Should I buy a Pre 2

[antonio3]

I say do NOT purchase a Pre2....

I think you should use the emulator for now. Because you will probably NOT get a hold of the SDK for a month or 2 from now.

I say once you get a hold of the NEW Enyo SDK then pull the trigger on physically having the phone. Don't buy it unless you have the SDK. And in a week or 2 from now we are hopefully going to have a lot more info.

I say wait untill you have the SDK in your hand.. otherwise your going to have spent money on something that is going to sit for a few weeks at least.. Use the emulator. I think Enyo will be great and in a year when there are actually users HP will use their marketing power to get a large user base.

[EvilKell]

Originally Posted by bob616

Well I am going to pick up a Pre 2 and hopefully it is supported along side the Pre 3. Does the Pre 2 support apps that are written with Enyo or only Mojo?

The Pre2 is supposed to support Enyo apps when/if it gets an update later this year.

[Hot Palm]

Yes, buy the Palm Pre 2 now and start developing - you'll be glad you did.

[bob616]

So I didn't want to start a new thread, How is the homebrew scene on the Pre? And how about app piracy?

Is the Pre 2 Hackable?

[johnnygewitter]

Originally Posted by bob616

So I didn't want to start a new thread, How is the homebrew scene on the Pre? And how about app piracy?

Is the Pre 2 Hackable?

homebrew scene is alive and kicking hp even donated a server recently to webos internals.

i personally never encountered or heard of app piracy, but that's maybe because i wasn't looking.

what exactly do you mean by hacking? rooting? jailbreaking? installing third party apps?

'hacking' is not required in any case, enabling developer mode is documented and easy.

[LazPL]

Originally Posted by HelloNNNewman

Lots of anger over a phone...

Your examples are as follows:

i) Flash available in 2010

this wasn't Palm. Flash is a product of Adobe, so if you want to blame a company for a 'broken promise', blame them not Palm.

i

Points one and two should be rolled into one. I have a Pre 2 and it does flash... Did so from the start. So once you get WebOS2 you get flash.

[LazPL]

Originally Posted by bob616

So I didn't want to start a new thread, How is the homebrew scene on the Pre? And how about app piracy?

Is the Pre 2 Hackable?

I'm a Pre 2 owner, and very pleased with it. However, I can't BUY apps - I don't live in a country where the Pre 2 has been launched officially, so all I can do is install demos. I can't actually pay for apps even if I wanted to. There is a way to spoof that, which I guess you could call piracy, however I would still not be able to "steal" pay-for apps that way, it just let's you install some of the apps that are "not available in your country", but still only the free/demo ones.

The phone is indeed hackable in some ways. But I've had enough of that. After years of fiddling, hacking, flashing my WinMo phones, I just want something that works. Ok, a little hacking maybe... But I want the basic features of the phone to be smooth and intuitive, and they are.

I had to "import" my Pre 2 from the UK, but even with these impediments I am happy I went ahead. Like you I had several discussions on this forum to find out if I should take the plunge...
Get a Pre 2. I think it will be supported and get the same updates as the Veer & Pre 3 (as someone wrote above - after all, it's the "M" size in the lineup), and it's already out on the market. The Pre 3 is simply a bigger Pre 2 as far as I can tell, and personally I am much happier with the "pocketableness" of the Pre 2. I've been long annoyed with the lack of "reasonable sized" smart phones, and didn't jump on the Android / iPhone bandwagons partly because I don't want to answer the question "Is that a smartphone in your pocket or are you just happy to see me?"...

Hope to see some cool apps from you soon!

[LazPL]

Originally Posted by antonio3

I say do NOT purchase a Pre2....

I think you should use the emulator for now. Because you will probably NOT get a hold of the SDK for a month or 2 from now.

On the other hand, having a physical device really does let you get a feel for it. An emulator is an emulator. I haven't had the pleasure, but back in the Palm heydays I had and used emulators to test software before I installed it on my device, but it can never emulate how the device feels in your hand... Which I guess could be important if you're developing things that have a user interface.