Help Us Review the Pre - Page 6

meyerweb · 06/04/2009, 10:02 AM

Typing question: While typing, does hodling down a key do caps (like the BB) or even better, caps and symbols like the Keycaps app for Palm OS?

And I think I know the answer to this one: Has Palm finally gotten over its ridiculous aversion to profiles, or is the top switch the only way to mute the thing? The lack of profiles is even worse now that the mute button doesn't really mute all sounds. (It's not all that unusual for me to scope out a video with sounds off, in the office for example.

Reminiz · 06/04/2009, 10:20 AM

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There's 'snick-click' to it that could only be more satisfying if the Pre answered a call by sliding open and hung up by sliding closed. Please give us this option, Palm.

I thought Darth Pooh or someone else that had played with the Pre said this actually does happen?

Sukiyaki · 12:47 PM

Great review!!! I the only thing I've read that I didnt like is the number of recent calls in the call log. My treo 755 shows all the contacts since the last time I wiped the phone Feb 2008. I haven't had to go past a month looking for anything on most occassions but I like having the log. I had also done the patch someone had posted to give call details for time and duration.

Also, in the gestures video, it showed you only had 1.3 GB of stroage available. That's not likely to be an issue for me, as I haven't used my full storage for the treo, let alone the SD card I have, but I was wondering what you had loaded to use up 5.7 Gigs. My guess is the music and/or video files, which I don't normally load on my phone but I wanted verification. Also does it give you a summary of how your storage is being used (what percentage for what apps) or just the total percentage used?

Lastly, is the bluetooth backwards compatible or will I need to get a new bluetooth headset?

edit: Can you delete their nascar stuff or other native apps? Or hide them from view?

jhoff80 · 06/04/2009, 12:45 PM

So, how does the Pre handle it if someone I've got linked changes their Facebook phone number? I know that the whole idea of Synergy is that it's supposed to update that automatically, but someone I know got a new number the other day and I'm now a little more unsure of that feature than I was before.

My friend is in my Google Contacts and on Facebook. She got a new number, but hasn't moved entirely over to that yet. So, I add it into Google Contacts as a second number. Facebook still only has the old number listed. When she changes entirely to the new number, presumably she'll change her Facebook to the new number. But, Google Contacts still has the old number, requiring some cleanup from me. Aka, I still have to keep track of when she gets a new number, and it's not as seamless as the vision they originally described.

Or worse. What if someone updates their Facebook and changes their phone number entirely, but I have a different number in Google Contacts. I know that the Pre tells which data source each number comes from, but I guess I'm supposed to keep track of which one is the correct one anyway? Again, just seems to go against their vision.

jhoff80 · 06/04/2009, 01:46 PM

Also, what are the dimensions of the screen including the gesture area, but not covering the button, so that we can get a good screen protector for it without the ridge interfering with gestures? Preferably in mm.

I know there's an article on the main site about the screen size, but it doesn't say anything about the gesture area.

Eguy · 06/04/2009, 04:20 PM

Will Mr. Overbo buy one???

I would like to know if there is phonebook sync and name dialing through BT so I can finally dial by contact in my car.

mikesm · 06/04/2009, 05:27 PM

Can you pair the Pre on bluetooth with a windows 7 or other laptop and tell us all the services the Pre has available for use? If you can get the PC to join a bluetooth PAN with the PRE, what kind of IP addresses are assigned and does it gain Internet access?

Can you connect to a java based website and see if the Pre can run java based content?

Does it have untrained voice dialing from the bluetooth headset?

jhoff80 · 06/04/2009, 05:33 PM

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Originally Posted by mikesm

Can you pair the Pre on bluetooth with a windows 7 or other laptop and tell us all the services the Pre has available for use? If you can get the PC to join a bluetooth PAN with the PRE, what kind of IP addresses are assigned and does it gain Internet access?

Can you connect to a java based website and see if the Pre can run java based content?

Does it have untrained voice dialing from the bluetooth headset?

None, no, no.

To the first, it's already been said that the Pre supports very limited Bluetooth profiles, not even OBEX file transfer, so I highly doubt that it'll support PAN.

We already know it doesn't support Java.

And no, in the original release, there's no voice dialing.

BMIC50 · 06/04/2009, 10:44 PM

Can non-Palm branded microUSB cables charge and xfer data to the Pre?

Can you FTP from the browser?

