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Old 06/03/2009, 10:37 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Review of the Palm PRE Phone - PC World
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FLIMSY keyboard???? WHAT???. What are these reviewers expecting? A full desktop keyboard?
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I think the synopsis is pretty positive:

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The long-awaited Palm Pre lives up to the hype with a responsive touchscreen and an engaging interface, but a few hardware design flaws keep it from being the perfect smartphone.
I was going to call this a decent review (and not just because it's positive), until I read this:

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Originally, Palm told us that users could tether the unit to a PC with a USB cable, and transfer files directly from the PC to the phone, which would be recognized as a mass storage device. Unfortunately, due to carrier limitations, this feature is not available on the Pre.
Oh my, that's terrible. I mean, really bad coming from a computer publication.
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I think the synopsis is pretty positive:

I was going to call this a decent review (and not just because it's positive), until I read this:

Oh my, that's terrible. I mean, really bad coming from a computer publication.

Well everyone thinks the iphone is the greatest thing since sliced bread and they said that the iphone can't tether either (because of AT&T) so it seems to be a moot point to me. I also don't like how they make it seem like it's suh a crappy battery life, but the iphone only gets 21 more minutes. What a crock!
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FLIMSY keyboard???? WHAT???. What are these reviewers expecting? A full desktop keyboard?
I'm assuming they're expecting a non-flimsy keyboard. Do you understand there might actually be legitimate gripes with the phone?
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Well everyone thinks the iphone is the greatest thing since sliced bread and they said that the iphone can't tether either (because of AT&T) so it seems to be a moot point to me. I also don't like how they make it seem like it's suh a crappy battery life, but the iphone only gets 21 more minutes. What a crock!
Actually I think wynand32 meant the way the sentence was worded. It sounds like you can't transfer files reading that, but that can't be true.
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