactly does this touchstone do? and are they going to be exclusive spring for a while?

where in Sugar Land do you live?

 

59 and 6 for the time being. We are looking for a home in this area...

 

Looks like the new itunes update has been made, the Pre cannot sync to itunes anymore. Do not download the update!

 

Correct. Did you hear how the pre can be tethered and used as a wireless router?!?! I'm too scared to do anything that will void the warranty hehe but the potential with this new webos system is sick. Can't wait for all the homebrew apps to come out, just gotta be patient.

 

x985484398030983983497843978549783498

 

Yep, hacked our Pres for laptop tethering..

 

Hook her up!!! The Sharp shooter... FTL...some krazee spots over there...
Sugarland.... we are down there at least once a week seeing patients... Friends wood too...