Does the Seidio 1350mah battery work in the Pre?

blackbird34608 · 06/05/2009, 06:45 AM

Does the music player have a graphic equalizer?
Can you send receive any data (contacts, or pictures, etc.) via bluetooth?

timGSU · 06/05/2009, 11:23 AM

Touchstone Question:

When the Pre is on the touchstone does the screen go off? Reason for asking is that I want to put the Pre on the touchstone when I go to sleep at night but obviously don't want the screen lit while I'm trying to sleep.

junko915 · 06/05/2009, 02:35 PM

Hey thanks for doing this.
Just one question, can you put PRE to charge on the TouchStone and leave it there for a minute. I want to buy the TouchStone but am wondering if the main screen stays lit while it's charging because I usually charge my phone at night while Im sleeping and I charge it right by my bed, and I think I am a little too old to sleep with an annoying little night light .

junko915 · 06/05/2009, 02:42 PM

You just tried the password on the lock screen... can you plz do the pin?

junko915 · 06/05/2009, 02:46 PM

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Originally Posted by timGSU

Touchstone Question:

When the Pre is on the touchstone does the screen go off? Reason for asking is that I want to put the Pre on the touchstone when I go to sleep at night but obviously don't want the screen lit while I'm trying to sleep.

Did he answer this question already?

DwightShrute · 06/05/2009, 03:03 PM

does the treo pro travel charger model 3437ww work with the pre?

ieko · 06/05/2009, 03:14 PM

I'd like to see how internet radio streaming works in the browser, will you please try http://lrb.mine.nu:8002/listen.pls or http://lrb.mine.nu:8002 It's AAC+ 24kbps and so I also wonder if the Pre supports HE-AACv2, the only way to tell is if the 24kbps stream here doesn't sound terrible. Thanks!

Tibfib · 06/05/2009, 03:19 PM

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Originally Posted by junko915

You just tried the password on the lock screen... can you plz do the pin?

Ha, I have a picture of it but I don't have enough posts to show you...Sorry!

Send me a P.M. if you want to see it....

