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PreCentral.net Reviews the Palm Pre
The iPhone Blog —
... over the last few months, but it pales to insignificance compared to the epic monster of a Palm Pre review our noble Editor-in-Chief, Dieter Bohn, has just dropped on sibling site ...
Palm Pre: the first true competitor to the iPhone
iPhone J.D. —
... that I have found:
New York Times -- Nice, reasonable length review from David Pogue, perhaps the best technology writer in the U.S.
Wall Street Journal -- Just as good as the New York Times review
Engadget -- the most comprehensive review of the Palm Pre, written by Joshua Topolsky, who I suspect has had a pre-release version longer than anyone. (He even showed off the Pre on TV to Jimmy Fallon back in March.)
PreCentral -- good, detailed review
And these are also good:
USA ...
Palm Pre Reviews are in: Looks Like a Stellar 1.0
jkOnTheRun —
... preCentral: “So what’s our verdict on the Palm Pre? Simple: The Palm Pre is a stellar 1.0 product. Given Palm’s fractured and foible-filled history, the fact that they were able to pull all this off is nothing short of amazing.” ...
Gadgetell Roundup: Palm Pre Reviews
Gadgetell —
... platform on first-generation hardware.”
Of course there were plenty of comparisons between some other phones such as the iPhone and G1, which is only natural, but perhaps Gizmodo summed it up the best in saying how they were ready for something different because they were bored of the iPhone. Makes sense, perhaps that is why I have been using my G1 a little more often these days.
Now lets get on and check out some of the verdicts from the early reviews…
PreCentral
So what’s our verdict on the Palm Pre? ...
@TheiPhoneblog: Now with Mo’ Better Twitter!
The iPhone Blog —
... In-between analyzing the Palm Pre to a near-quantum level, Dieter managed to squeeze in a little feature bump for TiPb as well. If you look down and to the right, you’ll see a brand-spanking new “tweet” button and handy-dandy counter. ...
PreCentral Pre Review- Best With Lots of Video
jkOnTheRun —
... It’s definitely Palm Pre day, and I wanted to make sure you didn’t miss what I believe is one of the best reviews of the new Pre. PreCentral has not only covered every tiny detail of the new phone, but augments that with lots of photos and no fewer than 12 videos of different aspects of the Pre. It’s worth spending a good half hour of your time if you are on the fence about the Pre. Well done, folks. ...
Poll: Will you buy the Palm Pre?
Crave: The gadget blog —
... said, "There's no doubt that there's room for improvement in webOS and its devices, but there's also an astounding amount of things that Palm nails out of the gate." Precentral.net, which also called the Pre " incredible ," has a nice ...
Palm Pre Hack: Pretends to be iPod to Interface, not Node
The iPhone Blog —
Remember that brouhaha over the Palm Pre syncing with iTunes? (Check out PreCentral.net’s massive Palm Pre review for more on it from a functional perspective.)
Well, Engadget Mobile says they’ve confirmed that:
the way [Palm Pre] hooks to iTunes is very shady indeed. Turns out that the Pre identifies itself as an iPod when it’s in Media Sync mode, but only on the system’s mass storage interface; the root USB node still comes through as a Palm Pre. ...
Quick WebApp: Google Wave for iPhone (and Everything Else!)
The iPhone Blog —
... YouTube seems to be suffering lately (I blame Dieter’s Palm Pre videos for clogging the hubs!), and at an hour and twenty minutes long, the video above is time consuming to say the least, but if you watch even the beginning of it, win, lose, or draw, the glimpse it gives into the future of WebApps and especially mobile WebApps is fascinating. ...
Google Mobile App, Palm Pre (Ahem!), SBSettings, Nikon D90, Return to Mysterious Island, Tweetie - TiPb Picks of the Week
The iPhone Blog —
... search. The app will then translate your voice to text and search your question. The latest version of this app literally fixed the accuracy errors of it’s earlier self and so far has translated my queries flawlessly. If you haven’t given this app a spin yet you should! Hey, and it’s free! [Free - iTunes link]
Dieter’s Pick: Palm Pre
Okay, Rene I picked for him, since he lined up, so to speak. Dieter’s Palm Pre review has pretty much taken on a life of its own anyway, as has his video Q&A ...
Best of Smartphone Experts, 7 June 2009
The iPhone Blog —
...
Check out our COMPREHENSIVE Palm Pre Review
No, seriously, there are 12 videos, 6 picture galleries, and 10k words on the Pre in our Palm Pre Review
Launch day coverage with LOTS of line-waiting photos ...
iPhone 3G: Apple Re-Invents the $99 Budget Smartphone
The iPhone Blog —
... BlackBerry Tour-like features at Pearl-sized prices? And even if they do, with multiple form-factors and networks at play, can they achieve the economies of scale and maintain realistic margins at that price point? For companies like Palm, whose financials are still shaky at best, these become critical questions.
Which brings us to the elephant in the budget smartphone room:
If Apple is selling the iPhone 3G at $99, what does that do to premium devices like the Palm Pre, BlackBerry Bold, HTC Touch Pro 2, etc.?
Certainly not ...
Smartphone Experts Roundtable Invades TiPb Live! 8pm EDT/5pm PDT
The iPhone Blog —
... happen. Instead, this week we’re bringing you — Smartphone Experts Roundtable Live!
Tonight, Wednesday, June 24 at 8pm EDT/5pm PDT, SPE Editor-in-Chief, Dieter Bohn (representing PreCentral.net, AndroidCentral.com, and WMExperts.com), Kevin Michaluk (fearless leader of CrackBerry.com), and Matt Miller (editor of NokiaExperts.com) will be joining yours truly (from theiPhoneBlog.com, ‘natch) to talk Palm Pre, BlackBerry Tour, Nokia N97, and our very own iPhone 3GS/iPhone ...
Smartphone Experts Roundtable 5
The iPhone Blog —
Join Dieter, Matthew, Rene, and Kevin as they discuss all of the insanely great new smartphones that have been announced and released in the past month. On the docket:
Palm Pre Review
iPhone 3GS Review
Nokia N97 Review
BlackBerry Tour Review
HTC Hero
and a bit more about Windows Mobile to boot. It’s all here!
Download it directly with this link
Subscribe via iTunes ...
Best of Smartphone Experts, 28 June 2009
The iPhone Blog —
In case you missed it, each site in the Smartphone Experts Network posted our Smartphone Experts Roundtable podcast, where we discussed the biggest smartphones announced and released this month: BlackBerry Tour Review, Nokia N97 Review, iPhone 3GS, Palm Pre Review, and the HTC Hero Announcment.
Here’s the rest of the big Smartphone news of the week! ...
Does the iPhone Need a Hardware Keyboard?
The iPhone Blog —
... don’t need them. They don’t change if you switch from text entry to bitmap editing, for example, And if you come up with a great idea later, you can’t go back an add an extra button.
Now it’s 2009 and Apple has released the iPhone 3GS, yet many people, including notable technologists, have called the lack of a physical keyboard a deal-breaker.
Is it? Let’s take a look after the break.
Dieter, in his review for the Palm Pre, had this to say:
I’ve been using QWERTY ...
