From 4s to Palm Pre

[sledge007]

I just clicked on the image and it appeared on my desktop. Try it again, might have been a temporary glitch. For the record, I was NOT bashing the size of the Pre If it works for you, great! I think all I was trying to get at was, it did feel big at first, but having adjusted over the last few months, I'm pretty comfortable with one-handed use, as well as simple things like making phone calls. It doesn't feel too big for me anymore, other people's phones look too small to me now, that's all

You bring up another excellent point. LTE is absolutely fantastic...I average 30Mbps although I have peaked just under 50. I could never use a non-LTE phone again, I don't care what anyone tells you. In the city here, we have excellent coverage, but quite often I am being sent out of the city, even to areas with ZERO coverage (that happens when you live next to the Rocky Mountains), and so I am forced (kicking and screaming) to switch over to HSPA+ and it is very, very slow in comparison.

It is a personal phone, not a business phone, fyi...although there are several things I do use my phone for work. Simple things that I could use a Pre3 for, and some that I wouldn't be able to use my Pre3.

Calculator, GPS (which I use mostly for estimating when I'm going to be somewhere, or finding out traffic problems) I actually use a third party app called CoPilot GPS, as it is non-carrier signal dependant. Having a camera that opens almost instantly is really nice as well, and probably the biggest thing I truly like about this phone. Along with all the photo editing options. An app called Voxer is another thing I use quite frequently that isn't available for webOS, (nothing similar either) It's a push-to-talk app. I use it just about as often as I text, for both at work and not.

Another use I'm "hoping" to get out of it is the WiSpi Controller app. I have the app pre-downloaded and I've mentioned it SEVERAL times to those that need it to be mentioned to that "I HAVE BEEN A GOOD BOY ALL YEAR AND I want a WiSpi Chopper for Christmas!" (Available at The Source) Feel free to PM me if you need my address

[RumoredNow]

Originally Posted by daglesj

Erm all I've really mentioned is the fact that IMO, for web browsing, the Pre family is pretty poor and will get progressively worse over the next 12 months. If you don't need web then why are you looking at a smartphone?...

Obviously, your mileage varies from others experiences.

I use a Veer everyday. I understand it isn't for everyone with its 2.6" screen.

It's a phone. I use it for communications. I make calls, send SMS text. I need a physical QWERTY. No, a giant slab phone VKB is not the same - real estate be hanged. I've used VKB on a 10" tablet and, you know what, it still does not work for me. I didn't say want a physical QWERTY, I said need. I meant it and know whereof I speak from real life trial and error. VKB absolutely ruins any user experience for me if I need to input more than 10 characters at a time.

On a 2.6" screen I can look up facts on Google. I send and receive eMails. I can browse posts on a forum. I can shop and compare prices. I can look up directions on Google Maps (mad props to 72ka there... what what). I can listen to music off the internal storage or streaming from the interwebz. I play an occasional game on it.

It is not a multimedia entertainment powerhouse - I have a TV, a streaming set top box, a game platform, a vhs/dvd player. I don't expect any of those to fulfill all the functions of the other ones. Devices are function specific. Insisting a phone replace all the above is unrealistic.

It's a phone. It's not a tablet, a netbook, a laptop, a PC... Demanding it function just as well as those in their specific arena of expertise isn't realistic either.

Not everyone wants a phone that is a tablet, a TV, a netbook, a streaming box, a laptop, a game platform, a PC and a vhs/dvd recorder-player...

Some people just want a phone.

[daglesj]

Originally Posted by RumoredNow

Some people just want a phone.

Well that's easy then. Just buy a $70 Nokia.

Even better phone experience than a Pre. Battery will last longer too.

[RumoredNow]

Originally Posted by daglesj

Well that's easy then. Just buy a $70 Nokia.

Even better phone experience than a Pre. Battery will last longer too.

LOL... The Nokia I want goes for a bit more than $70. Again, I use it for other functions I just don't expect it to replace a tablet, etc.

BTW my battery lasts me 3-4 days on average. I got 'er tweaked.

[daglesj]

Well I'll leave you guys to the smartphone equivalent of the Ford Pinto Owners club.

Enjoy your squinting!

[Loiter]

Bye bye

[laingman]

Originally Posted by daglesj

Well I'll leave you guys to the smartphone equivalent of the Ford Pinto Owners club.

Enjoy your squinting!

It small so it can run circles round big ***** phones