They had adverts during X-Factor for it!
Personally I am waiting for some more user feedback before I possibly purchase one....I do want to get rid of my iPhone though!!
Palm Pre launched today
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They had adverts during X-Factor for it!
Personally I am waiting for some more user feedback before I possibly purchase one....I do want to get rid of my iPhone though!!
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I played with one for about 20 mins on Saturday and was not impressed at all by it.
The slide out keyboard is a total waste of time imo, the keys are tiny, would be ok if you had child-like hands I guess.
Pretty slow to use as well although updates could sort that out.
The slide out keyboard is a total waste of time imo, the keys are tiny, would be ok if you had child-like hands I guess.
Pretty slow to use as well although updates could sort that out.
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I was all for buying one but having used the keyboard it completely changed my mind. Waste of time.
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I have one and the keyboard is great. I can type reasonably fast with it and that will only improve over time.
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found it really slow and crap compared to a Iphone interface.
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Had at play on one in O2 yesterday, gave up after 2 minutes, found it very slow.
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I'm not sure what O2 have done to the demo units but they are slow especially when compared to my own phone so O2 are doing themselves down there.
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I too had a play with one in the shop and after a few mins put it back down. It was just so so so slow.
I'm used to the speedy iPhone
Infact, this.
I'm used to the speedy iPhone
Infact, this.
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Sounds like this is a roaring success for Palm again then! 
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just bought on of these for missus....
iphone abit to big and bulky and this her first touch / smart phone.
as a long term winmo user (using 6.5 on omnia atm) it's miles ahead.. used for about 3 hrs last night playing with it.
gets a little slow at times, but no more than any other phone, and the multitasking GUI is the best I've seen on any phone with tasks shown as 'cards', it's a joy to use... didn't the same guy who designed the iphone UI design it ?, it shows but takes it to a whole new level
the way everything is controled with gestures is also very smart. palm app store works well also, though quite empty atm compared with iphone
i really like it
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iphone abit to big and bulky and this her first touch / smart phone.
as a long term winmo user (using 6.5 on omnia atm) it's miles ahead.. used for about 3 hrs last night playing with it.
gets a little slow at times, but no more than any other phone, and the multitasking GUI is the best I've seen on any phone with tasks shown as 'cards', it's a joy to use... didn't the same guy who designed the iphone UI design it ?, it shows but takes it to a whole new level
the way everything is controled with gestures is also very smart. palm app store works well also, though quite empty atm compared with iphone
i really like it
on 02, 24month, 35 a month tariff, 600 min 500 txt unlimited data / web
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Yeah i found the demo units really slow as well, even when just doing the basic stuff.
There was a "demo" running in the background all the time so maybe that is what was doing it. Certainly not what i was expecting based on the reviews.
I am seriously tempted by one because i really want a physical keyboard but I think I will wait a bit for the new wave of Android phones to see what they are like, the Droid in particular looks great and Android has plenty of development support. Just really love the WebOS UI. Far and away the best smartphone UI at this stage. The card system is great.
There was a "demo" running in the background all the time so maybe that is what was doing it. Certainly not what i was expecting based on the reviews.
I am seriously tempted by one because i really want a physical keyboard but I think I will wait a bit for the new wave of Android phones to see what they are like, the Droid in particular looks great and Android has plenty of development support. Just really love the WebOS UI. Far and away the best smartphone UI at this stage. The card system is great.
Overpriced IMO.
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Palm is a dying breed im afraid to say...even in America where it was doing well...its losing out to Blackberry and now Android.
Wouldnt be surprised if they go bust soon...they just cant compete anymore although the Pre and new Pixi look like decent handsets.
Wouldnt be surprised if they go bust soon...they just cant compete anymore although the Pre and new Pixi look like decent handsets.
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I tried one out this weekend and I've got to say that I really liked it, but then I like Palm kit and the older Palm OS
If it wasn't an O2 exclusive I would have probably bought it. As it is, and as I cannot afford to get it sim free (I don't know if you can!) I will get something else.
Surely as it's such an important phone to them they would have wanted to get it on all of the networks for maximum sales?
If it wasn't an O2 exclusive I would have probably bought it. As it is, and as I cannot afford to get it sim free (I don't know if you can!) I will get something else.
Surely as it's such an important phone to them they would have wanted to get it on all of the networks for maximum sales?