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Introducing Palm Pre - a phone so in sync with your life it feels like it's thinking ahead for you. Pre pulls your different online calendars into one view, bringing you the information you want without having to search for it. Pre links your contacts from different sources, giving you one place to find what you need. And Pre delivers incoming messages and notifications in an intuitively subtle way, letting you react or respond however you want. People, events, information that matters. With Palm Pre, it'll...
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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful
I have owned and have been using a Palm Pre since December 2009, so I am well placed to make a comment. Like many, I was undecided between an iPhone and the Pre. On paper, the Pre is a fantastic phone. Many of the features are better than the iPhone. Unfortunately, in practice the Pre doesn't live up to it's ability. The operating system slows down very quickly. The service reception is just awful in comparison. On a minibus recently trying to get google maps up, I couldn't, the iPhone users on the bus were all using google maps with no problems. I'm on O2 so I don't know how it performs on other networks but trying to hold a conversation for any length of time is impossible. The worst feature by far though is the battery. I have to put the phone on charge every single day. If I don't do it before 8pm in the evening, it will often shut down. I make less than 60 mins of calls per day and as I work most days, do not use the browser or other battery draining features for long periods either.
It is a great phone with loads of great features, but a bit more testing by Palm would have probably been beneficial. A great effort though.
The Palm Pre Plus is being launched which has a faster processor and improved battery, so that will probably make this the great phone it should be.
It is a great phone with loads of great features, but a bit more testing by Palm would have probably been beneficial. A great effort though.
The Palm Pre Plus is being launched which has a faster processor and improved battery, so that will probably make this the great phone it should be.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
I waited a while to enter the smartphone market - I had an ipod touch for ages and though I love it I just didn't want a phone that big and most smartphones are quite large.
Anyway, if you're looking for a phone that effortlessly browses the web, syncs your emails and contacts,takes great pics and videos, has google maps etc, all in a dinky package then the pre works a treat. The ability to have several applications open at once gives the phone great functionality. Also, you can work with all the images and music stored on your phone when connected to your pc without any additional software - you literally just plug it in, that's it.
I haven't yet been able to get my bluetooth to work sufficiently and texting needs a bit of a tweak; if you're mid-text you can't scroll back through it yet (whereas you can see & scroll through the earlier texts in that thread).
Finally, battery life isn't great if you do use all the features on this phone such as web browsing and allowing the phone to automatically download your mail so make sure you configure your phone to work in the way that suits you best(you can control how frequently mail is downloaded) and if you drive have an in-car charger (micro usb) as you'll need it.
Anyway, if you're looking for a phone that effortlessly browses the web, syncs your emails and contacts,takes great pics and videos, has google maps etc, all in a dinky package then the pre works a treat. The ability to have several applications open at once gives the phone great functionality. Also, you can work with all the images and music stored on your phone when connected to your pc without any additional software - you literally just plug it in, that's it.
I haven't yet been able to get my bluetooth to work sufficiently and texting needs a bit of a tweak; if you're mid-text you can't scroll back through it yet (whereas you can see & scroll through the earlier texts in that thread).
Finally, battery life isn't great if you do use all the features on this phone such as web browsing and allowing the phone to automatically download your mail so make sure you configure your phone to work in the way that suits you best(you can control how frequently mail is downloaded) and if you drive have an in-car charger (micro usb) as you'll need it.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
What I was looking for in a phone:
- I wanted a well styled phone that fit into most of my handbags (including the small ones!)
- I wanted a phone that could access websites on WiFi and 3G
- I wanted a QWERTY keypad as well as touchscreen.
- I wanted a decent camera with flash (something the iphone did not have when I purchased this)
The Pre meets all these expectations.
- The phone is beautiful and in my opinion still one of the best styled phones out there. I love the pebble shape and even more so love the curve in the phone to fit your face when you open the keypad.
- The web access is good, one negative (which has contributed to one star less) is the unsupported flash sites (like the iphone). Sites are easy to view and the touchscreen movements used to control sites are very handy.
- The keypad is great the buttons are all raised and well spaced making it easy to type.
- The camera is good (the second factor contributing the one less star) although unlike some of my previous phones it has no zoom. However for snapshots and people shots out and about it is a nice camera.
Other points to mention
The touchstone is great. When at your desk you can just sit the phone on the touchstone at it charges as well as holds it. Great pieces of kit. One irritation is that if you don't have this on silent it pings when it is fully charged. Great for the day but a pain if you charge when you go to sleep.
Apps : I'm not a huge app user, although I'm sure this will change. There are apps for the Pre and they shop is growing. You can get Angry Birds that game that everyone seems to love but its not a feature I've spent much time with. Sorry.
Overall I've been very happy with this phone and whilst not a iphone killer is great in its own right.
- I wanted a well styled phone that fit into most of my handbags (including the small ones!)
- I wanted a phone that could access websites on WiFi and 3G
- I wanted a QWERTY keypad as well as touchscreen.
- I wanted a decent camera with flash (something the iphone did not have when I purchased this)
The Pre meets all these expectations.
- The phone is beautiful and in my opinion still one of the best styled phones out there. I love the pebble shape and even more so love the curve in the phone to fit your face when you open the keypad.
- The web access is good, one negative (which has contributed to one star less) is the unsupported flash sites (like the iphone). Sites are easy to view and the touchscreen movements used to control sites are very handy.
- The keypad is great the buttons are all raised and well spaced making it easy to type.
- The camera is good (the second factor contributing the one less star) although unlike some of my previous phones it has no zoom. However for snapshots and people shots out and about it is a nice camera.
Other points to mention
The touchstone is great. When at your desk you can just sit the phone on the touchstone at it charges as well as holds it. Great pieces of kit. One irritation is that if you don't have this on silent it pings when it is fully charged. Great for the day but a pain if you charge when you go to sleep.
Apps : I'm not a huge app user, although I'm sure this will change. There are apps for the Pre and they shop is growing. You can get Angry Birds that game that everyone seems to love but its not a feature I've spent much time with. Sorry.
Overall I've been very happy with this phone and whilst not a iphone killer is great in its own right.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
Slick, practical, and cool!
I love the Palm Pre Plus!!
It's a really good, nicely sized little smartphone.
Has many features of a much more expensive phone, yet at a brilliant price. Read more
It's a really good, nicely sized little smartphone.
Has many features of a much more expensive phone, yet at a brilliant price. Read more
Published 1 month ago by Yarnie1
Fab phone
I have had a number of Palm (now HP) products over the years and have always thought they have a great OS. Read more
Published 9 months ago by H. Madgwick
just the thing
After much deliberation over the various products on the market, my husband finally settled on this, it does all that he requires of it and his only complaint is that it eats up... Read more
Published 18 months ago by June Marie Birch
Fantastic phone
This phone deserves 3 stars because although it is one of the smallest smartphones available with all the latest functions - wifi, GPS etc... Read more
Published 21 months ago by stu999
Faulty Palm Pre
I previously owned a Palm Pre which i lost when i was on Holiday recently. I purchased another one from one of your vendors and am completely dissatisfied with it. Read more
Published 24 months ago by Silvano Muruatetu
ITS THE BEST!!!
this phone is the best phone i ever had. once you get used to the qwerty board you can type as fast as you desire. No fault's whatsoever EXCELLENT
Published on 30 April 2010 by jojoc
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