So I will skip all the boring stuff and get right to the nitty gritty oh I am sorry I must tell you this though while we were in the store 1 of the so called reasons for this phone being better than the Iphone was that it had a removable battery, well my sister was very surprised when the sprint sales men informed her no to take the battery out because there was a problem that palm hadn’t resolved yet with the battery if you remove it you could lose all your info ( what a surprise ) while my sister completed her purchase I decided to finish laughing my *** off so as she finished and i stopped laughing we left.

All in all the phone is fine but I must say that palm has ripped the iphone off in a major way but leaving that aside I tested the phone most of the day and I don’t want anyone to take this the wrong way but because I have and use an Iphone everyday this phone just don’t do it for me i have small fingers but I still couldn’t get comfortable with the keyboard the feel of it is like cheap plastic there app store has 15 yes I said 15 apps in all. It has every feel of a cheap mans Iphone and I’m being nice about it.

So as someone who has used the phone I can say I would in no way shape or form leave AT&t to get this phone if your already on AT&T just wait they will have it in 9 mos or so.

And for those of you thinking I am bashing the phone I am Palm should have waited instead of rushing its release to beat Apple’s WWDC.

With that said, I really do wish the Pre is a success because competition is always good.

Ah, I see you are a BlackBerry user. No wonder the Pre looks good to you.

I currently have a Blackberry – which is what business users prefer. Until now.

I haven’t met one business person yet who wants all of the drivel you’ve listed, and that includes Synergy. All the average business user wants is email, contacts and calendar, and the iPhone handles all of those just fine – and there are plenty of 3rd party add ons for anyone who wants more.

Moreover, the media aspect of the Pre doesn’t come close to the integrated one-stop shop of the iPhone/iTunes combination; to suggest otherwise, or that someone wants half-baked media/gaming, is just plain stupid.

To put it bluntly: the IPhone already offers the best combination of business and consumer features of any smartphone, and will only get stronger with 3.0 and new hardware.

Palm, unfortunately, still fighting yesterday’s battles with its spiffy calendar and contacts. The world has moved on from the PDA, but Palm is still struggling to come to terms with that.

The hardware on that thing blows the iPhone away. And the new WebOS will be the new standard in operating systems. Seriously, you don’t think Apple is watching WebOS closely?

Apple did an amazing job with MARKETING and hype. No one can deny that. And applications of course.

But what PRE does is make Apple check itself. Business people don’t take the iPhone seriously for the most part. Business people aren’t concerned about having an app. that displays a lighter that sways with the wind (that can’t actually light a cigarette).

This phone is going to reach into places that the iPhone doesn’t – the business guy who wants SOME good applications, media, etc. – and also wants something like Synergy – which makes sense for business people. Putting your Facebook calendar, business calendar, personal calendar, etc. all together in one place – having everything integrated, etc.

Not to mention, a lot of Pre’s stuff is WEB BASED. Meaning your contacts from facebook, gmail, etc. are going straight to your phone from the web.

Can we multitask on an iPhone? Like run everything at once? Nope.

So again, the iPhone consumers who care about nothing but crazy apps. are gonna’ probably stay. But high-end consumers who want some powerful functionality are going to consider moving to Pre.

How many video formats? Who cares? The iPhone can play all the movies, TV shows and music videos in the iTunes store, along with video ripped from DVDs. You can have all the codecs you want, but, if the content isn’t easily available, they’re worthless.

Games? No other smartphone can match it.

Breadth and depth of software for the iPhone is unprecedented and unparalleled. (Weed out all the junk from Palm’s existing app catalogue and you’re left with precious little to show for your time.)

LMAO at people who throw accusations of “fanboyism” when they can’t think of anything cleverer to say.

LMAO at the fanboyism here.

How many video formats can it play without having to jailbreak it?

Face it the iPhone is the coolest yet one of the most crippled smartphones on the planet.

Watch this video from Engadget: http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/10/in-case-you-missed-late-night-with-jimmy-fallon-last-night/

Synergy: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jTqa-0uea1w&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fvideo%2Egoogle%2Ecom%2Fvideosearch%3Fhl%3Den%26q%3Djimmy%2520fallon%2520palm%2520pre%26um%3D1%26ie%3DUTF%2D8%26sa%3DN%26tab%3Dw&feature=player_embedded

Parroting Palm’s/Sprint’s marketing doesn’t make it true. For the life of me, I can’t see how the Pre is on a par with the iPhone in either department. As a consumer/entertainment device, in particular, it falls well short of what the iPhone has to offer.