06/04/2009, 10:02 AM	#101 (permalink)
meyerweb Member Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Fairfax, Virginia Posts: 3,387 Likes Received: 0 Thanks: 1 Thanked 148 Times in 90 Posts	Typing question: While typing, does hodling down a key do caps (like the BB) or even better, caps and symbols like the Keycaps app for Palm OS? And I think I know the answer to this one: Has Palm finally gotten over its ridiculous aversion to profiles, or is the top switch the only way to mute the thing? The lack of profiles is even worse now that the mute button doesn't really mute all sounds. (It's not all that unusual for me to scope out a video with sounds off, in the office for example. __________________ Bob Meyer I'm out of my mind. But feel free to leave a message.
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06/04/2009, 12:37 PM	#103 (permalink)
Sukiyaki Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 992 Likes Received: 35 Thanks: 396 Thanked 60 Times in 56 Posts	Great review!!! I the only thing I've read that I didnt like is the number of recent calls in the call log. My treo 755 shows all the contacts since the last time I wiped the phone Feb 2008. I haven't had to go past a month looking for anything on most occassions but I like having the log. I had also done the patch someone had posted to give call details for time and duration. Also, in the gestures video, it showed you only had 1.3 GB of stroage available. That's not likely to be an issue for me, as I haven't used my full storage for the treo, let alone the SD card I have, but I was wondering what you had loaded to use up 5.7 Gigs. My guess is the music and/or video files, which I don't normally load on my phone but I wanted verification. Also does it give you a summary of how your storage is being used (what percentage for what apps) or just the total percentage used? Lastly, is the bluetooth backwards compatible or will I need to get a new bluetooth headset? edit: Can you delete their nascar stuff or other native apps? Or hide them from view? __________________ The value of knowledge is not in its possession, but in its use. Last edited by Sukiyaki; 06/04/2009 at 12:47 PM.
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06/04/2009, 12:45 PM	#104 (permalink)
jhoff80 Member Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Boston-area Posts: 6,973 Likes Received: 116 Thanks: 418 Thanked 1,252 Times in 710 Posts	So, how does the Pre handle it if someone I've got linked changes their Facebook phone number? I know that the whole idea of Synergy is that it's supposed to update that automatically, but someone I know got a new number the other day and I'm now a little more unsure of that feature than I was before. My friend is in my Google Contacts and on Facebook. She got a new number, but hasn't moved entirely over to that yet. So, I add it into Google Contacts as a second number. Facebook still only has the old number listed. When she changes entirely to the new number, presumably she'll change her Facebook to the new number. But, Google Contacts still has the old number, requiring some cleanup from me. Aka, I still have to keep track of when she gets a new number, and it's not as seamless as the vision they originally described. Or worse. What if someone updates their Facebook and changes their phone number entirely, but I have a different number in Google Contacts. I know that the Pre tells which data source each number comes from, but I guess I'm supposed to keep track of which one is the correct one anyway? Again, just seems to go against their vision.
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06/04/2009, 01:46 PM	#105 (permalink)
jhoff80 Member Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Boston-area Posts: 6,973 Likes Received: 116 Thanks: 418 Thanked 1,252 Times in 710 Posts	Also, what are the dimensions of the screen including the gesture area, but not covering the button, so that we can get a good screen protector for it without the ridge interfering with gestures? Preferably in mm. I know there's an article on the main site about the screen size, but it doesn't say anything about the gesture area.
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06/04/2009, 04:20 PM	#106 (permalink)
Eguy Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: City of Angels Posts: 2,533 Likes Received: 0 Thanks: 371 Thanked 175 Times in 132 Posts	Will Mr. Overbo buy one??? I would like to know if there is phonebook sync and name dialing through BT so I can finally dial by contact in my car. __________________ Palm History: Palm III>IIIc>CLIÉ NR70v>CLIÉ TG50>Tungsten C>Treo 650>Treo 700p>Centro>Pre!! 6/5/09 Phone History: Way too long Sorry Timmy, SERO does not work with the Pre. If you have an iTouch click me.
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06/04/2009, 05:27 PM	#107 (permalink)
mikesm Member Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 330 Likes Received: 0 Thanks: 3 Thanked 44 Times in 17 Posts	Can you pair the Pre on bluetooth with a windows 7 or other laptop and tell us all the services the Pre has available for use? If you can get the PC to join a bluetooth PAN with the PRE, what kind of IP addresses are assigned and does it gain Internet access? Can you connect to a java based website and see if the Pre can run java based content? Does it have untrained voice dialing from the bluetooth headset?
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06/04/2009, 10:44 PM	#109 (permalink)
BMIC50 Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Boo-val,FL Posts: 2,545 Likes Received: 130 Thanks: 176 Thanked 161 Times in 129 Posts	Can non-Palm branded microUSB cables charge and xfer data to the Pre? Can you FTP from the browser? Does the Seidio 1350mah battery work in the Pre?
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06/05/2009, 06:45 AM	#110 (permalink)
blackbird34608 Member Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 175 Likes Received: 0 Thanks: 5 Thanked 30 Times in 22 Posts	Does the music player have a graphic equalizer? Can you send receive any data (contacts, or pictures, etc.) via bluetooth?
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06/05/2009, 11:23 AM	#111 (permalink)
timGSU Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 168 Likes Received: 0 Thanks: 9 Thanked 15 Times in 6 Posts	Touchstone Question: When the Pre is on the touchstone does the screen go off? Reason for asking is that I want to put the Pre on the touchstone when I go to sleep at night but obviously don't want the screen lit while I'm trying to sleep.
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06/05/2009, 02:35 PM	#112 (permalink)
junko915 Member Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 3 Likes Received: 0 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Hey thanks for doing this. Just one question, can you put PRE to charge on the TouchStone and leave it there for a minute. I want to buy the TouchStone but am wondering if the main screen stays lit while it's charging because I usually charge my phone at night while Im sleeping and I charge it right by my bed, and I think I am a little too old to sleep with an annoying little night light .
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06/05/2009, 02:42 PM	#113 (permalink)
junko915 Member Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 3 Likes Received: 0 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	You just tried the password on the lock screen... can you plz do the pin?
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06/05/2009, 03:03 PM	#115 (permalink)
DwightShrute Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Shrute Farms Posts: 176 Likes Received: 0 Thanks: 86 Thanked 30 Times in 9 Posts	does the treo pro travel charger model 3437ww work with the pre? __________________ Sincerely, Dwight Shrute
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06/05/2009, 03:14 PM	#116 (permalink)
ieko Member Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 355 Likes Received: 7 Thanks: 14 Thanked 49 Times in 29 Posts	I'd like to see how internet radio streaming works in the browser, will you please try http://lrb.mine.nu:8002/listen.pls or http://lrb.mine.nu:8002 It's AAC+ 24kbps and so I also wonder if the Pre supports HE-AACv2, the only way to tell is if the 24kbps stream here doesn't sound terrible. Thanks!
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