Palm pre. YouTube - Palm Pre. Palm pre review. Palm Pre Review (Mini) Update 06/05/09: we also tried the final retail version of the Palm Pre in this Review Now that our heads are cool and that we have a little more perspective, it’s time to tell you what we think of the Palm Pre, after having spent a little time with it at the show floor, right after the Palm event (check out the live session). Look and feel This is a matter of personal preferences, but it’s fair to say that most people find the Palm Pre design to be nice and less “boxy” than competing smartphones like the iPhone and the G1. It is small when closed and fits nicely in the hand when closed or opened. The Palm Pre is built with quality materials and you can tell, it looks good. It feels good. Physical Keyboard Regardless of how much hype there is out there about virtual keyboards, the simple fact is that they are slower than physical keyboards and that’s why a large population of gadget enthusiasts do want a physical keyboard.
Responsiveness Web Browsing User Interface Email, IM, Social networks. Palm's Pre Getting Good Reviews, So Far - PC World. The early buzz is favorable for the Palm Pre, the vendor's new smart phone that is earning praise from reviewers who've had a chance to play with it. The device, which combines a touch screen with a slide-out QWERY keyboard, was introduced yesterday at CES 2009 in Las Vegas. The Pre features Palm's much-anticipated Web OS operating system, and will be available on the Sprint 3G network in the first half of 2009. Engadget applauded the "grace and simplicity" of the Pre's interface, which it says "outclasses most of its competition on a number of levels, and actually may be quite a bit more revolutionary than the iPhone. " No small praise there. Gizmodo called the Pre "simply amazing" and said the device may be "the most important handset to be announced in two years.
" The software, screen quality, and camera earned the strongest praise, but the hardware design could be better, wrote reviewer Adrian Covert. Some pundits, however, question whether Palm can pull of a successful comeback. Palm pre review. Palm Pre: An early review. Our sister site, Pre Community, has a taken an in-depth, hands-on look at the Palm Pre and has posted an early review. What are the first impressions after having a chance to play with Palm's new toy? We'll tell you a little bit about it after the jump. The Palm Pre comes with 8 GB of flash memory, which some would argue isn't enough. However, the Pre is a web-centric device.
Palm's WebOS is built for constant web connectivity, so your data, such as your contact list, is constantly synching with Sprint's servers online. It was also learned that Pre users will have access to a special Sprint App Store. There are a bunch more pictures as well as a video of the Palm Pre in action. [via Pre Community]