From what I have seen, the Pre is PDA-centric, and will mainly appeal to current and former Palm customers for whom these functions are their primary concern. Today, that’s a narrow segment of the market.

The “it’s the best of both worlds” line is just spin.

Also that 2 year head start the iPhone has made those of us already into that platform deeply invested into the ecosystem. Changing to a Pre would require all new accessories, all new Apps, all new cases, all new media, etc which I am not very interested in. I use my iPhone every day with my desktop speaker and my car dock connecter set up both items that (hopefully) will work with the next generation iPhone but would never work with the Pre (or any other device for that matter).

All that being said….a new iPhone model…I would be VERY interested in that!

The pre isn’t just a media phone. And it isn’t just a business phone. It’s both.

So i’d say, while Apple probably won’t freak out completely – they are definitely concerned.

The hardware and software on the Pre are not something to take lightly – that’s one robust phone.

Why would you have to say you’re not worried about the Pre? Noone here should be worried. It’s good to see competition.

BTW..this isn’t an iClone. Palm isn’t even pushing media. It’s been all talk about synergy and multitasking. Capacitive multitouch screen and browser is where the two are the same but one is smaller.

This really isn’t Palm vs Apple. Apple has nothing to worry about. It’s really RIM and others that need to worry. The Storm was an attempt to grab more consumers, not just business but users who want a mix of both worlds (entertainment & productivity). The Pre aims at that same crowd. No doubt though they’ll pick up some iphone users looking for a better network or a kb.

Yes, but by editors not readers.

@ #7 glad to see theres still people with common sense

I’m sure the Pre will sell. It sounds pretty cool for people not already attached to another platform. I don’t think I’d switch to it though. I used Windows Mobile for years, and had to work at switching over the the iPhone. I’m not about to try to switch to another platform and have to worry that the programs I use on the iPhone won’t translate to the Pre. For another, I really like the iPhone. I think Apple delivers a great user experience. Every aspect of using the iPhone seems to have been thought through and purposely designed by Apple. I don’t trust Palm to deliver that kind of user experience.

I hope the Pre does well. Competition is good for everybody. I don’t plan to get a Pre though.

When the Pre gets to AT&T, and it will, I won’t switch to it. I have no desire to go back to that physical keyboard that always hurt my thumbs. Slider scares me too because my Tungsten T3 slider never stayed fully extended. It was always sliding when I didn’t want it to. My point is I just hope it’s a solid device overall made with materials that aren’t cheap. I hope the software lives up to the hype too. One can tolerate crappy hardware better if the software rocks.

I never said that the Pre is as or more anticipated as the iPhone was when it launched. You that the average person has lots of exposure to the iPhone since it has been out for 2 years… but what does that have to do with the Pre’s launch? Also, why does the Pre have to “top” the iPhone or any other phone “out of the box” or ever to be a success? Palm has said that it is not counting on the “de-throning” of Apple or RIM in order of for the Pre to be successful.

I think the Pre is anticipated by the tech world (ie all of us that read blogs like this daily) but the everyday person has less knowledge of the Pre but has been exposed to the iPhone for 2 years and now with all the clever tv comercials (whereas the Pre ads are less obviously for a phone…more about Sprint network). Also everytime I am at our mall the Apple store is packed with people…how can the Pre top that out of the box? I think the Pre will be a hit like the Google phone but more in techno-circles compared to the iPhone which is pretty much mainstream now.

I love my iPhone and probably won’t switch for the Pre, but I have to say that the Pre is one really good device. However, we need to see more hands-on impressions of owners / reviewers. What is the battery life? Is the OS sluggish? Does it crash? How is the keyboard? (it looks tiny and uncomfortable to me).

If The Pre is good on all of their “promised” areas and the next iPhone doesn’t step up in the multitasking area, I may jump ship. Again, I love my iPhone, but I am being honest here.

Oh, and for those saying that no one knows about this phone, you may be right. but expect a rainstorm of advertisement in the next 3 weeks. People will know the Pre.

Have you been living under a rock?! The Palm Pre won Engadet’s Most Anticipated Device Award of 2009!! I can’t wait to switch!